Cantor says house will not vote on Obama jobs bill
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) declared President Obama’s jobs bill dead on arrival on Monday. Cantor said the House would consider elements of the bill, but refused to consider the entire $447 billion package. Todd Zwillich, The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, talks about the latest episode of political theater on Capitol Hill.
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