Obama plan ties jobs bill to income gap findings
President Obama argues the new Congressional Budget Office data on income inequality bolster his $447 billion jobs plan funded by a higher tax on millionaires. Senate Republicans oppose the bill citing cost and spending, as he pushes to move individual components forward, including a $35 billion local government aid measure to retain teachers.
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