Newest GOPer Scott Brown crosses aisle to advance $15B jobs bill

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WASHINGTON - A $15 billion Democratic jobs bill has advanced in the Senate, helped along by the vote of the chamber's newest Republican.

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) joined several other Republicans to help Democrats defeat a filibuster orchestrated by GOP leaders by a 62-30 tally. The vote to actually pass the measure is expected tomorrow.

The bill would allow businesses that hire unemployed workers to forgo paying Social Security payroll taxes on them through December and give the businesses a $1,000 credit if new workers stay on the job a full year.

Brown said he wished the measure contained deeper tax cuts, but that it would still "help put people back to work."

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/02/23/2010-02-23_newest_goper_crosses_aisle_to_advance_15b_jobs_bill.html