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Democrats and GOP reach a rare bipartisan agreement on jobs plan as Democrats toss out surtax on millionaires and Senate easily clears procedural hurdle Monday, pointing to passage of legislation later this week.

Senate Democrats are poised to bring Obama's jobs bill to the floor for a vote Tuesday, but with passage facing long odds, party leaders may break the legislation into parts, hoping for greater success in smaller increments.

President Obama signed a jobs bill into law on Thursday, but declared that the measure “is by no means enough.”

Senate votes 68-29 to clear $18 billion measure for President Obama's signature Wednesday.

Senate passes jobs bill awarding tax breaks to businesses that hire the unemployed.

A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a GOP filibuster today with critical momentum provided by the Senate's newest Republican, Scott Brown of Massachusetts.

Senate Democrats scrapped a bipartisan jobs bill in favor of one they say is leaner and focused solely on putting Americans back to work, and they're all but daring Republicans to vote against it.