The United States Senate passed another bill in hopes of stimulating the economy. The jobs bill that passed the Senate contained around fifteen billion dollars in new spending and is hoping to create at least thirty thousand jobs a month by the time it is signed and implemented. The bill passed by a 70-28 vote. There was one Democrat who voted against the bill, that being Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Nelson reportedly was worried about the level of spending and lack of accountability within the legislation in this very rough economy. There were a number of fairly conservative legislators in the United States Senate who voted for the bill.

One of the Senators who voted for the bill was Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina. Burr bragged earlier this year that there was no one to his ideological right so there would be no way he could face a Republican primary in the future in the state of North Carolina. The fact that Burr and other rigidly conservative U.S. Senators voted for the bill was quite surprising given that the supposed tax increases that very well may be associated with the bill in order to fully implement the legislation.