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U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor Thursday regarding the small-business bill and job creation:

Republicans today will continue to look for a way forward on the Small Business Bill. This is an opportunity to deliver some real relief to small businesses struggling to dig themselves out of the recession.

Unfortunately, Democrats seem to have other priorities. In the middle of a debt crisis, Democrats can’t seem to pass trillion-dollar spending bills fast enough. And in the middle of a jobs crisis, they continue to push one bill after another containing job-stifling taxes, new rules and regulations, and government intrusion into business.

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