Benedict Brown votes with Dems ! ! ! !

According to reuters.com:

New U.S. senator helps Democrats advance jobs bill

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - A modest job-creation bill advanced in the U.S. Senate on Monday as the chamber's newest Republican bucked his party and sided with Democrats on a $15 billion package of tax cuts and highway spending.

Republican Scott Brown joined four other Republicans, 55 Democrats and two independents to overcome a procedural hurdle that sets up a final vote later this week.

Brown was widely hailed as a conservative hero after his surprise victory in Massachusetts last month gave Republicans enough seats to block most Democratic legislation.

His election prompted President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats to call for increased bipartisanship, and an earlier version of the bill was written with Republican input.

But key Republicans withdrew their support after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scaled it back.

Brown said the bill was not perfect but would help put people back to work.

"I hope my vote today is a strong step toward restoring bipartisanship in Washington," he said in a statement.

The bill includes a tax credit for businesses that hire unemployed workers, subsidies for state and local construction bonds and $19.5 billion to shore up a highway-construction fund.

Much of the cost is offset by a crackdown on offshore tax shelters.

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I knew that Scott Brown the new Senator from Massachusetts was going to be a RINO. I was afraid all the big hype of him winning Senator Teddy Kennedy's seat was swapping a leftist democrat for a democrat-lite.

All the money in the highway-construction fund goes to a bunch of illegals. . . .The American contractors that win those bids hire the illegals, so that they can pay them less and fill their own wallets. Look at the next construction site on the highway and see if they are not all Mexicans. How is this helping Americans? I don't see anything in this article about extending unemployment to help out-of-work-Americans.

Scott Brown's quote "I hope my vote today is a strong step toward restoring bipartisanship in Washington," he said in a statement." You don't want to be bipartisanship if what Democrats are offering is not helping normal everyday Americans in these tough economic times.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2221899520100222