Amy Goodman
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Rep. John Conyers Pushes For a "Full Employment" Bill As Congress Votes to End Shutdown
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9:40Now PlayingCongress approved an 11thhour deal late last night to end the 16day partial government shutdown and pull the nation back from the brink of a historic debt default. The spending measure passed the Senate and House of Representatives after Republicans dropped efforts to use the legislation to force changes in President Obama's signature healthcare law. The spending bill only offers only a temporary fix. It funds the government until January 15 and raises the debt ceiling until February 7. Rep. John Conyers says the focus should be on jobs, not debt. "We need a full employment bill. It is my hope that we can take the aim to create full employment for everybody in America and put it number one on our domestic agenda so that we create jobs and that we train people for important work," says Conyers, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. He recently celebrated his 50th year in Congress, the longest ever by an African American.
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