Politics | tax breaks House Passes $15B Jobs Bill Measure offers tax breaks for making new hires By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Mar 4, 2010 4:01 PM CST Copied In thie Feb. 25, 2010 photo, Chicago area residents wait in line to enter a job fair in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) The House today passed a $15 billion jobs bill that gives tax breaks to companies that make new hires. The scaled-down measure passed 217-201 on a mostly party-line vote and now heads back to the Senate. The bill also includes $20 billion for road and bridge construction. Democrats characterized the bill as much smaller than they would have liked but as a necessary first step. "If that's the only thing that I can vote on ... I'll vote for it, obviously," said Rep. Bill Pascrell. "We've got to get something moving. We've got to get something done." Read These Next White House makes Hegseth put his polygraph away. A new book argues the Sacagawea legend is all wrong. 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. The NFL's heaviest player told to slim down. Report an error