It is clear that the House would never pass such a plan.
Various Democrats said they felt some urgency to pass a plan.
If you were truly worried about jobs, you'd pass the President's plan.
We passed a tough economic plan without a single solitary vote on the other side.
The plan passed by the committee calls for an increase in overall government spending of 3 percent, to $1.85 trillion.
For the first time ever, under the plan passed by the subcommittee, everyone would have health care coverage.
The revised $27.14 million plan passed by a vote of 1,284 for the proposal to 988 against it.
Congress passed a plan to do it in seven.
A plan passed by the House does not give him what he wants, but he said it provides a good first step.
Both plans would then die, with neither chamber agreeing to pass the other's plan.