WASHINGTON — Companies hiring unemployed workers will be able to take a credit on payroll taxes under the jobs bill signed into law Thursday by President Obama. The bill passed the Senate a day earlier in a 68-29 vote.
“It is the first of what I hope will be a series of jobs packages that help to continue to put people back to work,” Obama said after the vote. “I also want to say to the Republicans who voted for this bill that I appreciate their willingness to work with Democrats in a bipartisan fashion to get America moving again.”
