How is the jobs bill weathering the storm?
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Today was supposed to be the deadline for Democrats to bring a jobs bill to the Senate floor.
But this weekend’s epic snowstorm shuttered Washington, turning the roads into snow banks and shutting down staples of normalcy -- like the Postal Service and the Smithsonian Institution -- that rarely close. With many lawmakers having trouble returning from their home districts, Monday votes have been canceled.
Which is apparently a good thing, according to Politico, because negotiators are apparently having a hard time hammering out a compromise anyway.
For more on the jobs bill and D.C.’s big chill, go to Top of the Ticket.
-- Johanna Neuman