President Barack Obama signs the HIRE act jobs bill as members of Congress stand behind him in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, March 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Barack Obama used a jobs bill signing ceremony today to
lobby for his health care overhaul and to argue that bipartisanship can
get things done. In a Rose Garden ceremony, Obama signed bipartisan
legislation that includes about
$18 billion in tax breaks for employers and injects about $20 billion
into highway and transit programs.

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