Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid applauded the Senate for last night overwhelmingly adopting a bill aimed at creating 40,000 new jobs for highway and transit projects. Last night's Senate vote was 88-2.

"Investing in our nation's roads, highways and bridges is one of the best ways to stimulate our weakening economy," Reid said in a statement. "At a time when we are losing tens of thousands of jobs a month and our nation is sliding into recession, Democrats are doing everything possible to strengthen the economy and give more hard-working American families the security of a good job."

— Carrie Sheffield, Web editor, The Washington Times