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American Jobs Act
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act|JOBS Act]] of 2012}}
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The '''American Jobs Act''' ({{USBill|112|S|1549}}) (H. Doc. 112-53)<ref>[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOC-112hdoc53/content-detail.html H. Doc. 112-53 - THE ``AMERICAN JOBS ACT OF 2011'' LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL]</ref> and (H.R. 12)<ref name="opencongress.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h12/sh(contracted; show full)

On October 4, 2011, [[Party Leaders of the United States Senate|Minority Leader]] [[Mitch McConnell]] attempted to offer the Act as an amendment to the China trade bill, saying that while he disagreed with the bill's approach to job creation, it deserved to be voted on.<ref>{{cite web
  |url=http://www.c-span.org/Events/Senators-Reid-amp-McConnell-Remarks-on-President39s-Jobs-Plan/10737424582/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009104901/http://www.c-span.org/Events/Senators-Reid-amp-McConnell-Remarks-on-President39s-Jobs-Plan/10737424582/ |archivedate=2011-10-09 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009104901/http://www.c-span.org/Events/Senators-Reid-amp-McConnell-Remarks-on-President39s-Jobs-Plan/10737424582/ |date=2011-10-09 }}</ref> On October 5, Reid announced a plan to pay for the American Jobs Act with a 5% surtax on incomes of more than $1 million a year.<ref>{{cite news | first=Robert | last=Pear | title=A Revenue Bill and a Gauntlet for the G.O.P | newspaper=The New York Times | date=October 5, 2011 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/us/politics/democratic-leaders-propose-millionaires-tax-to-pay-for-jobs-plan.html | accessdate=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

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