By a wide margin, the U.S. Senate this evening passed a bill to hold China accountable for its job-killing practice of currency manipulation. The 63-35 vote on S.1619, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Act of 2011, is a good step toward creating U.S. jobs.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) blusters about not passing the American Jobs Act because he and other Republicans don’t want to raise taxes. But the Jobs Act would only raise taxes on the very richest of the rich—and that’s what he and other corporate puppets don’t want.

The U.S. Senate today will vote on a bill (S. 1619) to hold China accountable for its job-killing practice of currency manipulation. According to new data, 2.8 million American jobs were lost or displaced over the past decade due to the growing U.S. trade deficit with China—fueled by Chinese currency manipulation. (Call your senators today and urge them to vote for S. 1619 or click HERE to e-mail your senators.)

We launched a fun but serious action today with our partners in the progressive community to call on House Speaker John Boehner (R) to move the American Jobs Act and stop stalling while millions of America’s workers suffer without jobs.

Dave Johnson, a fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future, sends us this.

Millions of Americans need work and America’s infrastructure is in need of repair and modernization. This is work that has to be done eventually no matter what—millions of jobs that need to be done at a time when millions of people are looking for jobs. Thousands of people are joining “This bridge needs work and so do we!” rallies across the country to show support for President Obama’s American Jobs Act.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who has been slicing deep into the rough when it comes to jobs, found that even at a $10,000 a round golf fundraiser, he can’t keep the gallery quiet.

More than 100 union and community activists in House Speaker John Boehner’s Ohio district figured that the August “district work period”—better known to the rest of us as Congress’ summer vacation—would be a good time to talk with the Republican leader about work or, more specifically, the lack of it for millions of Americans.

The Republican shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has thrown 4,000 FAA employees out of work, and some 70,000 construction workers employed on airport improvement projects can’t go to work because Republicans have blocked funding for the agency and the projects.

Mary Jane says she brought her hand-made sign “Rich Tax Dodgers Pay Your Fair Share” to Capitol Hill this afternoon because:

I’m extremely concerned about the debt ceiling deal. I’m extremely concerned that a “bipartisan” deal will mean big cuts for Social Security and Medicare.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) insists on severe cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and keeping huge tax breaks for millionaires and corporations as part of his debt ceiling plan.