The New York Times reports on the new Democratic “jobs agenda”:

WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leaders unveiled a new “jobs agenda” on Thursday morning, and said they hoped to hold a first vote on the legislation early next week. But they offered no details, and presented only a scant outline of proposals they might pursue, some of which echo initiatives they failed to include in last year’s stimulus bill.
The core of the proposal is likely to be a payroll tax break for employers who hire workers who have been without jobs for at least 60 days. Democrats are trying to enlist Republican support for that idea, which was proposed most recently by Senators Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah.
But a senior aide to the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, quickly issued a statement questioning the Democrats’ lack of specifics. “They don’t know what’s in the bill or how many jobs they expect it to ‘save or create’ or when anyone beyond the Beltway will see it or how much it will cost,” the aide, Don Stewart, said.
At a news conference on Thursday morning, the majority leader, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, and other top Democrats distributed a two and a half page document listing some of their ideas for spurring job creation, including the tax cut for new hires, an extension of unemployment benefits and spending on highways and other infrastructure.

And Harry Reid’s prediction on how many jobs will be saved or created?

But Mr. Reid did not say how much the Democrats’ jobs legislation would cost, how lawmakers planned to pay for it, or even how many jobs he hoped to create. “We’re going to create as many as we can,” Mr. Reid said.