Senate Democrats today secured their first concrete victory of what they are calling their "jobs agenda" and said they hope to follow it soon with a package of "clean energy" provisions that will create thousands of additional jobs. The upper chamber passed, 68-29, a modest $17.6 billion package of tax and infrastructure provisions that includes a roughly 10-month extension of the current highway law. The House had previously signed off on the package, which is the first in a planned series of modest jobs bills Senate Democrats say they hope to move this year. Go to story #1