For a jobs bill in pieces, Obama hits road in NC

FLETCHER, N.C. — Rolling through small South­ern towns in a campaign-style bus, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama on Mon­day pressed law­mak­ers back in Wash­ing­ton to start tak­ing up pieces of his rejected jobs bill and mocked the Repub­li­cans who had shot it down in total. The Sen­ate moved to vote soon on one part, a plan to help states hire teach­ers, but the pro­posal seemed doomed.