The Senate was scheduled to vote tonight on President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill. "We have to create millions of jobs as soon as possible," Sen. Bernie Sanders told radio host Ed Schultz in a midday interview. Sanders said he would have preferred a bolder plan to put more money into roads and bridges and railroads and schools.  He applauded Senate leaders for coming up with a surtax on millionaires to help pay for the jobs bill. Sanders proposed a similar measure earlier this year.  For his part, the president said lawmakers face "a moment of truth" in dealing with the troubled U.S. economy. Speaking at a union electricians' training center in Pittsburgh, Pa., the president said "today is the day when every American will find out exactly where their senator stands on this jobs bill."

Listen to the senator on The Ed Schultz Show.