WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats introduced a measure Friday offering tax breaks for companies that hire veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the third piece of stand-alone legislation based on elements of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill. (more)
Day after day, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have pushed their jobs bills — as they did again Wednesday in Georgetown and on Capitol Hill — but there’s little evidence the message is resonating outside the Beltway. (more)
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that President Barack Obama will “continue” to “hope and pray” for the House and Senate to pass portions of his $447 billion jobs bill. (more)
In the battle over the administration’s jobs bill, Vice President Biden this week has been making the startling case that more people will be murdered or raped if the legislation is not passed. His argument is that in cities such as Flint, Mich., the murder and rape rates have soared as the police force has been cut back for budgetary reasons. (more)
Democratic legislators know they’re far behind in the 2012 game. They don’t trust the quarterback in the White House, so they’re preparing a series of popular plays they hope will put points up on the national board. (more)
As President Barack Obama struggles to pass his jobs bill and unemployment remains stagnant at 9.1 percent, the president’s approval rating has dropped again, tying the all-time low measured during his presidency, according to Gallup’s daily tracking poll. (more)
White House officials are using a new set of talking points to sell their stimulus plan: The economy’s possible slide into a second recession. (more)
The verbal tussle between the White House and Republican leaders over Barack Obama’s jobs bill escalated Thursday when House Speaker John Boehner delivered harsh criticism of the president. (more)
President Barack Obama today acknowledged his faltering political influence on voters, and on the Republican and Democratic legislators who are charting their own course towards the 2012 election. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with top Senate Democrats at the White House Thursday afternoon to discuss his jobs bill. (more)
When is 400,000 not 400,000? (more)
DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama is singling out and criticizing House Republican leader Eric Cantor for declaring that the president’s entire $447 billion jobs bill will not get a vote in the House. (more)
The Daily Caller has learned that Connecticut Democratic Rep. John Larson has introduced President Barack Obama’s jobs plan in the House of Representatives “at the request of the president” and that the bill has no co-sponsors. (more)
In his weekly video address Saturday, President Obama advocated for his American Jobs Act by focusing on the essential role that education plays in moving the economy forward. “If we’re serious about building an economy that lasts…we’d better be serious about education,” the president said. (more)
Have the chances of a compromise on a potential jobs bill in the spirit of bipartisanship greatly diminished after President Barack Obama went on the offensive promoting his jobs bill? According Pat Buchanan they have. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama says America’s ability to provide aid to other countries partly depends on whether Congress passes his jobs bill. (more)
By most calculations, the latest proposal from President Barack Obama to improve the economy has little chance of making it through Congress. And according to Rush Limbaugh, the president does not even have good intentions. (more)
1.) Obama: ‘Pass this bill right now!’ Harry Reid: ‘LOL’ — A week ago, Obama kept stamping his foot and demanding that Congress “pass this bill right now, pass this bill right now, pass this bill right now!” Never mind that there’s still no bill to pass. The Democrats have to at least pretend to share their leader’s sense of urgency, right? Welllll… TheDC’s Amanda Carey reports: “Despite President Barack Obama’s urgency to ‘pass this bill now,’ the American Jobs Act may have to wait until next month, or later, before Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid even brings it to the floor for a vote. In his speech to a joint session of Congress last week, Obama implored lawmakers to pass the bill and its $477 billion price tag immediately. And this week, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched a campaign of web and television ads touting the bill and rallying support for its passage. None of that may matter, since Reid’s response has been more of a careless shrug. It’s not surprising, though, considering the discontent surrounding the bill from Senate Democrats. Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia called the president’s ideas for paying for the bill ‘terrible.’ ‘We shouldn’t increase taxes on ordinary income. … There are other ways to get there,’ he added. Even Sen. John Kerry, the liberal lion from Massachusetts, doubts the bill will pass in full: ‘I don’t think anybody expects it to pass en bloc. So, the issue is going to be what, if any, parts of it might be cherry-picked.’” Other than that, though, they’re all on the same page… of the bill that still hasn’t been introduced in Congress. While we all wait breathlessly for this all-important bill that Obama wants Congress to pass without reading, Louis Gohmert (R-TX) has submitted his own American Jobs Act. Hey, if Obama can’t lead by example, at least somebody in Washington can. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is sending his jobs bill to Congress on Monday and lawmakers should pass it immediately with no games, politics or delays. (more)
With the passage of a $26 billion aid package Tuesday to help states pay for Medicaid and teacher salaries, most state budgets will get some help in paying for education programs, but states not facing massive teacher layoffs and cutbacks are also set to receive millions in federal money. (more)
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