Posted on 06/01/2012 10:30:36 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
Blaming GOP obstructionism for the lingering jobs crisis, Democratic leaders on Friday called on House Republicans to bring a long-term highway bill to the floor.
The Democrats led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) noted that Friday's dismal jobs numbers included a steep decline by 28,000 jobs in construction employment. Reauthorizing transportation spending for two years, they argued, would help put those workers back on payrolls and stabilize the economy.
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Bump!
Had not heard about the 3 letters, but it has an ironic ring of truth.
Yeah...wouldn't that be nice.
You have to admire the dims for their strategy. If they had the truth on their side we would never win an election.
It would be nice if the Speaker...and the Senate Majority Leader...and I don't know...the Nominee...would come out after a jobs report like this and hog the cameras...and point out those facts; About the stimulus, about all the EPA regulations that are killing jobs, about Keystone....and how its the DIms and this president.
But I guess that is too much to ask.
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