RT CBSNewsHotSheet - Is Obama trying to overshadow the Republican presidential debate?
Posted on 08/31/2011 4:09:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A highly unpopular U.S. Congress returns to work from a month-long recess next week facing a crush of challenges -- from creating jobs to expanding U.S. trade to finding another $1.2 trillion or so in spending cuts.
With voters demanding more compromise and less fighting in Washington, lawmakers may try harder to find common ground with Democratic President Barack Obama on these and other matters, such as taxes, regulations and disaster aid.
The Democratic-led Senate returns on Tuesday and the Republican-led House of Representatives convenes on Wednesday with a dismal popularity level. Opinion polls taken in the aftermath of their U.S. debt showdown put their approval rating at a record low of about 12 percent.
Here's a look at what's on their legislative agenda -- while they also try to win the public confidence before next year's congressional elections:
OBAMA JOBS SPEECH TO CONGRESS
Obama wants to address a joint session of Congress next week in a bid to advance job-creation legislation he's seeking. Throughout Obama's presidency, the U.S. jobless rate has been stuck in high digits -- 9.1 percent in most recent data.
The president is expected to recommend tax breaks to businesses that expand their payrolls, a jobs-intensive road-building program and new relief for homeowners to trigger construction.
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Needless to say,, The House and Senate have full menus of items to get done.. not to be confused with Obama’s ..
The 2012 Senate races open up all kinds of possibilities.. none of them good for the ‘cRats.
Giddyup!
RT CBSNewsHotSheet - Is Obama trying to overshadow the Republican presidential debate?
Highly unpopular congress?
Projection much?
Yahoo stamps its fingerprints on the meme.
Anymore, I just laugh at the headlines, and believe the opposite is true. In this case, bozo’s unpopularity is blameshifted.
Liars that they are, it’s gonna get worse.
The lies are so bald-faced.
We aint seen nuthin yet.
Oh, look! It’s the ass-kissing, bed-wetting leftists asking us to criticize congress while giving the racist Buckwheat a pass. How unusual.
yup.. an early salvo.. talk about a sitting duck.. as Obama quacks away..
Nice Yahoo caption. However don’t they realize we have the absolute worst President in History? The republican house has no power except to block. The past 2 years of destruction were brought to us by the Democrat party.
This is FACTbox???
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