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After giving President Obama's economic stimulus plan something less than an enthusiastic endorsement, House Republicans will offer their own ideas Thursday for getting the economy back on track. House Speaker John Boehner will deliver the plan, dubbed "Liberating America's Economy" in an early afternoon speech to the Economic Club of Washington. Boehner's policy prescriptions are expected to mirror the Republican Party's long-running position that the key to jump starting growth is to get government out of the way and allow the private sector to do its thing. That means less regulation, lower taxes and big reductions in government spending.

House Speaker John Boehner will deliver an address on jobs and the economy later this month, exactly one week after President Obama delivers an address on jobs before a joint session of Congress. The Economic Club of Washington announced Thursday morning that Boehner (R-Ohio) will address the group on Sep. 15, at 1 p.m. The venue for the event is the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington.

Leadership: House Republicans are launching a pre-emptive strike against the president's forthcoming jobs plan. Instead of more Obamanomics, they offer real relief for private-sector job producers. Appearing on Fox News on Monday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., gave one of the most succinct descriptions of the Obama administration's economic policy yet heard. The White House, he said, has "demonstrated that it is not interested in focusing on private-sector growth." Instead, it has conducted "a continued expansion of government, continued grabs at trying to tell people who want to go out and invest and create a profit that maybe they've...

House GOP announces jobs plan focused on cutting regs, taxes House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Monday laid out an ambitious anti-tax and regulations agenda for the fall. In a memo to rank-and-file Republicans, Cantor said the House will target 10 major regulations for elimination, and will also seek to enact one major tax cut for businesses. Republicans are offering the agenda as a contrast to President Obama’s jobs plan which is to be formally announced next week and is expected to include stimulus spending. Cantor’s proposals will face an uphill battle in becoming law, but could make their...