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Let's help pres. Obama biss this jobs bill!!!

This is an email that I received from the POTUS' campaign,

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Friend --

President Obama is in Dallas today urging Americans who support the American Jobs Act to demand that Congress pass it already.

Though it's been nearly a month since he laid out this plan, House Republicans haven't acted to pass it. And House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is out there actually bragging that they won't even put the jobs package up for a vote -- ever.

It's not clear which part of the bill they now object to: building roads, hiring teachers, getting veterans back to work. They're willing to block the American Jobs Act -- and they think you won't do anything about it.

But here's something you can do: Find Republican members of Congress on Twitter, call them out, and demand they pass this bill.

Be the first to use our new tool and tweet for jobs.
http://www.barackobama.com/tweet-for/jobs?source=20111004_JM_act&utm_medium=email&utm_source=obama&utm_campaign=20111004_JM_act&email

Here's why we built this new tool, and why it's important.

If you've written letters or sent email to Congress before, you know it can be a frustrating experience -- sometimes it takes them weeks to respond, and sometimes they don't respond at all.

But many members of Congress personally receive the messages sent to them on Twitter, so you have a better chance of getting your message directly to them.

And even if they don't respond, your message will be public -- front and center for everyone who follows you or your representative. That means their staff, other constituents, and the media will see the mounting pressure.

So tweet for jobs now:

http://my.barackobama.com/Tweet-for-Jobs

If you don't use Twitter, you can also contact someone else who needs to hear from you about this bill: The editor of your local paper. We have a tool that lets you send a letter to the editor, and even gives you facts and tips to help you write the most effective note you can. Write one now:

http://my.barackobama.com/Letters-for-Jobs

The American Jobs Act is not controversial legislation.

Ideas like rebuilding our roads and bridges, repairing our public schools, and keeping teachers in our classrooms are all ideas the Republicans have said they would support or have even proposed themselves.

But they're so dead set on preventing anything from getting done on President Obama's watch that they will reverse, deny, or ignore what they've said and done in the past -- even if it costs more American jobs.

And remember: They're willing to cost you and any other American your job, or your chance at a new job, because they think that doing nothing won't cost them theirs. Tweet at Republican members of Congress now and tell them you want a vote on the jobs bill right away:

http://my.barackobama.com/Tweet-for-Jobs

Or write a letter to the editor:

http://my.barackobama.com/Letters-for-Jobs

I know we've been asking a lot of you lately, and all of us here would have loved to give you a break this week after all the emails we've been sending. But the reality is that we're building a grassroots organization from the ground up even as we're supporting the President in battles that need to be won right now. And that means we've got to be willing to stay focused week after week from now through the election.

Thanks again to all of you who donated to the campaign before the end of the third quarter, and for everything else you do to have the President's back.

Thanks,

Messina

Jim Messina
Campaign Manager
Obama for America
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Please share these two vids on your facebook and other social media. Additionally, please share this question or one of your own in the comments section wherever you post these vids: Why is there backlash among Republicans of President Obama's American Job's Act when he is essentially saying the same thing as President Reagan?



 

Humble ! ! !

Where ya at ???

You've pushed this thing and now its up for a vote, TONIGHT !


16 Dem Govs. Pressure Dem Senators Ahead Of Jobs Vote
With President Obama's jobs package facing a handful of Democratic defections in the Senate, the White House released a letter from 16 Democratic governors who are standing squarely behind the bill in a last-ditch lobbying blitz before the Tuesday night vote.

The jobs bill faces almost certain defeat Tuesday night on a procedural motion requiring 60 votes to stop a GOP filibuster. All Republicans are expected to oppose it-- and even a handful of Democratic senators are poised to vote no.


Democrats Scramble for Votes on Jobs Bill,
Look to Split Legislation Into Pieces
A senior White House adviser held out hope Tuesday that President Obama's jobs bill would attract the "vast majority" of Democrats, even as one leading lawmaker confirmed that Democrats will break up the package that has failed to attract needed bipartisan support.

But even some Democrats have balked at Obama's original plan, with Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Jon Tester of Montana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska among those leaning toward opposing the legislation Tuesday.


In Senate Vote, Obama Jobs Bill Faces First Hurdle TONIGHT
President Obama’s jobs bill meets its first big test on Tuesday as the Senate moves toward a vote on whether to take up the legislation, the centerpiece of Mr. Obama’s efforts to revive the economy.

If that effort fails to achieve the necessary 60 votes, as many Republicans and some Democrats predict, Senate Democrats may try to break up the bill into more palatable pieces and press for votes on the individual parts.

That is what Mr. Obama said was his preference in what almost sounded like an outright acknowledgement that Congress would reject his jobs proposal. “If they don’t pass the whole package, we’re going to break it up into different parts,” Mr. Obama said Tuesday during a jobs-related meeting in Pittsburgh, echoing White House officials who have said that they would seek to push those parts of the bill with the most chance of passage.







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Senate voted on the jobs bill.

Every single republican voted to kill it.

51-53 Democrats voted to move it along.

The two that voted with the GOP need to be voted out of office.
Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Jon Tester of Montana should be sent packing with the GOP they act like.

Jim Webb of Virginia should also face the voters wrath


Names should be taken and efforts to end their careers should be set in motion.

To much has been talked about Obama and not enough on the legislative branch

President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill failed to clear a procedural hurdle in the Democratic-controlled Senate Tuesday night despite a White House push that accelerated in the 11th hour.

The bill received a simply majority of 51 votes but fell short of the necessary 60 to end debate. Sens. Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Jon Tester of Montana were the only Democrats to vote against the bill. Both of them are facing tough re-election campaigns next year.

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., had said earlier that although he intended to vote in favor of ending the Republican filibuster, he did not intend to support the bill if it reached a final vote.




Now that it has failed, both the House and Senate are expected to turn this week to approving U.S. trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, one of the few areas of agreement between Republicans and the administration on boosting the economy. And Senate Democrats are looking at ways of breaking the jobs bill into pieces that would be easier to pass.

Obama declared earlier Tuesday that the U.S. Senate faced a “moment of truth” when it voted on the bill.

"This is gut check time," Obama told a union crowd in Pittsburgh not long before Congress' first vote on the plan. "Right now, our economy needs a jolt. Right now. And today, the Senate of the United States has a chance to do something, right now, by voting for the American Jobs Act."

The White House also launched an offensive Tuesday in hopes of gaining enough support.

The White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement the bill will help put Americans back to work without adding a dime to the deficit. And the White House sent a letter from 16 Democratic governors urging congressional leaders to pass the bill.

The White House also began highlighting on its website Tuesday the stories of people who will be affected if Congress doesn't pass the jobs bill, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

But at the same time, acknowledging reality, Obama said that if Congress did not pass the entire package he was prepared to break it into pieces and try to pass job-creation legislation that way.

The plan combines payroll tax cuts for workers and businesses with $175 billion in spending on roads, school repairs and other infrastructure, as well as unemployment assistance and help to local governments to avoid layoffs of teachers, firefighters and police.

Republicans dismissed the president’s proposal as a stimulus plan like the one two years ago that they argue failed to turn the economy around.

"The legislation we’ll be voting on today is many things, but it’s not a jobs bill," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, said Tuesday. "And Republicans will gladly vote against any legislation that makes it harder to create jobs right now."

Supporters of the package disagree and suggest there will be a political price to pay for those who oppose it.

“If the voters think this is unfair for the minority party to just say we’re not going to support this president, no matter what he comes up with, if they believe that’s unfair, then they’ll make those feelings known to those members of Congress,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, the No.2 Democrat in the Senate.

The key elements of the jobs package reprise parts of Obama's $800 billion-plus 2009 stimulus measure and a Social Security payroll tax cut enacted last year. Unlike the deficit-financed stimulus bill, the jobs measure would be paid for by a 5.6 percent surcharge on income exceeding $1 million, expected to raise more than $450 billion over a decade.

In making the case for the bill, the White House cites economists such as Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics, who predicts that the measure would add 2 percentage points of growth to the economy and add 1.9 million jobs. But Republicans point to optimistic predictions about the 2009 measure that did not come to pass; unemployment hovers just above 9 percent nationwide.

The president has been struggling in opinion polls, and passage of the measure has always been a long shot, given that Republicans control the House and can use delaying tactics in the Senate.

Obama also said that he was instructing his staff to move forward on job-creating initiatives without congressional approval where possible. The White House announced steps to speed environmental and other regulatory approvals for 14 public works projects across the country.

"We're not going to wait for Congress," Obama said.

While Republicans backed the payroll tax cut for individuals last year and support elements such as continued tax breaks for investments in business equipment, they're adamantly opposed to further spending and say the tax surcharge would strike at small businesses.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...l-in-face-likely-senate-defeat/#ixzz1aWR8iDGq
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Senate Votes To Kill Obama's Jobs Bill




NPR
October 11, 2011


Forty-six Republicans and two Democrats voted not to allow Obama's
job bill to continue in the Senate. This despite an ardent nationwide
campaign in support of the bill by President Obama.

It would have taken 60 votes for the measure to defeat a Republican
filibuster. This vote was widely expected, which is why earlier today the
President said he would continue to fight for his plan, passing the measure
through the chambers piecemeal.

CSPAN reported that the vote is being held open for a couple of hours to
wait on the vote of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who is scheduled to
arrive in Washington a little before 9 p.m. ET. Her vote, however, is not
expected to make a difference.





http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...amas-job-bill-faces-first-test-in-senate-vote


 
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QueEx said:

Humble ! ! !

Where ya at ???

You've pushed this thing and now its up for a vote, TONIGHT !


16 Dem Govs. Pressure Dem Senators Ahead Of Jobs Vote
With President Obama's jobs package facing a handful of Democratic defections in the Senate, the White House released a letter from 16 Democratic governors who are standing squarely behind the bill in a last-ditch lobbying blitz before the Tuesday night vote.

The jobs bill faces almost certain defeat Tuesday night on a procedural motion requiring 60 votes to stop a GOP filibuster. All Republicans are expected to oppose it-- and even a handful of Democratic senators are poised to vote no.


Democrats Scramble for Votes on Jobs Bill,
Look to Split Legislation Into Pieces
A senior White House adviser held out hope Tuesday that President Obama's jobs bill would attract the "vast majority" of Democrats, even as one leading lawmaker confirmed that Democrats will break up the package that has failed to attract needed bipartisan support.

But even some Democrats have balked at Obama's original plan, with Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Jon Tester of Montana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska among those leaning toward opposing the legislation Tuesday.


In Senate Vote, Obama Jobs Bill Faces First Hurdle TONIGHT
President Obama’s jobs bill meets its first big test on Tuesday as the Senate moves toward a vote on whether to take up the legislation, the centerpiece of Mr. Obama’s efforts to revive the economy.

If that effort fails to achieve the necessary 60 votes, as many Republicans and some Democrats predict, Senate Democrats may try to break up the bill into more palatable pieces and press for votes on the individual parts.

That is what Mr. Obama said was his preference in what almost sounded like an outright acknowledgement that Congress would reject his jobs proposal. “If they don’t pass the whole package, we’re going to break it up into different parts,” Mr. Obama said Tuesday during a jobs-related meeting in Pittsburgh, echoing White House officials who have said that they would seek to push those parts of the bill with the most chance of passage.







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I was busy all day applying last minute for a teaching and certification program. As evidenced by the vote today, we have A LOT of work to do!
 

Partisan divisions prevent Congress from passing jobs bills



McClatchy Newspapers
David Lightman
October 28, 2011

WASHINGTON — After weeks of relentless presidential pressure and
congressional votes and debate, the stalemate in Congress between
Democrats and Republicans over jobs legislation shows no signs of easing.

Partisan politics and deep philosophical differences just can't be bridged.

It truly is remarkable that even on parts of the president's package
they can't come to an agreement," said Burdett Loomis, a professor
of political science at the University of Kansas.

No end to the bickering is in sight.

The 2012 elections, now about a year away, underlie this debate.
Democrats control 23 of the Senate seats that are up next year, and
Republicans only 10. And while the GOP has a 242-192 House majority,
public dissatisfaction with all incumbents gives Democrats hope that
they can regain control.

In such an environment, compromise often isn't an asset.​

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