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House GOP share some ground with Obama on jobs

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House GOP share some ground with Obama on jobs - Yahoo! News

In a letter to Obama Tuesday, Speaker John Boehner and House Republican Leader Eric Cantor asked the president to meet with the bipartisan leadership of Congress this week to discuss his proposals in advance of his jobs address Thursday to a joint session of Congress.
The letter lists GOP proposals that have already passed the House that they said would be worthy of his consideration.
They acknowledged that both Republicans and the administration believe their policy prescriptions are best for the country and conceded that neither side would likely convince the other to adopt all of each other's proposals.

About god damn time some compromise was offered.
 
Does this mean that Obama is going to stop killing jobs? That's the only common ground I can think of, between the GOP and the Democrats.
 
A lot of those freshman congressman got their balls roasted during the recess when they went home to face their constituents.

And they told to go back and give Obama whatever he wanted?

Really? :lamo
 
Does this mean that Obama is going to stop killing jobs? That's the only common ground I can think of, between the GOP and the Democrats.

Yeah, Obama is the job killer. :lol:

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Yeah, Obama is the job killer. :lol:

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So...umm...how's the unemployment rate been looking since Obama took office? Are you aware that there there are 2 million more unemployed workers, since that chart ended? :rofl

Libbo can't even do good propaganda. :lamo
 
So...umm...how's the unemployment rate been looking since Obama took office? Are you aware that there there are 2 million more unemployed workers, since that chart ended? :rofl

Libbo can't even do good propaganda. :lamo

Did you really need me to interpret the graph for you? I think it speaks for itself.
 
Oh yeah, they did.

Yep, and if they're smart they forgot everything they heard the moment they walked out the door of those meetings. Siding with the ENEMIES of this country, including the current resident of the White House would be the quickest way to ensure they are all one term legislators.
 
infrastructure construction, domestic energy r&d, and a serious second look at our trade agreements are all components of what it is going to take to get America back to work. if a manufacturer can import tariff free from a nation with no OSHA and no emissions regulations, that is where the jobs will go. for free access to our markets, global manufacturers should have to observe the same OSHA and emissions requirements that American manufacturers are bound by. otherwise, tariffs should be enacted. in this way, we export humane working conditions and corporate responsibility globally. in my opinion, that's the way to go.
 
Did you really need me to interpret the graph for you? I think it speaks for itself.

Oh yeah! It definitely speaks for itself. It speaks volumes.

Got anything, like, after May 2010? :rofl
 
Oh yeah, they did.



good thing that video wasn't put out by FOX... it seems to me you have a problem with edits from FOX.
i'll let it slide this time, but for future reference, I only deal in real sources....

sounds like these people got an earful from a few folks about medicare though... ill bet more than a few have carried signs that said " git government out of my medicare!!"
 
My gut feeling tells me the GOP will not be lifting a finger to advance anything Obama proposes even if it is the best idea in the world. They have sucessfully filibustered and basicly shut the country down from doing just about anything, at every turn. and I see no reason they would actually do their job. Not this close to the election cycle.

It is important for the GOP to keep the nation in a nosedive. They believe that is their ticket to get their party back in power. I believe they are counting on the people to, once again, forget how the GOP got us in this quagmire to begin with as well as forgetting that since the voters gave the GOP a bump, last election, things have only gotten worse.

They may be right.
 
My gut feeling tells me the GOP will not be lifting a finger to advance anything Obama proposes even if it is the best idea in the world. They have sucessfully filibustered and basicly shut the country down from doing just about anything, at every turn. and I see no reason they would actually do their job. Not this close to the election cycle.

It is important for the GOP to keep the nation in a nosedive. They believe that is their ticket to get their party back in power. I believe they are counting on the people to, once again, forget how the GOP got us in this quagmire to begin with as well as forgetting that since the voters gave the GOP a bump, last election, things have only gotten worse.

They may be right.
I think after the debt ceiling standoff, they'll be a bit more willing to work with Democrats... i can see them working with Obama, for instance.

what I can't see is Pelosi or Reid working with them... especially Reid.
 
My gut feeling tells me the GOP will not be lifting a finger to advance anything Obama proposes even if it is the best idea in the world. They have sucessfully filibustered and basicly shut the country down from doing just about anything, at every turn. and I see no reason they would actually do their job. Not this close to the election cycle.

It is important for the GOP to keep the nation in a nosedive. They believe that is their ticket to get their party back in power. I believe they are counting on the people to, once again, forget how the GOP got us in this quagmire to begin with as well as forgetting that since the voters gave the GOP a bump, last election, things have only gotten worse.

They may be right.

Obama is keeping the country in a nose dive, for them.
 
Obama is keeping the country in a nose dive, for them.

Yeah, and I'm just dying to hear how the Texas drought and the spreading wildfires are Obama's fault too. :roll:

Obama may be a total ****-up. How would we know? Obama hasn't had much a chance to do anything to fault him for thanks to the obstructive GOP. Your guys have basicly shut the government down, filibustered and snubbed the majority will of the people, blocking anything, at every turn. I have never seen such hatred, from Americans, for a sitting president. I would expect it out of some 3rd world anti-westerner. But born Americans?
 
Yeah, and I'm just dying to hear how the Texas drought and the spreading wildfires are Obama's fault too. :roll:

Obama may be a total ****-up. How would we know? Obama hasn't had much a chance to do anything to fault him for thanks to the obstructive GOP. Your guys have basicly shut the government down, filibustered and snubbed the majority will of the people, blocking anything, at every turn. I have never seen such hatred, from Americans, for a sitting president. I would expect it out of some 3rd world anti-westerner. But born Americans?

you've never seen this sort of hatred, from Americans, for a sitting President?... really?

I have... from 2000-2008, to be exact.
also 1972 to 1974
and in 1979-80
 
So...umm...how's the unemployment rate been looking since Obama took office? Are you aware that there there are 2 million more unemployed workers, since that chart ended? :rofl

Libbo can't even do good propaganda. :lamo

Most of those job losses in the private sector were just after he became President.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2008 Gains/
Loss
4-128-87-186-240-217-265-317-434-491-787-636
2009 Gains/
Loss
-841-721-787-773-326-438-287-215-213-250-34-102
2010 Gains/
Loss
-42-21144229486593110109143128167
2011 Gains/
Loss
94261219241997515617
 
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