Obama Brings Jobs Bill to Hill.

Last week, President Obama and Congressional Republicans took some tenuous steps along the path of legislative peace, vowing to work together to try and tackle the country’s stubborn unemployment problem. Some hints of whether or not they can pull that off will surface this week.

Mr. Obama has said he will bring legislative language to the Hill on Monday, the underpinning of the $447 billion package of tax cuts and spending programs he described in a jobs speech to a joint session of Congress last Thursday

House Republicans, leery of their growing image problem, have said they will be more than happy to look at the president’s ideas — which include a payroll tax cut for employees and small businesses and a stimulus-like infrastructure program — but they want the costs and savings evaluated by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and an explanation of how some programs will be paid for. House Republicans would like all of his ideas to wind through the usual committee process, where their potential alternatives can also be pondered.

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I think this article about him trying to help people who are in need for jobs is a good way to build up the economy like it used to be. Many people are unemployed in the United States which is very difficult for people; especially with a family to take care of. This article affects me because my mom and dad would tell me about the people they know that got laid off, and it's really sad/bad because most of the people can't even pay off their bills and some peoples houses get taken from them.. I'm glad the House of Republicans would take Mr. Obamas idea into consideration because that would help a lot of people in this world who are unemployed.

-Namrata Prakash (: <3

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