Eric Johnson
09-22-2011, 08:27 PM
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-jobs-20110923,0,3269973.story
http://tinyurl.com/4xo5u8k
By Peter Nicholas, Washington Bureau
September 22, 2011, 5:39 p.m.
Reporting from Cincinnati— No fewer than 70,000 bridges across the country need repair, but the example President Obama highlighted Thursday stands out in one convenient political respect: It connects the states of the two Republican lawmakers who have the power to bottle up his jobs package.
Obama stood before the Brent Spence Bridge and issued a challenge to House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, prodding them to pass a jobs bill meant to create work for idle construction workers.
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http://tinyurl.com/4xo5u8k
By Peter Nicholas, Washington Bureau
September 22, 2011, 5:39 p.m.
Reporting from Cincinnati— No fewer than 70,000 bridges across the country need repair, but the example President Obama highlighted Thursday stands out in one convenient political respect: It connects the states of the two Republican lawmakers who have the power to bottle up his jobs package.
Obama stood before the Brent Spence Bridge and issued a challenge to House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, prodding them to pass a jobs bill meant to create work for idle construction workers.
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