Dems Divided on Obama Jobs Bill
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 16th, 2011 4:44 am by HL
Dems Divided on Obama Jobs Bill
President Obama anticipated Republican resistance to his jobs program, but he is now meeting increasing pushback from his own party. Many Congressional Democrats say there is little chance they will be able to support the bill as a single entity, citing an array of elements they cannot abide. “I think the American people are very skeptical of big pieces of legislation,” said Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) Wednesday. “For that reason alone I think we should break it up.”