President Barack Obama reads a book about his dog Bo during a tour of the Children’s Laboratory School at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011.
Susan Walsh, Associated Press
MESQUITE, Texas — President Barack Obama is naming names — again.
Last month, he singled out House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for opposing his jobs bill. On Tuesday, he scolded House Republican leader Eric Cantor, challenging Cantor to explain to out-of-work Americans why he's blocking a House vote on the entire $447 billion package.
Cantor has said the House will vote only on the parts agreeable to Republicans.
Visiting a community college near Dallas, Obama asked how Cantor can object to keeping school teachers in classrooms and putting construction workers back on the job.
He urged Republicans to put their cards on the table.
And later he said: "Do your job, Congress!"
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Doesn't Obama realize that Democratic Senators from his own party are going to block parts of his job bill because they want to get reelected in 2012 and aren't going to put their fingers into a hornet's nest?
Today, on the Senate floor, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell offered to vote on Obama's plan as an amendment to the China currency bill. In other words, McConnell was willing to vote on the plan (amendment), unmodified as a straight up/down vote More..
Congress is in D.C. debating while Obama is roadtripping and campaigning. He has the nerve to tell them to do their job?