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Obama Launches Attack on Congress

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    FBN's Rich Edson on Obama's press conference.

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We'll talk about that throughout the hour but let's begin.

With some analysis and and some conversation about what the president that had to say this kind of impromptu appearance for the president we just found out about it.

This morning and among other things he launched an attack on the congress when -- house Republicans for the economy and not.

Passing his jobs plan.

Last September areas.

Of course congress refused to pass this jobs plan in full.

They did act on a few parts of the bill most significantly the payroll tax cut that's putting more money.

In every working person's paycheck right now.

And I appreciate them taking that action but they left most of good jobs plan just sitting there.

And in light of the headwinds that we're facing right now I urge them to reconsider.

Our rich -- is that though the White House -- -- -- mean -- that the press is talking specifically about.

Government jobs firefighters.

Teachers that kind of thing and -- -- his remarks this morning.

This is something Connell that Republicans on Capitol Hill picked up bond and have been circulating to -- -- through a number of other Republicans president saying.

Hey look the private sector's doing much a much is doing fine.

We need to hire more government workers that's.

That's state and local -- proposal the president's put out there before.

That this is very much campaign style speech that we have heard from the president before there were no really new.

Policy -- -- -- the president announced today -- references jobs bill from a while ago this is -- campaign -- That the president is running against congress a reelection campaign that he's labeling to do nothing congress for the Johnson -- -- put out there.

And pretty much the same things that we've heard the president wants more stimulus spending on government jobs you just heard there on green jobs and some of the other things.

That he's gotten there's some targeted tax cuts to basically not gonna get -- -- -- -- -- congress congress isn't going to act on the big questions that basis on taxes and spending.

Until after they know the results of the election and that's a pretty.

Wide belief among a number of Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill he did mention Europe.

This is the same line though we've heard from the United States on Europe more capital injection stronger Euro -- zone integration.

And stop.

With a deep cuts to government spending no deep austerity -- rich -- reporting live this morning from the why.

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