CNN/RNC: Republicans hit Obama after jobs report

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Republicans hit Obama after jobs report

Posted by CNN Political Unit

(CNN) - Republicans hurried to criticize Pres. Barack Obama and congressional Democrats Friday after a jobs report showed the American unemployment rate falling slightly to 9%, with only 80,000 jobs created.

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Preibus appeared to be one of the first to respond, putting out a email statement just minutes after the Labor Department issued the October jobs report at 8:30am ET. Preibus said the numbers, which showed the economy adding half as many jobs in October as it added in September, were indicative of a president distracted by his re-election campaign.

"While President Obama spent October on the campaign trail, the American people endured another month of unacceptably high unemployment," Preibus said in a statement issued Friday. "Today's jobs numbers underscore the devastating toll President Obama's record of over-regulation, tax threats and reckless spending has taken on the American economy."

GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota placed blame on Obama for slow economic recovery, but also faulted protesters associated with Occupy Wall Street for taking on capitalism instead of corrupt government.

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Here is how CNN reported the Republicans' obstrution of the infrastructure bill: Competing infrastructure spending measures fail in Senate

Washington (CNN) -- In a pair of votes aimed more at making political points than law, the Senate rejected competing Democratic and Republican proposals to boost construction of roadways and other infrastructure projects.

Republicans blocked the Democratic bill, which would have approved about $50 billion for projects and another $10 billion to start an "infrastructure bank," because it relied on a surtax on people earning more than $1 million a year.

Democrats have tried to pass the surtax multiple times in an effort to convince voters that Republicans care more about their wealthy constituents than about putting the unemployed back to work.

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Democrats rejected a Republican proposal that was aimed, in part, at speeding infrastructure spending by easing regulations that can slow construction, because they oppose GOP plans to offset its cost by rescinding $40 billion in spending approved for this year. Democrats said that violated an agreement about spending levels reached during the debt-ceiling negotiations this year.

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"Competing prosals" to "boost construction of roadways and other infrastructure projects"?

No, effing no! The Republican bill had nothing to do with job creation.

Democrats rejected the Republicans' bill because it was designed to dismantle regulations, destroy the environment and had nothing to do with job creation.

Note to CNN: Republicans voted against a jobs bill and they were the only ones trying to score "political points" instead of enacting legislation that create jobs.

[rurallib]

1. One year ago these guys were elected on promises of jobs

not promises of obstruction

[zbdent]

5. don't forget, "preventing the Bush tax cuts from expiring creates jobs!"

in December 2010 ...

[Sheepshank]

2. I thik their hit job comes a day late....

they day after they as a group decided to shoot down a jobs bill. It's looking pretty stupid on their part.

[still_one]

3. The report was a good report, and it showed a trend lower toward the current 9%. If it was 1 report

it would not mean much, but there has been definite movement in the right direction. Whether the media reports that I don't know, but Bloomberg, the only few real news networks did

[opihimoimoi]

4. What Idiots vote the GOPers who lie cheat steal like high schoolers...How can they sleep at night?

But Obama is calling themn out...its working..

Boner is beside himself with worry that their plan is melting...conservatism is not a good thing but a hugh hole in the road...easily dodged....Obama is KILLING the GOPers ith TRUTH

[DCKit]

6. OMD, the obstructionists of EVERYTHING are criticising Obama.... shocking. nt

[SpiralHawk]

7. A-hole Republicons spent the last 2 years blocked every job initiative

-- while larding out greazy gobs of Republicon Welfare MoneyBucks to their FatCat TaxFree Eeleete Cronies, and now are whining about Obama...Sick twisted souls over there in the Republicon Homeland, so far far away from American ideals and honor.

[mopinko]

8. you would think these people's ears would bleed, or

their tongues would rot of something. that must evil MUST have some sort of outward manifestation.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Wait a minute! Jobless rate slightly decreased. More jobs created.

and the Republicans are ATTACKING President Obama over this?

:wtf:

I guess they're upset that their sabotage is not working as well as they hoped? :shrug:

:puke:

[dennis4868]

10. The report is wrong....

80,000 jobs were not created....there was a net additional of 80,000 jobs created during October...media always reports that the wrong way.