Video- Why Isn't Obama Saying This To Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid?

By Susan Duclos

National Journal has put together a mash-up of all of the speeches Barack Obama has made since his joint session address when he introduced the jobs package, where Obama continues to push for Congress to pass bills to promote job growth, and he encourages the public to call, fax, "facebook", visit, tweet, send a carrier pigeon (yes, he actually said that jokingly), etc..... to Congress to get them to move along.

The video of his mash-up is below but the public doesn't seem to be responding to his pleas, perhaps because the public understands his blame game is intellectually dishonest.

It is not "Congress" stopping the passage of bills which would promote job growth and stability for the business world so they can expand, grow, hire and help kick start the economy.

It is the Democratically controlled Senate, led by Harry Reid, where 15 separate bills which have passed in the Republican controlled House of Representatives, meant to address issues which would ease restrictions on business and offer some stability for small and large businesses alike so they can get back to creating jobs.

The Forgotten Fifteen has been published here and elsewhere and I will list them all again below the video.







The Forgotten Fifteen reminder:

1) H.R. 872—Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act

2) H.R. 910—Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011

3) H.J.Res. 37—Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices

4) H.R. 1230—Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act

5) H.R. 1229—Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act

6) H.R. 1231—Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

7) H.R. 2021—The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011

8) H.R. 2018—Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011

9) H.R. 1315—Consumer Financial Protection & Soundness Improvement Act

10) H.R. 1938— North American-Made Energy Security Act

11) H.R. 2587—Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act

12) H.R. 2401—Transparency In Regulatory Analysis Of Impacts On The Nation

13) H.R. 2681—Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act

14) H.R. 2250—EPA Regulatory Relief Act

15) H.R. 2273—Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act

AND STILL COUNTING...

16) H.R. 2433—Veterans Opportunity to Work Act

17) H.R. 674—To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities

If you follow each link it takes you to the dates which range from March 2011 to October 2011, tells what the bill would do and how it would promote job growth, the floor situation and when it passed the House of Representatives, background and cost.

All these bills are stalled in the Senate.

Instead of pretending and being dishonest to the American people who are starting to tune Obama out, perhaps he should pick up his phone, call Harry Reid, and tell the Senate to start doing their jobs and give these bills a vote.

Obama is right (you don't see me say that often, do you?), people need to contact those that are obstructing job growth..... the Senate.

To make it easy to do so, here is the contact page for the senate with their names, addresses, phone numbers and a web contact form.

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