President Obama should call on Congress about the economy more often, especially since it is an election year.

Perhaps Republicans will actually pay attention to the country for once.

Pelosi to Boehner: 'Don’t run out the clock on the economy’

By Joshua Altman - 06/07/12 12:02 PM ET

With the House scheduled for a a break next week, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is pressuring Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to cancel the recess and focus on passing jobs legislation favored by Democrats.

“The Democrats have a simple request, simple request to our Republican colleagues: don’t run out the clock on the economy,” Pelosi said, speaking to reporters Thursday.

Pelosi sent a letter to Boehner that was made public Wednesday asking him to cancel the recess to “pass critical legislation that will create jobs for the middle class that will actually be signed into law.” 

Democrats have mocked the Republican leadership for what they say is a lax legislative schedule, but her request is likely to be ignored or rejected by GOP leaders.

See, I really think the Republicans only talk about jobs creation when in fact they see their job as finished because Wall Street is doing fine, except, for the teetering in Europe on occasion. I could not be more serious. If anyone examines any of the so called "jobs bills" from the House of Representatives it is all based in supporting the infrastructure through Wall Street indulgences. The Republicans cannot create jobs, they hand it over to the CEOs and simply talk about how many more tax cuts they can issue to assist Wall Street create jobs. 


Now, they have a Presidential Candidate that is the epitome of a Wall Street CEO, if not the pinnacle of that strategy. So, what do the American people believe will happen if the GOP is returned to significant numbers in the House and Senate, yet alone the Executive Branch. It will happen all over again and the Republicans will stand ready to bail them out, except, they will be low on cash in the Treasury this time.


Congress needs to be reminded more often who poorly they are actually conducting themselves and creating jobs. After all, the 2010 Republicans promised they could do things no one else could. They haven't!

As Recess Nears, Little Hope for Breaking Partisan Impasse (click here)

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Published: June 8, 2012

WASHINGTON — They are the sort of bills that, once upon a time in Washington, passed easily: money for highways and students, protection for battered women....

...Members of Congress are increasingly worried about the lame-duck session after the election, one replete with expiring tax provisions and onerous budget cuts that are increasingly becoming known as the “fiscal cliff.” But there is also a policy precipice at the end of June, when two important programs will expire if Republicans and Democrats cannot find a way to compromise on them.

“There is frustration among a bipartisan group,” said Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire. “There are an awful lot of red states that need transportation funding, too.”

Even more remarkably, the two parties are at an impasse on a formerly benign measure that has routinely passed with near unanaimous bipartisan support, one that protects women from domestic violence....