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Hunter --

Last night, Democrats in the Senate tried to pass a simple piece of President
Obama's jobs plan that shouldn't be controversial: provide money to prevent
further layoffs of teachers, cops, and firefighters at the local level, and pay for
it by taxing the income of millionaires an extra 0.5%.

This morning a lot of media outlets reported that the Senate "rejected" or
"voted down" this proposal.

But that's not what happened. The measure didn't come to an actual vote.

That's because every single Republican senator filibustered the bill -- meaning
they wouldn't even let an up-or-down vote happen. Republicans have
unilaterally decided not to allow even that simple majority vote on anything that
might help the economy before the next election.

To be clear: This bill would have created jobs, and both parties have supported
similar measures in the past.

But, sadly, some in the Congress do not feel any responsibility to act. As
someone who has spent a lot of time working in and with the Senate, I can tell
you that it's a particularly low moment for the legislative branch of our government.

It doesn't need to be this way. That's why the President and our campaign are
focused on fixing what's broken in Washington. Right now, that means we're
going to keep the pressure on Congress to act, until every single piece of the
President's jobs plan -- the parts to help veterans find jobs and get small businesses
hiring more people -- gets a vote.

So please, reach out and keep reaching out to Senator Mitch McConnell, the
Republican leader in the Senate, and ask him to give each piece of the American
Jobs Act a fair vote.

You can reach his office at (202) 224-2541.

Call now -- then let us know how it went:

http://my.barackobama.com/Call-For-Jobs-AJA

If you're on Twitter, be sure to tweet at your Republicans in Congress as well:

http://my.barackobama.com/Tweet-for-Jobs-AJA

We'll have more on this soon.

Messina

Jim Messina
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

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