10/15/2011

Still only three co-sponsors in House for Obama "jobs" bill?

How can the media unquestioningly let Obama rail against Republicans for holding up the "jobs" bill when virtually no Democrats support the bill? From Politico:

After months without formal backing, Obama's $447 billion jobs proposal will pick up “dozens” of House co-sponsors when the lower chamber returns to Washington from next week's recess, according to the office of House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (Conn.).

The bill – written in the White House and introduced by Larson – wallowed in the House for weeks without winning any co-sponsors, even as Democrats marched to the House floor to call on Republicans to move it.

More than three weeks after it was introduced, it gained its second and third sponsors on Thursday in the form of Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.), the Democratic whip.
The absence of any formal backing for what is the central plank of the Democrats' economic agenda hasn't been overlooked by GOP leaders, who have mocked the Democrats for urging a vote on legislation officially endorsed by so few members.

Even some Democratic supporters of the jobs bill have questioned why there hasn’t been a more coordinated push from leadership to get rank-and-file members to attach their names to the bill.

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said many members have “caveats” of concern over certain provisions in the sweeping bill, but “given a concerted push, many of us would inevitably sign on, even with those caveats.” . . .

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