Subject: It doesn't need to be this way
From: "Jim Messina, BarackObama.com" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:21:58 -0400

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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