Congress likely to vote on Obama’s jobs bill in October

President Obama has encountered stiff resistance from Republicans who make no secret of their desire to bounce him out of the White House next year, but opposition lawmakers, as well as those in his own Democratic party, are under pressure to look beyond the political war and focus on creating jobs to tamp down the stubbornly high unemployment rate.

Obama’s US$447 billion plan was unveiled earlier this month in an attempt to kickstart efforts to combat 9.1 percent unemployment in the world’s biggest economy and restore trust in his economic leadership.

White House senior advisor David Plouffe told ABC’s “This Week” program that “the president’s plan would have a profound impact on the economy, and Congress ought to act right now.”

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