kpete (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-29-11 10:00 AM
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Focusing on Obama, Conyers continued. "We want him to know from this day forward that we've had it.
At a press conference held by members of the House Out of Poverty Caucus Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich), the second most senior member of the U.S. House, was pointed in his criticism of the White House regarding jobs and cuts to Social Security the President put on the table last week. "We've got to educate the American people at the same time we educate the President of the United States. The Republicans, Speaker Boehner or Majority Leader Cantor did not call for Social Security cuts in the budget deal. The President of the United States called for that," Conyers, who has served in the House since 1965, said. "My response to him is to mass thousands of people in front of the White House to protest this," Conyers said strongly.
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We want full employment as a matter of government policy," he said. "Which was passed in 1978 when I stood with Hubert Humphrey. We passed the first bill that allowed the government - in areas of high unemployment - to directly intervene and create jobs. Well, we've got the bill in here again and I've got nothing from the White House," Conyers told the audience. Several CBC members have called for targeted help for high unemployment in the black community
Focusing on Obama, Conyers continued. "We want him to know from this day forward that we've had it. We want him to come out on our side not to watch and wait. We're suffering," Conyers said. Several members of the CBC, including, Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), and are beginning to speak out more publicly on jobs and the White House policy. Many have called for a targeted approach to the problem
http://www.crewof42.com/cbc/conyers-on-jobs-weve-had-it... /
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/07/29/1000282/-Conye... ;-call-for-WH-protests?detail=hide
