国际英语新闻:President Obama Urges Congress to Act on Jobs Bill
President Barack Obama says a new report that says the rich are getting richer while the middle class struggles shows Republicans in Congress are not paying attention to the economic situation in the United States.
Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that while wealth and success are encouraged and celebrated, America is better off when not just the top income earners increase their personal wealth.
Obama says his jobs proposal asks people earning more than $1 million to pay more taxes while middle income earners and small businesses would pay less.
He said although Republicans backed a similar proposal in the past, they are now playing politics.
In the Republican weekly response, Congressman Bobby Schilling of Illinois said politics will not get the economy back on track. He appealed to President Obama to urge Senate Democrats adopt a jobs proposal put forth by Republicans.
Schilling says the Republican's "Plan for America's Job Creation” generates jobs by cutting taxes. He says it also changes the tax code, closes loopholes and helps pay down the country's debt.
相关文章
- 欧美文化:Sri Lankan military authorized to maintain law, order amid unrest
- 欧美文化:Russian FM visits Algeria to mark 60th anniversary of ties
- 欧美文化:Spanish government sacks spy chief after phone tapping scandal
- 欧美文化:Turkey, Kazakhstan aim to reach 10 bln USD in bilateral trade: president
- 欧美文化:UN chief condemns attacks on civilians by armed group in DRC
- 欧美文化:Moroccan, Egyptian FMs discuss prospects of bolstering cooperation
- 欧美文化:Macron visits Berlin on first foreign trip after re-election
- 欧美文化:Ukrainian president, Swedish PM discuss defense support for Ukraine over phone
- 欧美文化:Lebanon condemns deadly attack in Egypt's Sinai
- 欧美文化:Voting begins in Philippine elections