国际英语新闻:Obama urges bold action to check eurozone crisis, spur growth
The extension of payroll tax cuts incorporated in the bill was passed by both chambers of Congress, while other major chunks of the bill including more infrastructure projects were killed by Republicans.
"If Congress had passed it in full, we'd be on track to have a million more Americans working this year. The unemployment rate would be lower. Our economy would be stronger," Obama charged.
"Right now, people in this town should be focused on doing everything we can to keep our recovery going and keeping our country strong," added Obama, a Democratic.
Obama attracted sharp criticism from top GOP leaders within hours of his remarks, indicating that no major policy moves could be easily achieved in this presidential and congressional election year.
"Whether the president wants to acknowledge it or not, we are now living in the Obama Economy, and no 'post-it note' proposal can reverse the damage done by his policies over the past three and a half years," U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell criticized in a statement.
"It's baffling that in the face of all evidence to the contrary, this president still believes that spending money we don't have to inflate the government is the answer to America's economic problems," said the top GOP senator, fresh evidence of clashes between the two parties' economics and governance ideas.
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