From a Summer Focused on the Debt, Congress Now Pivots to Jobs

The high rate of unemployment in the nation is a focus of the article but so are the competing Democratic and Republican plans to address this issue in Congress this fall. Six weeks ago, Congress was focused on getting the United States out of debt, because the debt crisis has been tamed, Congress has made the creation of jobs a top priority. The people of the United States have voiced their worry to their elected representatives and jobs are their top concern. Five Republican senators held a news conference about their own job plan. This included the ideas of free trade agreements and tax code changes. Eric Cantor (Virginia Republican and House majority leader) said from the Republican view in Congress, that they were going to have different opinion from those of the President and the Congressional Democrats. The Republican Party wanted to voice their opinion before the President spoke about his plan to help the job crisis on September 8, 2011. Congress is in the process of working on a structured plan to solve the unemployment catastrophe in the United States. However, their ability to deal with the crisis will depend on how well they can compromise with one another.

The United States Congress is working on putting a plan together to relieve 14 million people from the unemployment crisis. Unemployment is a growing problem and I think it’s a smart decision for Congress to begin to create a job plan even though not all democrats and republicans will agree. This will improve the reputation of Congress because they are beginning to create jobs plans, which is going to help the United States citizens tremendously. This article also illustrates the relationship between the Republican and Democratic Party. Congress is not willing to work together on this issue; both parties are coming up with different strategies and plans. Congress’ ratings from the citizens are very low which exemplifies how well Congress is addressing the people’s wants. The unwilling relationship between the two parties to come to a solid decision may be the reason for these ratings.

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/us/politics/08congress.html?ref=senate