President Obama made a $447 billion job plan so that more people could maintain jobs and boost the economy. This plan stalled on Tuesday which led to Obama breaking it up into separate bills to make the process easier or go by faster. This would most likely cause even more arguments between Democrats and Republicans on the subject of where and how the government would get the money to do this. The Democrats pushed this bill and had to receive at least 60 votes from the Senate, but only 50 members voted for it while 49 members ballots were against it. Obama concluded that this would not stop him from pushing this bill even further and claiming victory. He now plans on working with Senate majority Harry Reid to come up with several smaller bills which focus on the main idea of this larger one. Later this week, Congress is going to have to decide on whether we should put teachers, construction workers, police officers and firefighters back on their jobs. Congress will vote on whether tax breaks should be protected or not for small business owners and middle-class Americans or the higher-class people such as millionaires and such. The main reason that this bill failed in the Senate was because of the fact that we do not know how to pay for job initiatives.
This is a checks and balances issue because the Democrats and Republicans are fighting over this bill and what each group wants to happen. The Democrats are for the government while the Republicans are focusing more on the private enterprises getting this done. Obama presented a matter to Congress telling them to stop focusing so much on their parties and elections, and focus more on helping people get their jobs back and raise the economy. A majority of Democrats voted in favor of this bill, however the Republicans are still pushing it away. This is showing how although one part cannot overpower another, the Republicans are trying their best to keep this entire bill from happening oppose to the Democrats who are trying even harder to get past the Democrats to push this bill. GOP thinks that this entire thing is just a huge "political stunt" of Obama. However, President Obama uses the Don't Get Mad, Don't Get Even, Get Ahead strategy to get through it. No matter what people are saying, he keeps pushing this bill as far as possible for the sake of the people and his country. "Obama said "In a perfect world with unlimited resources nobody would have to pay any taxes, but that's not the world we live in. We live in a world where we have to make choices." He cannot alone pass this bill which is why he needs to persuade Congress and the Senate to help him pass this bill as soon as possible.
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