House GOP to collide with Obama over jobs

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Washington Examiner:

House Majority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., outlined his party's plans to lawmakers in a memo in which he said it is "essential that the House continue our focus on the jobs crisis" in the coming weeks and months.

The jobless rate has been stuck above 9 percent for months, and both parties are eager to show they are taking action to reduce unemployment. Obama said Monday he would announce his own proposals next week, but his plan will likely center on more stimulus spending, a nonstarter in the GOP-dominated House.

And Obama is all but certain to oppose the Republican plan, which includes a massive tax cut and an attempt to roll back some of the key environmental regulations his administration put in place to reduce so-called greenhouse gas emissions.

This political impasse will likely mean that no big jobs bill will get signed into law anytime soon.

"I don't think there will ever be a comprehensive jobs bill," Democratic strategist Doug Schoen told The Washington Examiner. "The gap is too wide."

Cantor on Monday outlined a series of bills the House will take up in September, including the repeal of regulations Republicans deem burdensome to businesses. Key among those are new standards and rules about to be implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency that are aimed at curbing pollution from power plants, farms and industry.

The Republican agenda will also take aim at the National Labor Relations Board with legislation that responds to the NLRB's recent decision to try to block Boeing from moving aircraft production to a new plant in South Carolina. The proposed bill, "Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act," would prohibit the NLRB from restricting where a company can move production, Cantor said in the memo.