GOP needs to focus on jobs, economy for the next two years

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Washington Examiner:

Now that the dust has somewhat settled on what President Obama called the Republicans' “good night” Tuesday, it’s time for the GOP to think about what it will do for the next two years.

 

House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have said that they will first focus on bipartisan bills that were blocked in the Senate — for example, permitting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and repealing Obamacare’s medical device tax. The two also said they would pass budget and appropriations bills through both chambers. They even floated the idea of sending Obama a tax reform package.

 

All good things. Throw in some trade agreements and maybe something to do with transportation, and it will be difficult for Obama to veto any of this without looking spiteful.

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Voters give Obama no credit on economy

 

The unemployment rate has fallen by nearly three percentage points and the U.S. economy has added 4.6 million jobs since President Obama won re-election in November 2012, but voters in the midterm elections gave him no credit for the improvement.

 

Analysis of exit polls from Tuesday’s elections shows that voters who say their finances are getting worse voted 2 to 1 for Republican candidates, and that 6 out of 10 voters were dissatisfied with the Obama administration’s management.

 

Obama pointed out Wednesday in his post-election press conference that although many economic indicators are improving, "there are still a lot of folks out there who are anxious and are hurting and are having trouble making ends meet, or are worried about their children’s future."

 

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/voters-give-obama-no-credit-on-economy/article/2555837