Obama: I’ll act on my own
By Bernie Becker
The Hill.com
June 28, 2014
President Obama used his weekly address Saturday to sharpen his case that Republicans are standing in the way of his ideas to help the middle class.
Obama’s address largely echoed his Friday comments in Minnesota, and come just over four months before a midterm election in which Democrats are desperately trying to maintain control of the Senate.
Republicans, Obama said Friday, have just this year opposed efforts to raise the minimum wage, extend unemployment insurance, overhaul the student loan system and install pay equity for women.
All the while, Obama added, the GOP is still pushing to give tax cuts to the highest earners, at a time when the president said the economy had improved but still needed more help.
“This obstruction keeps the system rigged for those at the top, and rigged against the middle class. And as long as they insist on doing it, I’ll keep taking actions on my own – like the actions I’ve taken already to attract new jobs, lift workers’ wages, and help students pay off their loans,” Obama said.
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