Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
The American Jobs Act () (H. Doc. 112-53) and (H.R. 12) are bills proposed by US President Barack Obama in a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress on September 8, 2011. He characterized it as non-controversial measures designed to get Americans back to work, and he repeatedly urged Congress to pass the bill "right away"; he also said that the bill would not add to the national deficit and would be fully paid for.
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