Congress has a shot at passing jobs-creating bills

[BDBoop]

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Congress gets back to work after Labor Day it will have the chance to achieve something that has largely eluded it for the entire year, passing legislation that might actually create jobs.

With the battering debate over the debt ceiling over, the stage is set for Congress to approve and President Barack Obama to sign three big free-trade agreements and the most significant overhaul of the patent system in 60 years.

Legislative hitches can never be discounted, but both the trade and patent measures enjoy bipartisan support from lawmakers eager to show they can make a difference in improving the feeble job market.

The Associated Press: Congress has a shot at passing jobs-creating bills

PLEASE let them do it right this time.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Legislative hitches can never be discounted…

Such as partisan politics.

It’s quite possible the House or Senate republicans will balk at the prospect of giving Obama a ‘victory.’ They can’t risk the prospect of the president ‘looking presidential’ signing significant jobs legislation. That would run counter to the GOP’s primary goal: getting rid of Obama, per the Senate Minority Leader.

 

[BDBoop]

I'm surprised, given the state of the nation, that they've chosen to wait until after vacay to do this.