Obama's Jobs Plan and its effect on Washington

In an effort to end the economic malaise plaguing the entire country, President Obama recently unveiled a plan to stimulate job growth, which includes investments in every state. "The purpose of the American Jobs Act is simple: to put more people back to work and more money in the pockets of those who are working," President Obama stated during his speech at the joint session of Congress.

The plan has five key components:

• Tax Cuts to Help America’s Small Businesses Hire and Grow
• Putting Workers Back on the Job While Rebuilding and Modernizing America
• Pathways Back to Work for Americans Looking for Jobs
• More Money in the Pockets of Every American Worker and Family
• Fully Paid for as Part of the President’s Long-Term Deficit Reduction Plan 

The details of the plan and how it will impact Washington are beginning to make their way to us here. According to White House staffers, the president’s plan could mean $741 million for Washington’s infrastructure, which would support 10,000 local jobs.

The HDC is hopeful the plan can be enacted by Congress soon in order to help put our state and nation’s economy back on solid ground and get people back to work as soon as possible.

You can watch the enhanced version of the President's Address to Congress, which features graphs, charts and other facts that influenced the President's decision making. You can read more and follow the latest development at the White House blog.

American Jobs Act Address Enhanced Graphics

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