While Republicans in Congress push legislation that focuses on ideological issues, such as abortion, and eliminating jobs by going after unions and privatizing education, President Obama and Democrats step up to help struggling homeowners. This is the kind of action we need to see from all of Congress. Come November 2012, we need to make sure we replace those members of Congress who refuse to work with the President with people who will.
President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief on Monday to hundreds of thousands of Americans, his latest attempt to ease the economic and political fallout of a housing crisis that has bedeviled him as he seeks a second term.
“I’m here to say that we can’t wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job,” the president declared outside a family home in Las Vegas, the epicenter of foreclosures and joblessness. “Where they won’t act, I will.” [....]
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Obama offers mortgage relief on Western trip | Bloomberg Business
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