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Certainly no holds barred today when he spoke in front of the key bridge in georgetown. really two prongs to this speech. the policy element. president obama making the case that if congress passes the infrastructure portion of the american jobs act, it will put construction workers back to work on projects like repairing the key bridge, which right now is set for construction in 2015. the president making the argument that if congress passes the infrastructure portion of the jobs act construction will begin much sooner, 2013, and then there's the political element going after congress and cal...

Trying to pass bills that would be better for job creation and help put the american people back to work. republicans have been opposed to the american jobs act, saying that they don't like the pay-fors because it will increase taxes, but as you mentioned, it seems like the president is gaining traction with his message based on the latest polling numbers. >> kristen welker from the white house this afternoon. kristen, thank you. >> thanks. >> we're going to talk about the infrastructure project, the infrastructure portion of the president's plan, the bill that's coming up for senate vote tomo...

The all-new nissan versa sedan. innovation upsized. innovation for all. ♪ tomorrow the senate votes on a jobs bill that would boost spending on transportation and infrastructure. president obama just wrapped up remarks at the key bridge in georgetown to urge congress to once again pass that bill. >> it shouldn't be a partisan issue. my secretary of transportation who is here, ray lahood, great man from peoria. he spent a long time in congress. he's a republican. member of my cabinet. he knows how badly we need to act on this issue. >> transportation secretary ray lahood, left that and got ...

Is essentially the argument for the infrastructure portion of the american jobs act which president obama officially sent to congress earlier tonight. shouldn't we fix those bridges? shouldn't we fix these roads and bridges that need fixing in america? for two reasons. one, because we need them to be fixed. there is no lovely wooden path staffed by volunteers with golf carts who are going to give you gummy bears that's going to take you across the ohio river. these things need to be fixed. also paying to fix these things now will pay people to do the fixing which will mean those people are emp...

The infrastructure portion of the american jobs act which president obama officially sent to congress earlier tonight. shouldn't we fix those bridges? shouldn't we fix these roads and bridges that need fixing in america? for two reasons. one, because we need them to be fixed. there is no lovely wooden path staffed by volunteers with golf carts who are going to give you gummy bears that's going to take you across the ohio river. these things need to be fixed. also paying to fix these things now will pay people to do the fixing which will mean those people are employed and getting paid to do tha...