Flash: On Monday (10/17) the Courage Campaign is leading a major protest against Speaker Boehner as he visits Orange County to golf at Pelican Hill Resort and host a fundraiser with Reps. Dana Rohrabacher and Ed Royce. Boehner will be receiving a petition that currently has more than 25,000 signatures demanding he hold a vote on the American Jobs Act. The best part is that overhead while he golfs will fly a plane with the message “GOP JOBS PLAN = OCCUPY GOLF COURSE? ~ Courage Campaign.”
Last week, the Senate failed to reach the 60 votes needed to move the President Obama’s American Jobs Act forward. Pieces of the President’s package are being introduced as separate bills – offering another way to pass critical elements of the President’s plan. Senator Brown (D-OH) and Representative DeLauro (D-CT) have introduced the Fix America’s Schools Today (FAST) Act (H.R. 2948/S. 1597), which would provide needed resources for school repair and modernization – a centerpiece of the President’s American Jobs Act.
The President introduced the Jobs Act, a bill designed to jumpstart economic growth and job creation, last month. The bill included resources to prevent educator layoffs and rebuild public schools and colleges. Calling for $30 billion to help prevent up to 280,000 teacher layoffs nationwide, the Jobs Act was designed to save 37,000 educator jobs in California. The reintroduced bills serve to preserve the intent of main aspects of the original Jobs Act.
