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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (50060)	3/19/2012 10:05:43 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Obama urges House haste on highway spending bill Normally on Mondays we publish a collection of late-night talk show jokes. But this is even richer. Today it's been 1,055 days since the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a federal budget. Almost three full years. Who needs to track or control spending, just keep writing the checks and printing the money? Talk about shovel-ready. Nevermind the overdue budgets though. Today President Obama publicly urged and chastised the Republican-controlled House for not yet passing -- wait for it -- yes, another spending bill, this one on transportation. Obama is in a real hurry to sign it into law. He says the goal is to "keep (union) construction workers on the job and keep our economy growing." (Full message text below) That transportation bill has been sitting around with no House action since last week already. If you can imagine such a thing in Washington. In the meantime, because there's so much urgent official business at hand, Democrat Obama took Friday off for five fundraisers in Atlanta and Chicago to get more money. For his campaign, silly, not the deficit. And, in fact, he's over at another one as we write this. (As is wife Michelle in New York City) No. 109 of the current cycle because, as we noted here earlier today in a campaign money woes piece, he's having some real trouble raking in so much money this time. Who knows why that would be. It's a secret who's attending this Monday funder and what Obama is telling or promising them. But we do know each attendee paid $35,800 for the chat. President Obama's statement on Need for a Bipartisan Transportation Bill Last week, the Senate passed a bipartisan transportation bill that will keep construction workers on the job and keep our economy growing. Now the House of Representatives needs to take bipartisan action so I can sign this into law. An economy built to last depends on a world-class infrastructure system that allows us to transport our people and goods as quickly and effectively as possible. That’s why we need to continue to make investments that will create jobs by rebuilding and modernizing our roads, bridges and railways. And that’s why my Administration will continue to fight for the long-term investments needed to ensure that America continues to compete and succeed in a global economy