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Speaker Boehner's jobs agenda

POSTED: September 16, 2011, 12:00 am

In response to President Obama's "American Jobs Act," Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) has presented his own plan to create jobs to invigorate the economy.

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Source: Office of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

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