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Obama Criticizes Republicans in Congress

   VOA News 19 June 2010
   US President Barack Obama, 18 Jun 2010

Photo: White House - S. Appleton

   US President Barack Obama, 18 Jun 2010

   U.S.  President Barack Obama says Republicans in Congress are blocking
   important progress in the U.S.
   In  his  weekly  address  Saturday,  Mr.  Obama  called  on Republican
   senators  to  stop  holding up legislation, including a bill to extend
   unemployment benefits to workers.
   The  president  says he has been disappointed to see familiar politics
   get in the way of progress on a series of crucial issues.
   Mr.  Obama  also  faulted  Senate Republicans for blocking a bill that
   would  remove  a limit on liability costs for oil companies.  He says
   U.S.  citizens  deserve a Senate vote on whether to remove the current
   $75 million cap.
   In  the  Republican  weekly  address, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker of the
   southern state of Mississippi accused Mr. Obama of exploiting the Gulf
   of Mexico oil spill to advance his agenda.
   Wicker  says  an  Obama-backed  proposal  to  regulate  carbon dioxide
   emissions,  known as the "cap-and-trade system," would drive up energy
   costs and send U.S. jobs overseas.

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