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Two Years Later, Democrats Mum On 'Recovery Summer'
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Jun 14, 2012 12:04am |
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| News Date | Thursday, June 14, 2012 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | On June 17, 2010, the White House and top congressional Democrats launched "Recovery Summer" with great fanfare. It was a weeks-long bid to convince the nation that the American Recovery Act — the stimulus bill — was already turning the economy around.
Two years on, with job growth stalling, it is clear that wasn't happening and Democrats now hope the whole thing is quietly forgotten about. No Democratic leader's office responded to a request for comment on this story.
In a press conference Friday on the economy, President Obama never cited the "Recovery Summer" and instead blamed congressional Republicans for not passing his latest stimulus plan. He argued that state and local governments need it since the private sector was "doing fine."
Mitt Romney and Republicans pounced on that remark. Obama later backtracked, conceding that the economy "is not doing fine." |
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