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Barack Obama: Pass this jobs bill, and put our teachers back in the classroom where they belong. It’s unfair to our kids. It…

On the recordSeptember 8, 2011
Pass this jobs bill, and put our teachers back in the classroom where they belong. It’s unfair to our kids. It undermines their future and ours. And it has to stop.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Addressing Congress on the American Jobs Act

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