DEMS FOCUS IS ON UNEMPLOYMENT WHILE GOPS' IS ON JOBS!

After five years in office, President Obama still doesn’t have an answer for one of the biggest questions facing middle-class families: where are the jobs?  What’s more, instead of coming up with an answer, his priority is unemployment and making it easier to live without a job.  As Speaker Boehner has said many times, in the House, “the people’s priorities are our priorities,” and nowhere is that focus clearer than on jobs: THE HOUSE  “John Boehner and GOP plan to focus on jobs” (Washington Examiner)    “House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) underscored that Friday when he said Republicans would rather focus on employment than unemployment.” (Huffington Post)   “Boehner stated that House Republicans would continue to focus on creating jobs for Americans in 2014...” (Free Beacon)   “Boehner and his leadership … repeatedly reminded reporters … that the House has passed dozens of proposals to spur economic growth…” (The Washington Post)   “This week, prominent House Republicans -- from Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., to Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. -- have made pitches to help Americans rely less on the government and more on a healthy economy.” (U.S. News & World Report)   “Republicans, meanwhile, responded to Friday’s jobs report by arguing that the government should be facilitating more job creation -- not more government assistance.” (CBS News) WHITE HOUSE & SENATE DEMOCRATS “After a tense 2013, President Obama focuses now on extending unemployment benefits…” (NBC News)   “Obama: Renewing Benefits for Long-Term Unemployed Is Priority” (TIME)   “Reid placed the extension of unemployment benefits at the top of the Senate’s to-do list” (ABC News)   “…the White House and its allies launch a fresh weeklong effort to spotlight…long-term unemployment benefits.” (POLITICO)   “Reid: Let’s not just extend unemployment insurance. Let’s expand it.” (The Washington Post) Speaker Boehner and House GOP leaders will talk more about their focus on jobs and employment at a press conference this morning, which will air on speaker.gov/live at approx. 10 a.m. ET.