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Under pressure from Republicans and a public tired of recession Washington – President Barack Obama focused on the work of local authorities meeting held Thursday, economists, entrepreneurs and leaders in the White House to talk about putting people to work.

In recent weeks a unified message in the White House economic lack of attention to health care and the war in Afghanistan three months have focused instead on Obama’s review. For the first time in double digit unemployment since early 1980, with Democrats in Congress are suggesting a second stimulus aimed directly at job creation may be economic needs.

Obama in front of an employment forum, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Congress Billion U.S. Dollar 787 Obama incentive package must use the remaining money, passed earlier this year to roads, bridges and also for Bhugtanvh for small businesses promised help.

About $ 140 million dollars in ransom and committed administration has been used for other purposes remains cautious. But Administration officials that soft personal Pelosi’s comment came after.

Meanwhile, Republicans one of their own answers as a job held event, Minority Leader John Boehner, R Ohio, and other leaders in a roundtable discussion by a group of economists invited mostly conservative Republican Party.

Of them, Lawrence Lindsey, former President George W. Bush economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the Republican Party’s 2008 Economic, Republican candidate Sen. John McCain top adviser.

, Lindsey “I do not think so. I believe we lose one moment that really aggressive policies to promote employment. And what’s been tried so far have not worked very well step towards have “group said, according to one GOP summary. The best thing Holtz-Eakin said Obama was to create employment opportunities for “a dangerous program of loans for is absolutely the opposite – Financing costs, heavy regulation, expand government mandates costly and infiltration.”

Government officials hope that jobs forum Thursday, the Obama visit to Pennsylvania on Friday and a major economic speech Tuesday, will help counter Republican critics of the administration and economic reform efforts have failed, says the $ 787 billion incentive package is inadequate supervision.

Employment Forum defend Obama planned to handle the administration of the economy and argue that it is far worse that the Congress this year passed a bill of great excitement. Under intense GOP attacks, public support for efforts excitement has disappeared.

, Republican House No. 2 “I certainly hope that is greater than one photo shoot, said representatives of Virginia Eric Cantor.” Possible for us to return to the U.S. want to work. The White House’s background is, there is a pomp and ceremony, with very little results in terms of monitoring.

Government officials said the President, Vice President Biden or the Cabinet members who were in hand by the major policy announcements are unlikely.

“Everyone has a responsibility to increase employment, government homes for business,” McCain’s economic adviser, Larry summer, said that before this forum. “White House forum where we take stock of work in implementation of Recovery Act and to find new jobs, infrastructure investment, including incentives for small businesses will move to developing our green economy and the U.S. promoting exports.

National unemployment rate is 10.2 percent, highest since 1983. Some 15.7 million Americans have jobs. For the average worker is unemployed have been unemployed over six months. Democrats in Congress next year’s elections this critical data to be potentially serious problem.

Technical recession may be over, but many jobs lost in recession, analysts say, will probably remain and not return is likely to be higher unemployment.