This after a 'good' job report in May:
House Speaker John Boehner, who credits the tax-cut deal that President Obama cut with Republicans:
The improvement seen in this report is a credit to the hard work of the American people and their success in stopping the tax hikes that were due to hit our economy on January 1. Removing the uncertainty caused by those looming tax hikes provided much-needed relief for private-sector job creators in America.
Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the House Republican conference:
The improvement in our nation’s jobs report is welcome news and demonstrates the resilience of the free enterprise economy in spite of the onslaught of the Democrats’ big government agenda. But the real question is why is it taking so long and why is the recovery so weak? The modest improvement can be attributed to two factors – the free-market economy is slowly moving toward a recovery from this deep recession, and with Republicans controlling one lever of the lawmaking powers, job creators know the upper limits of the Democrats’ legislative pain is behind them.
GOP Rep. Tom Price, in a statement entitled, "Republicans Taking Action to Remove Barriers to Job Growth":
“House Republicans will not rest in our efforts to break down those barriers to job creation put in place by Washington Democrats,” said Chairman Price. “Just this week, we voted to remove an onerous mandate on small businesses so they can focus on growth and creating jobs, and we are offering concrete leadership with a responsible plan to reduce the size of government spending and start to tackle the looming debt crisis."
An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Brian Patrick:
THERE ARE THE JOBS: Republicans Prevent Massive Tax Increase, Economy Begins to Improve: U.S. companies plan to hire more workers in the coming months amid growing optimism over the economy, a quarterly survey released Monday showed, providing further evidence that the jobs market is turning around. In the fourth-quarter poll of 84 companies by the National Association for Business Economics found 42% of companies interviewed, ranging from manufacturing to finance, expect to boost jobs in the six months ahead. That's up from 29% in the first three months of 2010. Only 7% in the latest survey predict they will shed jobs in the coming six months, down from 23% at the start of last year.
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So I guess Republicans are ready to line up and take credit for the bad job report? Right?