Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, hit back at Nancy Pelosi on the economy Monday, a day after the House minority leader blamed congressional deadlock on Republicans, saying that they have failed to bring a jobs bill to the floor this session.
"We passed a budget that balances and pays off the debt," Chaffetz said. "Until President Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi can produce a plan that they want to see, that will actually balance, then it's very difficult to get through these discussions."
Pelosi said Sunday on CBS that Democrats have been unable to bring employment legislation to the floor.
"We're not in the majority in the House," she said. "Why haven't we brought something to the floor to create jobs? I think that's a better question asked to the Republicans, because they control the agenda."
"To hear her say she's no longer speaker - that's one of my favorite things in the world," Chaffetz responded, before turning the blame game around and calling out Democrats for what he says is a failure of leadership.
"Let's remember that the Democrats control the Senate - Harry Reid has refused to actually bring this up and deal with it," he said. "We need the president to come to the table and say, this is what we would like to see, too, and thus far he hasn't done it."
Chaffetz also fueled speculation that he may run to unseat longtime Utah senator - and fellow Republican - Orrin Hatch in 2012.
NObama, Reid and Pelosi have had nearly three years (as promised by NObama) to fix the economy and it is a dramatic failure. Now that "they" lost in the last election, they are attempting to say the "last six months" is the republicans' fault. Balance the budget, first. Then, stop the tax and spend and social programs that bleed our coutnry dry....so there cannot be money left to small business and entreprenuers (sp) to start the businesses to get people employed. Then, we can have sustainable growth again and economic stability. Big government and social programs are not the answer in a free enterprise system. This is the home of the free and the brave and not Lenin!!! NObama has to go! Socialism is not the American way of life.
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