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President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the U.S. should focus on attracting good jobs, educating workers and ensuring workers get paid a decent living.

Obama has been pushing those priorities in recent visits to Baltimore and Austin, Texas. Obama says he'll make the case in more U.S. cities soon.

Obama says politics in Washington often aren't focused on what Americans care about. He's alluding to a series of political troubles that dogged him last week and overshadowed his agenda.

In the Republican address, Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland says red tape in Obama's health care law will drive up costs. He says the embattled IRS needs less power, not more.

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Obama address: http://www.whitehouse.gov

GOP address: http://www.youtube.com/HouseConference


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    Steve wrote...
    Ironic that Obama kills small
    November 24, 2012 2:16 pm
    business.
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    1redcav wrote...
    Wonder if this
    November 24, 2012 4:47 pm
    marxist pig found a book on brains, because he sure doesn't have one..
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    2cents wrote...
    Now, now, Senator Hatch . . .
    December 1, 2012 9:35 am
    A strategy is only disastrous through the eyes of the beholder. While those resisting tyranny might call Obamas strategy disastrous, the insurgents call it victory.
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    Vete Ya wrote...
    The two Socialist pigs
    December 2, 2012 9:00 pm
    Playing Golf on the taxpayers dime while still thousands in the North east suffer from Sandy, what a pathetic excuse for a leader in our White House. Why doesn't he take a vacation in Benghazi with his family, let the girls wonder around the streets at night, that's a splendid idea! Would love to see that!
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    Steve wrote...
    It's comforting to know where we can find
    December 3, 2012 5:46 am
    the President, meanwhile our taxes will go up very soon.
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    azsiouxboy wrote...
    Question for you folks.
    December 3, 2012 8:45 am
    It was my understanding that Republicans are for healthcare reform. The dividing factor was the ...WAY... that it was paid for correct? Wasn't it the republicans to first make it successful? Mitt Romney himself? Maybe they could lend thoughts how to make it work instead of the way it is currently slated? Wouldn't solid dialogue intead of harsh words seem a better approach? I don't see calling fellow Americans "pigs" as a very productive or intelligent approach. Just a thought.
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    2cents wrote...
    Wonder if the timing is intentional . . .
    December 3, 2012 8:50 am
    . . . as an in-your-face affirmation. Either way, it says loud and clear to me that the fiscal cliff is of no concern. It conveys that the fiscal cliff is part of the strategy, and all is going perfectly, according to plan, so lets kick back while the country falls prey.
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    Patriot wrote...
    Tax first, Cuts second, so says Obama
    December 3, 2012 8:57 am
    Ronald Reagan learned this the hard way in the 1980's when he agreed to a budget deal that included three dollars in spending cuts for every dollar in tax increases. The taxes came first. The cuts never came at all.
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    Patriot wrote...
    Fiscal Cliff here we come
    December 3, 2012 9:00 am
    And where will Obama be while all the coming tax increases are finally applicable? Hawaii! Obama's 21 day vacation will cost us taxpayers "only" $4 million. That's okay, since the tax increases will cover Obama's vacation, but all us taxpayers will be lucky to get any vacation at all.
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    Patriot wrote...
    Obama lies
    December 8, 2012 9:37 am
    .
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