The Hill: Liberal Democrats announce jobs platform
September 13, 2011
At a news conference, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said Obama's proposal was a good start, but that their own agenda would do even more to put people to work.The CPC platform focuses on six areas for job creation and calls for a national infrastructure bank, green technology investment, new public-sector spending for job creation and closing tax loopholes and subsidies for big American businesses as well as discouraging large bonuses for CEOs of big corporations.