President Obama calls for movement on small-business bill

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Source: CNN

President Barack Obama used an appearance at a small business in Washington to again call on Congress to pass small-business legislation that he says will help strengthen the American economy.

The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act is currently stalled in the Senate.

"It is so important to pass this jobs bill for America's small businesses. That's where most of our jobs are created. And small businesses have been especially hard-hit by the economy," said Obama, speaking at Gelberg Signs.

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The president blasted the politics that has bogged the bill down. "A minority in the Senate is standing in the way to giving an up or down vote on the bill," he said. "Delays mean contracts being put off ... workers going without jobs. We need to do what's right, not what's political, right now. Democrats, Republicans, independents, we need to come together."

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