American Jobs Act - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies American Jobs Act Transcripts Austan Goolsbee ...that fall. The president announces the American Jobs Act , and then addresses a joint session o... Stephanie Cutter ...of time developing that, and also the American Jobs Act . Those were my two sort of project... ...is why I did the We Can't Wait and the American Jobs Act , but I felt like, if I went to th... Danielle Gray ...There was, “Go ahead and pass the American Jobs Act , but we're not going to wait for yo... Rob Nabors ...proposed a 447 billion dollar bill, the American Jobs Act , in an address to a joint session o... ...was “nothing controversial” about the American Jobs Act legislation. Were there ways th... ...it really an infrastructure bill, the American Jobs Act ? Yes, for the most part. Can yo... Jason Furman ...like when we released the American Jobs Act proposal in the fall of 2011. So those... Pete Rouse ...the time we had been trying to get the American Jobs Act passed, which was—you know, it wasn'... ...of the campaign? That's right. And the American Jobs Act speech, which you mentioned before, i... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...later, the president introduced the American Jobs Act in a joint session to Congress. And ... Jon Favreau ...session of Congress to propose the American Jobs Act , which was a 447 billion dollar piec... ...was “nothing controversial about the American Jobs Act legislation.” Do you remember writin... ...of 2011. So in other words, the American Jobs Act speech and the Osawatomie speech wer... Brian Deese ...of 2011, President Obama proposes the American Jobs Act in a joint session of Congress. Why wa... ...very seriously the construction of the American Jobs Act . And there were those who said, “Wh... ...not result in us being able to pass the American Jobs Act in whole or in full, but it's the bes... ...tried to talk to the public about the American Jobs Act . You convened a session of White Hous... ...House office hours that dealt with the American Jobs Act and We Can't Wait [White House polic... Kathleen Merrigan ...and ask just one question about the American Jobs Act , which President Obama had proposed t... ...to discuss the benefits of the American Jobs Act for rural communities. At that time, a... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Labor Labor go to the Native America Native America