President Barack Obama has lashed out at opposition Republicans for blocking government efforts to bring new aid to small businesses.
In his weekly address, President Obama accused Republicans of using parliamentary procedures to block a proposed $30 billion government fund to help small businesses.
"That is not right," said President Obama. "And I am calling on the Republican leaders in the Senate to stop holding America's small businesses hostage to politics, and allow an up-or-down vote on this small business jobs bill. At a time when America is just starting to move forward again, we cannot afford the do-nothing policies and partisan maneuvering that will only take us backward".
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