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American Jobs Act
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the [[Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act|JOBS Act]] of 2012}}
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The '''American Jobs Act''' ({{USBill|112|S|1549}}) (H. Doc. 112-53)<ref>[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOC-112hdoc53/content-detail.html H. Doc. 112-53 - THE ``AMERICAN JOBS ACT OF 2011'' LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL]</ref> and (H.R. 12)<ref name="opencongress.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h12/sh(contracted; show full)ref>Alison Gendar and Thomas M. Defrank. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/09/01/2011-09-01_president_obama_punts_to_earlier_time_against_nfl_game_after_caving_to_gop_of_te.html President Obama punts to earlier time against NFL game after caving to GOP of televised jobs speech.] ''[[New York Daily News]], 9/1/2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/02/us-obama-speech-football-idUSTRE7805W520110902 Relax football fans: Obama speech won't trump NFL]
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906212308/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/02/us-obama-speech-football-idUSTRE7805W520110902 |date=2011-09-06 }}. Reuters. 9/2/2011</ref>

The Republicans declined to broadcast an official opposition response, as it is traditionally done after a presidential address to a joint session of Congress. This decision was criticized by House Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] as being "disrespectful" to the president and the American people.<ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/09/no-formal-gop-response-to-obama-speech/1 No (formal) GOP response to Obama speech]. USA Today. 9/7/(contracted; show full)BCJobs3"/>  A prior nill version of the 3% withholding repeal by Senate Republicans had failed in the Senate on a 57-43 cloture vote, as Senate Democrats opposed the Senate Republicans plan to fund the lost tax revenue via $30 billion in spending cuts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/usa-jobs-idUSN1E79J2BK20111021 |title=Competing fiscal plans blocked in divided US Senate |publisher=Reuters |author=Thomas Ferraro |date=October 21, 2011<!-- 12:23am EDT -->
  |accessdate=November 5, 2011 |archive-date=November 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108132002/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/usa-jobs-idUSN1E79J2BK20111021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the failed cloture vote 47 Senate Republicans were joined by 10 Senate Democrats in voting to open debate on the Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011, {{USBill|112|S|1726}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00178 |title= U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote 178 |accessdate=November 5, 2011}}</ref>

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