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U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, vice chair of the House Republican Conference, gave Fox News a preview of the GOP's rebuttle to tonight's expected themes in President Obama's State of the Union address. The congresswoman from Spokane took repeated shots at Obama's rejection of the Keystone pipeline, saying America needs the private sector jobs.
“At a time when we need to be putting Americans back to work, the President, unfortunately, is saying ‘no’ to American energy and ‘no’ to American jobs,” McMorris Rodgers told Fox News commentator Bill Hemmer. “That’s the wrong answer.
Here's a clip of the TV appearance:
The president is scheduled to deliver his State of the Union address at 6 p.m. PT tonight, and is expected to call for higher tax rates on America's millionaires.
Jim Camden is a veteran political reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
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arliacne on January 25 at 8:04 a.m.
Cathy Who? Oh, yeah - that rep who lives in DC and seldom makes her way into the state. This woman will only represent those who pay huge donations into her re-election chest. She is a “No” rubber stamp for the Republican Party and a Tea Party sympathizer - indeed, if you read her quotes and listen to her sound bites it is very hard to distinguish her rhetoric from that of the latter party.
It’s really time to fire McMorris-Rodgers and place someone in that position who will at least listen to the other side and have some sense of what working together towards a common goal means. Let alone an understanding of how to represent the people.