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From associations, a range of reactions to the Jobs Act

Big business associations mainly critical, while some sector groups support, but mixed-bag bill may prove a lobbying challenge Associations are all over the map on President Obama’s American Jobs Act, the potpourri of proposals aimed at creating employment and investing in infrastructure that is currently the administration’s centerpiece legislation, and which the Senate may take up later this month. Some large business associations have weighed in—and not positively. In various statements, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons said the proposed law “missed the mark;” U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue said it “fell… Read More