"I know that passing this plan won't be easy," Mr. Obama said.
Mr. Oksner could be, sadly, very right that the Republicans, especially the Tea Party fanatics, would make it very difficult to pass this plan.
The majority of New Yorkers support this plan, and we are confident their elected officials will represent their interests and pass this plan.
"Once Congress passes this plan and I sign it into law," Mr. Obama said, "a new wave of innovation, activity and construction will be unleashed all across America".
"You should pass this jobs plan right away," the president declared over and over in his 32-minute speech, in which he eschewed his trademark soaring oratory in favor of a plainspoken appeal for action, stiffened by a few sarcastic political jabs.
The President spoke in strong, simple words, free of jargon — from the name of the bill (the American Jobs Act) to the blunt calls for action ("You should pass this jobs plan right away," repeated many times in one form or another).
You should pass this jobs plan right away.
Congress passed the plan and stockmarkets still fell.
Stroud District Council passed the plans in August 2010 but two rival service station operators objected.
The municipal council passed the plans in May 1969.
The Parliament of Norway passed the plans in 1986, and construction started two years later.
