Weekly Address: It's Time for Congress to Get to Work

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2. Story from The Guardian:

Barack Obama attacks Congress over latest low employment numbers

President Barack Obama attempted to shift blame for a shock rise in America's unemployment on Saturday, attacking an obstructionist Congress for failing to pass job-creation measures.

The bad economic data, which showed the US had created just 69,000 new jobs in April and unemployment had gone up for the first time in a year to 8.2 percent, contributed to a worldwide fall in stock prices.

The news was far worse than expectations and stands a chance of significantly impacting on Obama's chances of re-election as both he and his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, believe the health of the US economy will be the key factor in voters' minds come November.

In his weekly address, Obama spoke from the floor of a Minnesota factory where he held a campaign rally late last week. He attacked Congress for only passing a few parts of a planned jobs bill last year, rather than the whole package.