In Richmond, Obama rallies support for jobs proposals

Virginian Pilot
September 9, 2011

Amplifying a message he delivered the night before to Congress, President Barack Obama today urged a crowd of thousands at the University of Richmond to tell federal legislators to support his jobs plan.

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“I'm asking all of you to lift up your voices. Not just here in Richmond -- anybody watching, listening, following online,” he told the cheering audience. “I want you to call, I want you to e-mail, I want you to tweet, I want you to fax, I want you to visit, I want you to Facebook, send a carrier pigeon. I want you to tell your congressperson the time for gridlock and games is over.”

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One listener who plans to reach out to his congressman is state Sen. Donald McEachin, a Henrico County Democrat who lives in House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's district, which is also home to the University of Richmond.

“I hope Cantor's listening because we need to pass it now,” McEachin told reporters after the speech. “And, by the way, I'm Cantor's constituent, so I'm telling him, ‘We need to pass it now.’”?

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