text: Politicians To Blame For Weak Job Growth, Economists Say | HuffPost
  09/07/2012 04:46 pm ET Updated Sep 08, 2012
  President Barack Obama can take credit for implementing a $787 billion stimulus that saved or created more than 3 million jobs, according to the Congressional Budget Office. But many economists argue that the hurried law did not go far enough. Obama made another attempt at job creation last year when he introduced a jobs bill to Congress that economists estimated would create roughly 2 million jobs if passed. Congressional Republicans have blocked the bill, advocating austerity instead.