{"id":552722,"date":"2021-06-04T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552722"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:50:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:50:25","slug":"gop-lawmakers-rip-biden-over-jobs-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-rip-biden-over-jobs-report\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Rip Biden Over Jobs Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-lawmakers-rip-biden-over-jobs-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GetFile-217.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican congressional leaders are blasting President Joe Biden after the May jobs report fell about 100,000 jobs short of estimates.<\/p>\n<p>The Labor Department&#8217;s employment report on Friday showed 559,000 nonfarm jobs created last month, with wages rising, though millions of jobless\u00a0Americans remained at home.<\/p>\n<p>Economists polled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/finance\/streettalk\/biden-jobs-progress\/2021\/06\/04\/id\/1023931\/\">Reuters<\/a> had predicted even stronger job growth of 650,000 jobs created in May. They say the factors keeping people from working may include a lack of childcare and generous unemployment checks, according to the wire service.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Biden touted the data, noting unemployment is down and wages are up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is historic progress,&#8221; Biden said in a speech. &#8220;None of this success is an accident. It isn&#8217;t luck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was critical of the president\u2019s economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1400813328566571010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>: &#8220;As we emerge from the virus, our economy should be booming, but today&#8217;s lackluster jobs report shows President Biden&#8217;s policies have stalled our recovery. Washington needs to stop paying people NOT to work. Bidenomics is bad for America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., criticized the president, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Scalise <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveScalise\/status\/1400809517319852037\">tweeted<\/a>: &#8220;Another bad jobs report\u2014100,000 fewer jobs added than experts estimated. This is what happens when you pay people not to work. What did Democrats expect?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who is the chair of the House Republican Conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1400813610612498435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;U.S. added 559,000 jobs in May, vs 671,000 estimate&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet again, President Biden\u2019s jobs report misses the mark &#8211; further proof that the Democrats&#8217; socialist economic agenda DOES NOT WORK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She followed that up by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1400819409271263237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeting<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Arguably the most diappointing part of President Biden&#8217;s job report: labor force participation DOWN even as the eceonomy reopens<\/p>\n<p>Biden\/Pelosi should have listened to Republicans &#8211; ask any small business, the Dems&#8217; federal unemployment is NOT incentivizing Americans to work&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican congressional leaders are blasting President Joe Biden after the May jobs report fell about 100,000 jobs short of estimates. 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