Obama to GOP: 'Stop worrying about the next election and start worrying about the next generation'

Obama to GOP: 'Stop worrying about the next election and start worrying about the next generation'

Obama: 'No excuse' for Congress not to act

WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday urged Americans to tell Congress "stop worrying about the next election and start worrying about the next generation."

In his weekly radio and Internet address, the president reviewed proposals he has made intended to help accelerate the nation's recovery from "the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression."

"The economy is growing again, but it's not growing fast enough," he said. "Our businesses have created 4.3 million new jobs over the last 27 months, but we're not creating them fast enough. And we're facing some pretty serious headwinds -- from the effects of the recent spike in gas prices, to the financial crisis in Europe."

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