Politics & Government
Residents Voice Hope for Obama Jobs Plan, Doubts About Congress Passage
Patch spoke with local residents about President Obama's recent jobs speech.

Springfield Patch spoke with area residents and got their reactions to President Obama's jobs speech, which he gave before a joint session of Congress.
Many individuals expressed hope for the ideas and plans that the President put forward in his speech to the nation, along with deep skepticism as to whether Congress, in particular the GOP-controlled House, would approve anything that President Obama had proposed.