Obama unveils jobs plan (23 images)

U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday proposed tax credits, tax relief and tax cuts for the middle class to get the economy going again. In a speech before a joint session of Congress, Obama proposed the American Jobs Act and urged Congress to forget politics and do what's right for the country.

President Barack Obama arrives to address a joint session of the United States Congress on the subject of job creation on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 8, 2011. UPI/Kevin Lamarque/Pool

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President Barack Obama kisses an unidentified member of Congress after he addressed a joint session of the United States Congress on the subject of job creation on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 8, 2011. UPI/Kevin Lamarque/Pool

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Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) playfully greet each other prior to U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on job creation, before a Joint Session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

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Speaker of the House John Boehner shakes hands with .President Barack Obama before Obama addressed a joint session of the United States Congress on the subject of job creation on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 8, 2011. UPI/Kevin Lamarque/Pool

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