奧巴馬中西部巴士之旅推動經濟政策

President Barack Obama is continuing a bus tour of the U.S. Midwest to explain his economic policy, as he pushes back against criticism that he is not doing enough to spur the economy and address high . Obama is set to attend a rural economic forum Tuesday in the state of Iowa, a day after speaking with residents there and in the state of president said Monday he plans to present Congress with a plan to boost the nation's ailing economy when lawmakers return to work next month. Mr. Obama has called for Congress to extend payroll tax cuts, act on trade bills and pass measures to create construction jobs.

Iowa has been a political focus in recent days, following a Saturday poll that showed the state's favorites among Republican presidential candidates for next year's blicans say Mr. Obama is doing little to pump life into the ailing U.S. economy, and have criticized him for ballooning U.S. deficits.美國總統奧巴馬繼續他在美國中西部地區的巴士旅程，闡述他的經濟政策。與此同時，他反駁針對他沒有足夠努力刺激經濟、解決高失業問題的批評。奧巴馬定於星期二參加愛奧華州的鄉村經濟論壇，一天前，他在該州和明尼蘇達州對居民們發表了演講。總統星期一說，他計劃在議員們下個月回到國會後，向國會提交一份提振美國疲弱經濟的計劃。奧巴馬呼籲國會延長對工資稅的削減，對貿易法案採取行動，並通過措施創造建築業的就業機會。

愛奧華最近幾天一直是一個政治焦點。星期六的投票展示了該州選民對明年選舉中共和黨各位總統候選人的喜愛程度。共和黨人說，奧巴馬在恢復疲軟經濟方面幾乎毫無作爲，並批評他使美國的赤字膨脹。