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Weekly Address: Pushing Congress to Create Jobs, Keep College in Reach for Middle Class
&feature=plcpPresident Obama discusses legislation he signed on Friday that does two important things: It keeps thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, and it stops interest rates on federal loans from doubling this year for more than seven million students.