{"id":9301,"date":"2011-11-03T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T22:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=9301"},"modified":"2011-11-04T11:21:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T15:21:02","slug":"obama-says-god-wants-jobs-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/11\/obama-says-god-wants-jobs-legislation","title":{"rendered":"Obama says God wants jobs legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_9304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 610px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9304 \" title=\"Obama Presents Tax Relief Plan\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/11\/obama1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">President Barack Obama<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Was President Obama mocking Congress for reaffirming the nation&#8217;s official motto &#8220;In God We Trust?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=1254867170001&amp;playerID=635367679001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAACpvMpk~,rAvHhAS7JOpa4tlt0CXVebDvGzQCdYY2&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&amp;isUI=1\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=1254867170001&amp;playerID=635367679001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAACpvMpk~,rAvHhAS7JOpa4tlt0CXVebDvGzQCdYY2&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><embed id=\"flashObj\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&amp;isUI=1\" flashVars=\"videoId=1254867170001&amp;playerID=635367679001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAACpvMpk~,rAvHhAS7JOpa4tlt0CXVebDvGzQCdYY2&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"videoId=1254867170001&amp;playerID=635367679001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAACpvMpk~,rAvHhAS7JOpa4tlt0CXVebDvGzQCdYY2&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" swliveconnect=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>In the video, the President reaffirms his belief in God, then speaks for the Almighty &#8212; stating that the Creator wants Congress to approve legislation that would put people back to work. Then Obama seems to poke fun at the House of Representatives for voting overwhelmingly a few days ago to put it on the record that &#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; &#8212; not &#8220;E Pluribus Unum&#8221; &#8212; is the national motto.<\/p>\n<p>Obama had stated in a speech that the Latin phrase, which means &#8220;Out of many, one&#8221; is our motto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2011\/11\/congress-confirms-in-god-we-trust-is-americas-official-motto.php\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Barack Obama Was President Obama mocking Congress for reaffirming the nation&#8217;s official motto &#8220;In God We Trust?&#8221; \u00a0 In the video, the President reaffirms his belief in God, then speaks for the Almighty &#8212; stating that the Creator wants Congress to approve legislation that would put people back to work. 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