President Obama met with his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness on Tuesday to review their latest report, "detailing recommendations to the President on strengthening our economy."
According to the Council's report, members are pushing for many ideas that are considered to be conservative in nature, including several that have already passed in the Republican-controlled House as jobs bills.
"With this report, President Obama's own panel of experts has endorsed the approach to job creation House Republicans have been pursuing for more than a year," Republican House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement.
However, President Obama tried to nix the Council's ideas by telling them he'll try his best to get the recommendations done, but told them this is an "election year" and "getting Congress focused on some of these issues may be difficult."
"I want you to know that obviously this year is an election year, and so getting Congress focused on some of these issues may be difficult. But we have been struck by the degree of capacity we have administratively to at least chip away at some of these problems. Oftentimes, it’s hard to get the kind of comprehensive solutions that you want without legislative involvement. But those small, incremental steps, they add up, and we’re going to continue to make sure that we push that as hard as possible," Obama told the Council.
What does the Council on Jobs recommend?
The council, made up of 27 leaders from business, labor and academia, recommended "instituting longer term regulatory and corporate tax reform to support job creation."
The jobs council also called upon the White House to consider "expanding and expediting the domestic production of fossil fuels -- including allowing more access to oil, gas, and coal opportunities on federal lands."
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