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President Barack Obama bluntly challenged Congress on Monday to act now on his new jobs plan, brandishing a copy of the legislation in the Rose Garden and demanding: "No games, no politics, no delays."

By Erica Werner, Julie Pace | Updated on September 12, 2011
President Barack Obama holds up a copy of his American Jobs Act during a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama bluntly challenged Congress on Monday to act now on his new jobs plan, brandishing a copy of the legislation in the Rose Garden and demanding: “No games, no politics, no delays.”

Surrounded by police officers, firefighters, teachers, construction workers and others he said would be helped by the $447 billion package, the president said the only thing that would block its passage would be lawmakers deciding it wasn’t good politics to work with him.

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