President Obama calls on Congress to pass the bipartisan, paid-for ideas that he proposed last year to put construction workers back to work upgrading our roads and bridges, teachers back in the classroom educating our kids and police and firefighters back on the job keeping our communities safe, and addresses the state of the economy, including the situation in Europe, which … [Read more...] about Friday Afternoon Thread: President Obama Holds Press Conference on the Economy (Video) – UPDATED with Mittens response!