Of course, Republicans voted against it

"When Obama unveiled the [American Jobs Act] bill last September, independent economic analysts predicted it could supply up to 1.9 million jobs and add two points to the GDP."

Republicans made no secret of the fact that they were going to do every thing possible to prevent the economy from recovering as long as Barack Obama was president and they have pretty much succeeded. It's not easy when half the country is rooting for us to fail.