5 Key Points From President Obama's American Jobs Bill Speech

On Thursday evening, an impassioned Barack Obama addressed the U.S. Congress to deliver a speech presenting his American Jobs Bill. Long awaited by Americans, the bill aims to simply help America get back to work. National unemployment stands at 9.1 percent, and the monthly figure hasn't been below 8.8 percent since President Obama took office in 2009. As the president begins to take seriously his reelection, the polls are increasingly telling him that jobs and economy are the most important issues on the minds of Americans. President Obama has been criticized on both sides of the aisle for allowing a raft of issues to dominate the national agenda, from health care to the raising of the debt ceiling, while Americans continue their search for work.