Jobs Plan Aimed At Passing

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney didn’t give reporters much in terms of details about President Obama’s upcoming jobs speech, but predicted that members of Congress will like what they hear when the president addresses them later this week.

“It is a significant proposal,” Carney said during his Tuesday press briefing. “But it contains ideas that have historically garnered bipartisan support by the very Members who will sit in the hall Thursday night.”

Following that remark, Carney was peppered with questions regarding how Obama plans on coercing Republicans into green-lighting his proposal, which will likely include a mixture of extending substantial tax credits and spending aimed at jumpstarting infrastructure hiring.

“There are areas that we know have and have enjoyed bipartisan support,” he said, adding that Obama has been in “regular consultation” with lawmakers over what to put in the plan.