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Releasing several statements and a video, members of the GOP used the numbers as evidence that the stimulus is not working and called for the implementation of a GOP plan.
A report from the Labor Department released Thursday morning revealed that employment fell by much more than expected in the month of June, pushing the unemployment rate up to a new twenty-five year high at 9.5 percent.
The report showed that non-farm payroll employment fell by 467,000 jobs in June following a revised decrease of 322,000 jobs in May. Economists had expected a decrease of about 365,000 jobs compared to the loss of 345,000 jobs originally reported for the previous month.
Widespread job losses contributed to the continued decrease in employment, with the manufacturing, professional and business services, and construction industries showing some of the steepest declines.
In a video, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, sends a bloodhound seeking the impact of the stimulus through job creation - and yields minimal results. Although the video is "lighthearted," Boehner said, overall the situation is "no laughing matter."
"At a time when Americans are looking to Washington for leadership, the trillion-dollar 'stimulus' isn't working," the GOP leader said. "Americans were promised the 'stimulus' would keep the unemployment rate from going above eight percent. It's now at 9.5 percent, and rising. Where are the jobs?" The republicans are calling for a stimulus more focused on helping small businesses.
John Kline, R-MN, called the number a "clear sign" that the current approach is not working and criticized the Obama administration for wasting taxpayer dollars.
"Democrats demanded nearly a trillion dollars in so-called economic stimulus spending with a promise that jobs would be created, unemployment would stop rising, and the effects would be immediate," Kline said. "Nearly five months later, it's time to ask: Where are the jobs?
"Where are the jobs?" appears to be the new GOP catchphrase. Republicans have called for a cutback in spending.
House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, said that the lack of a bipartisan approach has now put Americans in jeopardy of losing even more jobs.
"Employment must be our focus, yet Speaker Pelosi and the unchecked Democrat majorities continue to increase Washington's hand in the free market, at the expense of job creation," Cantor said.
"At some point, even the Speaker must realize that enough is enough. Republicans will continue to offer innovative solutions that put job creation first, and we hope that fair minded, centrist Democrats concerned about the direction this Congress has taken will work together with us."
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