奥巴马总统提出了大量方案投资于美国国家竞争力基础，但国会中的共和党拒绝了这些方案，他们说，美国的当务之急的财政危机。
President Barack Obama has offered numerous proposals to invest in the foundations of national competitiveness, but Congressional Republicans have rebuffed them, claiming that the US faces an impending fiscal crisis.