Readout of the Speaker’s call with President Obama WASHINGTON, DC - This afternoon, President Obama called Speaker Boehner to congratulate him on passing the three free trade agreements. According to an unusually detailed account released by the speaker’s office, Boehner “respectfully challenged” the president for saying Thursday that he has not yet seen a jobs plan from Republicans. Text Size - 
 
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 “I want to make sure you have all the facts,” Boehner told Obama, the account of the 10-minute call said. By providing a rare readout of the call, Boehner’s office is trying to highlight that Obama is ignoring attempts by House Republicans to address the jobs crisis. The speaker, who last spoke with the president three weeks ago, reminded Obama that the House GOP released a jobs plan in May and that his leadership team has spoken with Obama and his staff about the plan “on numerous occasions.” 
 
 “The speaker told the president that when he sent his jobs plan to the Hill, Republicans pledged to give it consideration, and have done so,” the release stated. “The president was reminded of a memo written by GOP leaders outlining the specific areas where they believe common ground can be found. The Speaker also noted that a number of the president’s ideas have already been acted on in the House, including a veterans hiring bill, trade agreements, and a three percent withholding bill approved by the Ways & Means Committee today that will be considered on the House floor this month.” 
 
 Josh Earnest, deputy White House press secretary, declined to comment on the details of the conversation. “As independent economists have said, the American Jobs Act is the only plan that will create jobs and help the economy now.” 
 
 Obama’s jobs bill stalled in the Senate this week when it could not attract enough support to advance.
– Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo points out what he sees a change in the "national conversation" about the economy: It's all about jobs now instead of the debt and deficit. Witness the Republican senators who unveiled a jobs plan of their own, along with John Boehner giving an "earful" to President Obama about how Republicans are in fact serious about creating employment, according to Politico. "I don't suggest that the president's political fortunes have shifted dramatically," writes Marshall. "Yet despite the fact that Senate Republicans were able to block a vote on his jobs bill, it seems to have gone with relatively little notice—probably because it's right there in plain sight—how much the president's day in and day out push on jobs has simply shifted the national conversation, the focus on what the issue is that requires solving. I think this is a bigger deal than we realize."