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Congressional Democrats are turning on President Obama and denouncing several of his key policy efforts, effectively distancing themselves from the administration’s faltering approval ratings.

Sen. James Webb (D.-Va.) last week called the President’s plan to raise taxes “terrible,” and said he does “not believe we should be increasing ordinary earned-income taxes on any level.”
 
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D.-N.J.) said the Obama administration “has not shown the leadership to combat gun violence.”

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, some of the President’s staunchest supporters, are also openly criticizing Obama.

“There are roughly 3 million African-Americans out of work today, a number nearly equal to the entire population of Iowa,” said Rep. Maxine Waters (D.-Calif.)  “I would suggest that if the entire population of Iowa, a key state on the electoral map and a place that served as a stop on the President’s jobs bus tour were unemployed, they would be mentioned in the President’s speech and be the beneficiary of targeted public policy,” Waters said.

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by Audrey Hudson