Commentary The Center for American Progress Backs American Jobs Act by Gary Kopycinski on September 9, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. Today, the Center for American Progress released the following statement in reaction to President Barack Obama’s jobs speech tonight: