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Reichert Protest Part of Nationwide Howl Over Jobs

Constituents in mainly Republican districts across the U.S. voiced their frustration over jobs and unemployment directly — when they could — with their congressional representative this month.

at the Mercer Island offices of GOP appears to be part of a nationwide outpouring of anger, according to the Huffington Post.

The Huffington Post's Tyler Kingkade linked to late last week on over 200 protesters — along with several other protests, town halls and fundraisers across the U.S. — where constituents voiced demands that Congress focus on jobs rather than trying to reduce the deficit.

Republican legislators appear to be the focus during Congress' summer break in August after their "" budget plan failed and a compromise was struck to raise the debt limit in exchange for spending cuts. The wave of protest is reminiscent of the uproar experienced by representatives and senators on break during the health care reform debate in the summer of 2009.

For more on this story, please see Tyler Kingkade's story by clicking here, titled "House Republicans Get An Earful At Town Halls Back Home"

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