The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a White House-backed jobs bill today that ended the federal requirement to withhold 3% of payments to government contractors. The rule, which had been bipartisanly maligned, was repealed by a 405-16 vote.

This is actually the 17th jobs creation provision passed by the House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, but ignored by the United States Senate, which is controlled by Barack Obama’s Democrats. Senate majority leadership has actually stopped Republicans from voting on the president’s entire jobs bill, even while Democrats accuse Republicans of being the obstructionists.

House Majority Leader Eric Canter (R-VA) is getting tired of the president’s hypocrisy:

 “The President has traveled the country telling Americans, ‘We Can’t Wait’ to pass some jobs bills,” said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.). “Well, we aren’t waiting. We continue to pass jobs bills. Perhaps it’s time for the President to deliver the ‘We Can’t Wait’ message to the other body in the Capitol.”

Ah, but Eric, that would destroy the “Republicans are obstructionists” narrative and place blame where it belongs: on the president’s own party in the Senate. We can’t have that now, can we? No, much better to continue attacking Republicans for obstruction when they’re the ones actually passing and considering bills. It’s Obama’s strategy for next year: Lie, lie, and lie some more.