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President Obama framed Tuesday evening’s planned vote on his jobs bill as a “moment of truth for the U.S. Senate."

The bill is not expected to acquire the 60 votes needed to take up the proposal, due in part to resistance from some Senate Democrats.

{mosads}But Obama continued to focus on Senate Republicans during a speech in Pittsburgh, following a meeting of the president's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

He also snagged a phrase most recently used in a major foreign policy speech delivered Friday by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Obama urged passage of the jobs bill in order to make "this century … another American Century.”

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