Liberals on Capitol Hill are upping the pressure on President Obama to amplify his support for public workers in Wisconsin and beyond.
The Progressive Caucus co-chairman said this week that Obama’s words “are important,” but “there is more to do.”
“There’s a bully pulpit there that the president has and I think it needs to be used – it needs to be used to rally national support,” Grijalva said on a press call Wednesday sponsored by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
“I don’t think you can turn the cheek on this one,” he said. “This is one where you have to be very firm.”

The first poll of voters in California’s 36th district shows a neck-and-neck race between the two top Democrats vying to replace Rep.Jane Harman, who will make her resignation official next week.
The results also showed voters in the district think it is more important for government to create jobs than reduce the deficit: 51 percent to 40 percent.