Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens as President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of the United States Congress in Washington
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens as President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of the United States Congress on the subject of job creation on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 8, 2011. Reuters

Top Republicans in Congress on Tuesday dismissed President Barack Obama's proposal to revive job creation in the United States and pay for it by raising taxes.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, in a speech on the Senate floor, blasted Obama's proposals for paying for the jobs plan through permanent tax increases. What the president's proposed so far is not serious. And it's not a jobs plan, McConnell said.

Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, said lawmakers need to find common ground to spur job growth.

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