US Presidency
2013

Now, unfortunately, over the past couple of years in particular, Washington hasn't just ignored this problem they've actually made it worse. And I am interested in working with everybody, and there are a bunch of not just Democrats, but also Republicans who recognize that Washington is not working. But we've also seen a group of folks, particularly in the House, a group of Republicans in Congress that they suggested they wouldn't vote to pay the bills that Congress had already run up. And that fiasco harmed a fragile recovery back in 2011. We've got a growing number of Republican senators who are trying to get things done with their Democratic counterparts just passed an immigration bill that economists say is going to boost our economy by more than a trillion dollars. But so far, at least, there's a faction of House Republicans who won't let the bill go to the floor for a vote.