“Some of the commentators last night said that’s a nice speech but none of this can pass this Congress,” Obama told the Idaho crowd. “But my job is to put forward what I think is best for America.”
“The job of Congress is to put forward alternative ideas, but they’ve got to be specific, they can’t just be no,” the president continued. “I’m happy to start a conversation, tell me how we’re going to get to the things that need to be done. Tell me how we get to yes. I want to get to yes.”This year, the White House has issued veto threats on the bills in Congress to build the Keystone XL pipeline, for a 40 hour work week regarding Obamacare, and on a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
During the State of the Union address Tuesday, Obama said he would veto legislation that undermined the Affordable Care Act, the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill and his immigration executive actions to block deportations."
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