My hope is there’s a recognition on the part of the next speaker, something I think House Speaker John Boehner understood … that we can have significant differences on issues but that does n’t mean you shut down the government. President Obama More Quotes by President Obama More Quotes From President Obama Freedom of navigation must be upheld. President Obama politics The Constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now, when there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the president of the United States is to nominate someone. The Senate is to consider that nomination. President Obama politics They're wonderful girls, michelle gets all the credit. Maybe an assist from my mother-in-law. But they really are just solid kids. They don't have an attitude. They're courteous and kind to everybody. They work hard. They don't feel like they're entitled to anything. President Obama politics I gave these families my word, i made a vow that we would do everything to win the release of their loved ones. President Obama top-news This is a good day because now we see what’s possible with good American diplomacy, now our governments are talking to each other. President Obama latest-headlines It saves us billions of dollars, we had no business dragging this out. President Obama latest-headlines We're in the middle of the longest streak of private sector job creation in history. President Obama politics Even if the planet wasn't at stake. President Obama politics We’ve seen some serious progress on that front, but there are still some gaps. President Obama world What are we going to talk about, basketball? i am not interested in going over and talking to the president who doesn't have a basic level of respect or understanding of the Second Amendment and law abiding gun owners in this country. President Obama politics The president doesn't have a monopoly on compassion, the president doesn't get to lecture us on loving our kids. President Obama politics I will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform. President Obama latest-headlines Everybody should have to abide by the same rules. President Obama politics The recommendations that are being made by my team here are ones that are entirely consistent with the Second Amendment. President Obama latest-headlines The one thing good about executive orders : The new president, if he comes in -- boom, first day, first hour, first minute, you can rescind that. President Obama latest-headlines Whenever he doesn’t get what he wants, … this president acts like a king. President Obama latest-headlines All across America, survivors of gun violence and those who lost a child, a parent, a spouse to gun violence are forced to mark such awful anniversaries every single day, yet Congress still has n’t done anything to prevent what happened to them from happening to other families. President Obama latest-headlines Three years ago, a bipartisan, commonsense bill would have required background checks for virtually everyone who buys a gun, this policy was supported by some 90 percent of the American people. It was supported by a majority of NRA households. But the gun lobby mobilized against it. And the Senate blocked it. President Obama latest-headlines Now President Obama is doing what President Obama always does when President Obama does n’t get President Obama way, which is defy the will of the people and issue an executive order. President Obama latest-headlines I get too many letters from parents and teachers and kids to sit around and do nothing. President Obama latest-headlines
