The President tours Conveyor Engineering and Manufacturing and is shown what is called “press screws.”
I know on the issues we fought for, we can change things for the better. Jobs. Border Security. Veterans. We can do so much more by working together.
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| — | Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) in the video she posted announcing she is stepping down from Congress this week. |
I defy you to find anything like a quorum, anything like even enough people to fill this room up on Capitol Hill who are elected members of Congress. You might find them in very warm places or snowy places having fundraisers. But you won’t find them in Capitol Hill because they are in recess.
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| — | Today’s White House Quote of the Day comes from Jay Carney who was answering a “process” question about the Richard Cordray appointment. |
This is an issue where an overwhelming number of people in both parties agree. How can we not get that done? I mean, has this place become so dysfunctional that even when people agree to things we can’t do it? It doesn’t make any sense.
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| — | Today’s White House Quote of the Day is from President Barack Obama who was speaking about the pay roll tax holiday extension. |
The issue right now is this: The clock is ticking; time is running out. And if the House Republicans refuse to vote for the Senate bill, or even allow it to come up for a vote, taxes will go up in 11 days.
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| — | President Obama during his surprise appearance at the White House Briefing today. #quoteoftheday? |
Well, if I had a crystal ball, I would have predicted that Denver would go on this remarkable run after Tim Tebow started as quarterback for the Broncos, and I would have made a lot of money in Vegas.
I don’t have a crystal ball, so I don’t know what the endgame will look like, how this will all end. What is the case is that there is still time for Congress to do all of its work; both finish its business and the American people’s business in time for their scheduled vacation by the end of this week.
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| — | White House Press Secretary Jay Carney talking about how the pay roll tax cut extension debate will play out during the gaggle on AF1 this morning. |
This is not even a plan. This was a speech. This was a plan to have a bunch of other people set up a commission to come up with a plan. And then to hit spending and deficit targets that are even less ambitious then the last plan he came up with to have a commission to have a plan. So this wasn’t a plan. This was punting.
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| — | Paul Ryan channeling Aaron Sorkin when responding to President Obama’s fiscal speech earlier today. |
