President Obama conceded on Thursday that he is playing politics to try and persuade Congress to vote on his jobs bill, saying he sees no other way to compel action in the Republican-led House of Representatives.
“I would love nothing more than to not be out there campaigning,” Obama said at a press conference in the East Room of the White House. “I would love nothing more than to see Congress get so aggressive… that I can’t campaign against them as a do-nothing Congress.”
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