“Girls just want to have fun,” Cyndi Lauper belts in her famous song. Apparently President Barack Obama wants to join her.
“Let’s do this more often. It’s so much fun,” Obama said at a bill signing on Tuesday.
Obama gathered in White House with members of Congress to sign the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. This is the first joint action in a while that has not seen blistering attacks on both sides.
The event featured a peppy Obama, who seemed to embrace compromise and bipartisanship.
“Everybody’s smiling; everybody feels good,” he said. “We could be doing this all the time”
It seems Obama’s so-called “year of action” has left him bored.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act intends to create a “streamlined workforce development system.”
“(The bill) will help us bring those programs into the 21st century by building on what we know works, based on evidence, based on tracking, what actually delivers on behalf of folks who enroll in these programs,” said Obama.
But despite Obama’s bipartisan support at the signing, he couldn’t resist making his usual calls for immigration reform and raising the minimum wage.
