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On the recordNovember 4, 2014
I'm eager to work with the new Congress to make the next two years as productive as possible, and I look forward to work ahead. Anywhere where we can find common ground, I'm eager to pursue it. Working together, we can surely find ways to work together. We can and we will make progress if the we do it together.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama expresses his willingness to collaborate with the new Congress for productive governance.

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