Barack Obama actually said...

I didn't expect to have to do an $800 billion stimulus package as my first act when I became president of the United States.

This notion that somehow I came in here just ginned up to spend $800 billion, that wasn't -- that wasn't how I envisioned my presidency begi...

the key is to -- that inaction would make this crisis worse, so he wants action, even if this bill is not perfect.

I think it's perfectly legitimate to say that those programs should be out of this particular recovery package and we can deal with them lat...