Barack Obama: “The House of Representatives should allow a straight up or down vote on Senate-passed H.J. Res. 59.”

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.