Barack Obama actually said...

"Regardless of the arguments we've had in the past, regardless of the arguments we'll have in the future, this plan is the right thing to do right now. You should pass it."

"I am sending this Congress a plan that you should pass right away. It's called the American Jobs Act. There should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation. Everything in here is the k..."

"I'm going to be accountable. If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."

"I reject the idea that we need to ask people to choose between their jobs and their safety."