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Barack Obama: I realize that a lot of the new members of Congress and I don't see eye-to-eye on many issues. But we were each elected…

On the recordJuly 24, 2011
I realize that a lot of the new members of Congress and I don't see eye-to-eye on many issues. But we were each elected by some of the same Americans for some of the same reasons. Yes, many want government to start living within its means. And many are fed up with a system in which the deck seems stacked against middle-class Americans in favor of the wealthiest few. But do you know what people are fed up with most of all? They're fed up with a town where compromise has become a dirty word.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama emphasizes the need for compromise in Congress and addresses the frustrations of Americans with the political system.

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