Even as this plan puts Americans back to work, it will also make the critical investments in alternative energy, and safer roads, better health care, and modern schools that will lay the foundation for long-term growth and prosperity.

Will he get what he wants tomorrow for the vote?

We had a wonderful exchange of ideas and I continue to be optimistic about our ability to get this recovery package done.

What I told him is start by listening, because all too often, the United States starts by dictating.

I don't expect 100 percent agreement from my Republican colleagues, but I do hope that we can all put politics aside and do the American people's business right now.

The very fact that this crisis is largely of our own making means that it is not beyond our ability to solve. Our problems are rooted in past mistakes, not our capacity for future greatness. It will take time and perhaps many years, but we…

What I told him is start by listening because all too often, the United States starts by dictating.

We had a wonderful exchange of ideas. And I continue to be optimistic about our ability to get this recovery package done.

I cannot respect terrorist organizations that would kill innocent civilians and we will hunt them down. But to the broader Muslim world, what we're going to be offering is a hand of friendship.

Feel free to whack me over the head because I probably will not compromise on that part.

The key right now is to make sure that we keep politics to a minimum. There's some legitimate philosophical differences with parts of my plan that the Republicans have and I respect that.