Barack Obama

This agreement is an important step forward to stabilize Medicare, but our work is far from finished.

While I am pleased that this Act reflects important progress, much work remains to be done to address other claims of past discrimination.

It's time for a permanent solution that seniors and their doctors can depend on.

I have said before that I felt that the middle-class tax cuts were being held hostage to the high-end tax cuts.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America.

I've said before that I felt that the middle class tax cuts were being held hostage to the high-end tax cuts.

I couldn't go through the front door at this country's founding.

I am proud to have such distinguished and accomplished individuals join this Administration and serve on the National Council of the Humanities.

It means that in order to get stuff done, we're going to compromise.

Because of this agreement, middle class Americans won't see their taxes go up on January 1.

I encourage Americans to get vaccinated this week if they have not yet done so.

I'm happy to have that conversation.

Vaccination is the best protection against contracting and spreading the flu.

Will they go along with him in the end? And which will Americans care more about? That he gave up on a campaign pledge to roll back tax cuts for the rich? Or that he's trying to keep his other promise to reach across the aisle.

I know there's some people in my own party and in the other party who would rather prolong this battle, even if we can't reach a compromise. But I'm not willing to let working families across this country become collateral damage for…

The chairman last night, the Federal Reserve on '60 Minutes' said now is not the time to do deficit spending.

It's a long term thing.

Short term, this president has to do something about jobs.

Those are big, big things this president wants to get done.

It's to not let this drag on for another week, ten days.

Now is the time to basically get this economy moving that'll benefit the President and benefit them all.

If he wants to have any government cutting taxes or doing whatever in the future -- cutting spending they basically have to work together.

He has to deal now not with the weak and the lame, he has to deal with the leadership of the Republican Party.

I'm not willing to see two million Americans who stand to lose their unemployment insurance at the end of this month be put in a situation where they might lose their home, or their car, or suffer some additional economic catastrophe.

I know there are some people in my own party and in the other party who would rather prolong this battle even if we can't reach a compromise. But I'm not willing to let working families across this country become collateral damage for…