Jacob J. Lew: “But when people elect a President, they expect a President to lead, to take on the country's biggest challenges before…”

This agreement demonstrates that we have the capacity to find common ground on difficult issues and lays a foundation for addressing some of our long-term challenges.

We need to support the people at the IRS so that they can run a tax system that is worthy of our country.

The immediate need is for Congress to pass legislation that will permit them to restructure their debt.

I don't think defaulting on payments to veterans is any better than defaulting on payments to foreign bond holders.