During a Tuesday morning news conference, President Obama responded forcefully to a question about whether he had enough “juice” to advance his agenda in his second term, after a major gun bill was defeated in the Senate earlier this month. Adding that he has to find a middle ground with a “dysfunctional” Congress, the president said he couldn’t force lawmakers from the other side of the aisle to cooperate if they are unable to. “It’s not my job to get [Congress] to behave. That’s their job.”
- If you missed the president’s press conference this morning, here are some headlines
- President Obama’s team attempts to simplify Obamacare
- Obama walks back to podium to discuss Jason Collins
- Jason Collins talks to George Stephanopoulos this morning
- Relationship with Republican congressional members at an all-time low
- Handling of Boston bombing data set to be reviewed
- Massachusetts Senate primary today
- Schweitzer the favorite in Montana
- What is expected to happen with the 8 retired Senate seats
- Rand Paul endorses Mark Sanford
- Immigration headache for conservatives
- Rick Santorum to address the NRA
- Mayor Bloomberg’s anti-gun violence efforts have vastly outpaced the rest of the nation
- Governor McDonnell‘s donor investigation
- Anthony Weiner’s lucrative consulting gigs
- George Zimmerman won’t have a “stand your ground” pretrial hearing
- Twitter expects more journalists to be hacked, issues warning
