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Saturday, December 7, 2013

Obama: House GOP should be 'embarrassed' by their record

By MEGHASHYAM MALI | DECEMBER 5, 2013

President Obama on Thursday said that Republicans should be “embarrassed” that they have not done more on Capitol Hill, blaming them for Washington gridlock.

“They've got to be embarrassed,” the president said in an interview on MSNBC’s "Hardball with Chris Matthews." “Because the truth of the matter is that they've now been in charge of the House of Representatives, one branch of, or one chamber in one branch of government, for a couple of years now and they just don't have a lot to show for it.”  Obama said that congressional Republicans were too fearful of offending their conservative base to sit down and compromise with him.  "There's so much focus on the politics of the base and Republicans being worried about getting challenged during the primary season that inhibits a lot of cooperation that is there,” he said.  But the president added that he believes there were GOP lawmakers who wanted to work with him…..To Read More……

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