WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has been talking about bipartisan cooperation, ahead of a lunch today with 16 top-ranking lawmakers from both parties.
Before meeting with his Cabinet this morning, Obama told reporters that good ideas don’t necessarily come from one party. And he said cooperation is possible, as long as a Republican-run Congress and the White House can “set politics aside for a moment.”
Obama said the economy and jobs, boosting manufacturing and increasing exports are among areas where he and Congress could find common ground.
On the agenda at today’s lunch is a host of unfinished business that the current Congress must wrap up before the new, fully Republican-controlled Congress is seated early next year.
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APPHOTO DCEV110: President Barack Obama speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. From left are, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Heath and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell, and Obama. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (7 Nov 2014)
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APPHOTO DCEV109: President Barack Obama speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (7 Nov 2014)
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