Economy and would improve Business Conditions here in the United States. And make sure that american born workers arent undercut by workers who are undocumented and arent always paid a fair wage and as a consequence employers who are breaking the rules are able to undercut folks who are doing the right thing. We got a bipartisan bill out of the senate. I asked john boehner at that point can we pass this through the house . Is there a majority of votes in the house to get this passed . And Speaker Boehner i think was sincere about wanting to pass it but had difficulty over the last year trying to get it done. So when he finally told me he wasnt going to call it up this year, what i indicated to him is i feel obliged to do everything i can lawfully with my executive authority to make sure that we dont keep on making the system worse, but that whatever executive actions that i take will be replaced and supplanted by actions by congress. That is a commitment i made not just to the American
They want to come here and Work Together to solve problems and move the country forward so that the future is bright for american citizens. All right, are there any questions . Several new women were elected. Number offairly small republican women. Are you satisfied with the results . First of all, i would say that the women who are coming in are a very talented group. They will help us grow the women members we have in the next cycle. That is why i said we have only just begun. There is a lot of work to do to diversify our party and grow our party. We have just won seats from maine to american samoa. We may pick up san diego and florida. We are making big progress. But we have to focus on recruiting good women candidates to run, helping them get into , and building that up. It will take a couple of cycles. Mentioned that after the next election there is always another election. You worried about a danger point . Reach at any down votee, and up or on obamacare that would invite a ano,
You are absolutely right. Five times since the end of world war ii a party has had the white house for two consecutive terms. President reagans Approval Ratings back in 1988 were very good. Democrats in their infinite wisdom nominated michael dukakis, and the rest is history. For 2016, there are couple of things we dont know. History argues that republicans ought to win the presidency in 2016. But the big question is, will they have repaired their brand . Will they have repaired some their problems with minority voters, young voters, women voters, selfdescribed moderate voters . I would argue that some of those groups just basically stayed home. It will be interesting to watch to see whether latino turnout dropped disproportionally, for example, being upset that immigration hasnt gone through and all that. So if republicans address their brand challenges, it will obviously make a difference. Obviously also whoever the republican nominee will be. On the other hand, what kind of shape is
Administration. But i dont know if you saw the morning talk shows, but there were several potential candidates for 2016 who were out there already. Is the clock ticking . Are you running out of time . How much time do you have left . And what do you make of the notion that you are now a lame duck . Well, traditionally after the last midterm of the twoterm presidency since i cant run again that is the label that you guys apply. Here is what i tell my team. I told them this last week and i told them this, this morning. We had this incredible privilege of being in charge of the most Important Organization on earth. The u. S. Government. And our military. And everything that we do for good around the world. And there is a lot of work to be done to make government work better. To make americans safer. To make opportunity available to more people. For us to be able to have a positive influence in every corner of the globe the way we are doing right now in west africa. And im going to squeeze
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