Obama on CNN: Congress Has Two Jobs, But Too ‘Worried About’ ‘Rush Limbaugh’ to Do Them
In an exclusive interview with CNNs Chris Cuomo on Friday, President Barack Obama said that the upcoming fight over the continuation of a resolution which will fund the government does not have to be a fight at all. He said that enough Republicans in Congress agree that seeking to defund the Affordable Care Act is a bad idea, but they are afraid of angering their base or of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Congress doesnt have a whole lot of core responsibilities, Obama said. One core responsibility is passing a budget, which they have not done yet. The other core responsibility that theyve got is to pay the bills that theyve already accrued. Obama said that, if Congress does their jobs on those issues, then they can tackle big, structural changes like what he is proposing to the nations higher education system. http://www.mediaite.com/tv/obama-on-cnn-congress-has-two-jobs-but-too-worried-about-rush-limbaugh-to-do-them/