A bipartisan group of congressional leaders met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning in the White House.
The White House said the meeting would be to “discuss a wide range of issues, including places where [Obama] hopes we can work together to grow the economy and protect our national security.”
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said before the meeting he plans to talk to Obama about jobs and the economy.
“We also hope the president will have an update for us on the use of military force with regard to our fight against ISIL,” he told reporters. “The events in Paris last week remind us just how real that terrorism threat is.”
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was also set to attend, needled Obama prior to the meeting for his multiple veto threats this Congress.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) did not attend, on doctor’s orders, due to an ongoing injury from exercising that has kept him away from the Senate this month, an aide said.
The meeting featured 15 congressional leaders, a Senate Democratic leadership aide said.
Even with their track record of hateful, provocative, anti Obama/Biden talk, you just know the GOP leaders dove on the free White House nibbles…
The Kommandant in Chef makes a mean pot-au-feu
and, of course, we will keep hearing and reading reiterations of the meme that the President does not try to work with the Republican legislators. At this point, I wouldn’t care if he just told them, “Let’s drop the pretense” - but I heard another Democratic commentator this morning chastising the President for not trying to be bipartisan.
That’s because what they mean by “bipartisan”, is do whatever they tell you. Since that is not going to and hasn’t happened, the song will stay the same.
Why aren’t I surprised? These same Dems are far away from the president when it comes to defending him and policies they say they support yet can’t get to the cameras fast enough to criticize.
/smfh