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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 3959126" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2014/01/20/263766043/wielding-a-pen-and-a-phone-obama-goes-it-alone" target="_blank">Wielding A Pen And A Phone, Obama Goes It Alone</a> - npr</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">President Obama has a new phrase he's been using a lot lately: </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">"I've got a pen, and I've got a phone."</span></strong></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He's talking about the tools a president can use <u>if Congress isn't giving him what he wants</u>: executive actions and calling people together. It's another avenue the president is using to pursue his economic agenda.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">"I am going to be working with Congress where I can to accomplish this, but </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>I am also going to act on my own if Congress is deadlocked,</strong>" he said at an education event at the White House on Thursday. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">"<strong>I've got a pen to take executive actions where Congress won't</strong>, and I've got a telephone to rally folks around the country on this mission."</span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>President Obama has alluded to his pen and his phone as two tools that help him act without getting congressional approval.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><img src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/01/18/463345181_18261195_wide-d8cd7eb4587f864737aff080253ca3c9d49edd4d-s800-c85.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 3959126, member: 18222"] [B][SIZE=5][URL='https://www.npr.org/2014/01/20/263766043/wielding-a-pen-and-a-phone-obama-goes-it-alone']Wielding A Pen And A Phone, Obama Goes It Alone[/URL] - npr[/SIZE][/B] [I][FONT=Georgia]President Obama has a new phrase he's been using a lot lately: [B][SIZE=5]"I've got a pen, and I've got a phone."[/SIZE][/B] He's talking about the tools a president can use [U]if Congress isn't giving him what he wants[/U]: executive actions and calling people together. It's another avenue the president is using to pursue his economic agenda. "I am going to be working with Congress where I can to accomplish this, but [B]I am also going to act on my own if Congress is deadlocked,[/B]" he said at an education event at the White House on Thursday. "[B]I've got a pen to take executive actions where Congress won't[/B], and I've got a telephone to rally folks around the country on this mission."[/FONT][/I][B][/B] [SIZE=3][B][/B] [B]President Obama has alluded to his pen and his phone as two tools that help him act without getting congressional approval.[/B] [B][IMG]https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/01/18/463345181_18261195_wide-d8cd7eb4587f864737aff080253ca3c9d49edd4d-s800-c85.jpg[/IMG][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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