Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further.

The Iranians may simply try to run out the clock.

Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism.

We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year

The men and women of America's homeland security apparatus do important work to protect us, and Republicans and Democrats in Congress should not be playing politics with that.

We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.

We have greater awareness of where we're falling short than we used to. Just take the example of community police relations.