Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.

The challenge for any government is how do you do two things at the same time. How do you put money forward for things like the payroll tax holiday, for things like getting a jump-start on infrastructure, for building schools, and make the decisions for long-term deficit reduction.

If you don't define the problem you'll never reach a painful solution.

The most critical thing in a negotiation is to get inside your opponent's head and figure out what he really wants.

If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.