Washington: At the dawn of an election year, congressional Republicans responded quickly and forcefully to President Barack Obama’s nationally televised vow to act on his own if lawmakers won’t cooperate on creating new jobs, not creating new crises in a nation with a yawning income gap.
The president must understand his power is limited by our Constitution, and the authority he has doesn’t add up to much for those without opportunity in this economy,” House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday night after Obama’s State of the Union address before a packed House chamber and a prime-time television audience.
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