Susan Jones
CNS News
1/28/2014
President Obama has “warmed up” to using executive authority, and when he believes “he has the authority” to “make progress” without action by Congress, he will do it, White House adviser John Podesta told NPR Tuesday morning.
“But he doesn’t like to do this, does he?” the NPR host asked Podesta.
“Uh, I think he’s warmed up to it,” Podesta replied, laughing.
“And I think you’ll see that across a wide range of topics, including retirement security, moving forward on his climate change and energy transformation agenda,” said Podesta.
“There’s a lot that he has the authority to do that’s vested in him under the laws of the United States and his constitutional powers, and I think that he’s looking forward to a year of action, and I think he’s looking forward to tonight (when he gives the State of the Union speech) as a breakthrough year where he can lay out some of these practical, concrete ideas that will get people onboard a stable economic footing and see their wages going up for the first time in a long time,” said Podesta…
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Also at the site, Valerie Jarrett: SOTU Is ‘All About Action — A Very Optimistic Speech’
