WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would not wait for Congress to pass legislation to advance his policy priorities this year and said he was "getting close" to finishing a review of U.S. surveillance practices - to be unveiled on Friday.
Obama, speaking to reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House, foreshadowed his upcoming State of the Union address and what appeared to be a new messaging strategy by emphasizing his ability to take executive actions without approval from lawmakers.
"We are not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we're providing Americans the kind of help that they need," he said.
Out of control spending. Out of control bureaucracy. Out of control legislature. Out of control security apparatus. Out of control president. Our congress lets the president write his own laws, lets the justice department choose which laws to enforce, and then congratulates themselves for prosecuting baseball players who used steroids."I've got a pen, and I've got a phone. And I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions ... and I've got a phone that allows me to convene Americans from every walk of life," he said.
These guys call North Korea a rogue nation? The US is a rogue nation.
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