From USA TODAY:
During a three-day Western trip that ended Wednesday, Obama announced initiatives that could help 1.6 million college students repay their federal loans, 1 million homeowners meet their mortgage payments, and 8,000 veterans find jobs.
The Democratic president did this with nary a negotiation with congressional Republicans. Like many of his predecessors in the White House, he got past Congress the old-fashioned way: He spurned it.
“We can’t wait for Congress to do its job. So where they won’t act, I will,” Obama told students at the University of Colorado-Denver. “We’re going to look every single day to figure out what we can do without Congress.”
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