US President Barack Obama vowed to work with his Republican opponents yesterday after their midterm election victory and asked them to help him fight both Ebola and Islamic State jihadists.
But he also warned that he would take executive action on immigration before the end of the year, whether or not the new Congress makes progress towards a bipartisan reform bill on the emotive issue.
“Obviously, Republicans had a good night,” he admitted, a day after Republicans seized control of the Senate from Obama´s Democrats and increased their majority in the House of Representatives.
“I´m eager to work with the new Congress to make the next two years as productive as possible,” Obama said, while warning that there may still be some legislation that he would feel obliged to veto.
“That´s natural. That´s how our democracy works,” he said. “But we can surely find ways to work together on issues where there´s broad agreement among the American people.”
