◼ Republican governors on Monday blasted President Obama for resisting compromise with the GOP-controlled Congress. - David Drucker/Washington Examiner
During a news conference after meeting with Obama at the White House, Republican governors criticized the president for vowing to veto legislation authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and similarly threatening to reject a House-passed bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security while reversing his executive immigration order....
The governors also unloaded on the president for asking them to participate in improving the lives on everyday Americans but then rejecting most of the solutions they propose that require federal sign-off, such as overhauling state Medicaid programs.
“It’s not shocking news that things are not just bogged down but stuck in Washington,” said Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, chairman of the Republican Governors Association. “A lot of people have an interest in keeping things stirred up and stuck.
