President Barack Obama seeks a similar second-term record as his first . `` If you look through history , we do n't do big things very well in Washington , so I think it 's better to break it apart , do smaller pieces , have a heavy debate about it , '' GOP Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania told ABC on Sunday . The White House has said it will not seek to increase the debt ceiling until after Congress passes legislation that would raise spending caps and cut spending. Ending Bashar al-Assad 's rule in Syria would be this term 's Osama bin Laden triumph . The economy continues its incremental recovery .
President Barack Obama seeks a similar second-term record as his first . The White House has said it will not seek to increase the debt ceiling until after Congress passes legislation that would raise spending caps and cut spending. Ending Bashar al-Assad 's rule in Syria would be this term 's Osama bin Laden triumph . The economy continues its incremental recovery .