Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120105:23:36:00
>> this do-nothing congress has forced the president to go it alone. that's why the plan was announced to put together low-income teenagers to work this summer, a plan he can launch without congress. and richard cordray has been nominated. >> i've got an obligation to act on behalf of the american people. i'm not going to stand by while a minority in the senate puts party ideology ahead of the people that we were elected to serve. not with so much at stake, not at this make-or-break moment for middle-class americans. we're not going to let it happen. >> the strategy is becoming clear. he'll ca...