It doesn't matter how much pressure Obama puts on the GOP. Whatever Obama wants to the GOP will do the Opposite, actively oppose it and spread lies about. The GOP don't want to work with Obama they want the country to fail just so the country can blame it on him. If Obama couldn't pressure the GOP to pass a clean bill on something so simple and routinely as to raise the Debt limit what makes you think he can pressure them to work with him on something so controversial as CIR?