Originally Posted by chessmaster05

bush showed more pressure than obama has, bush even offer a 2 or 4 billion dollar aid package if congress passed CIR. However, i have to say that he did all of this on his second term.

and yes you are right, alot of presidents havent carried their speeches like obama, president clinton did not gave this many speeches, but he offered the 245 and extension of 245i. he actually did something, whether it was something small as the 245i, and not a complete CIR, he actually gave some relief.