Republican Party - Obama Presidency Oral History Republican Party Index / Organizations Transcript Zeke Emanuel ...the moon. Obviously tax cuts by the Republicans , their series tax cuts, their unfunde... ...but there was also disagreement between Republicans and Democrats about the government'... ...recess. We were getting pummeled. The Republicans weren't playing ball. They kept sayin... ...issue there. Similarly, most Republicans didn't think that they would vote th... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...ways. I testified twenty times, and Republicans were controlling the House and Senat... ...“Well, yes, but you worked with Republicans , and you could do this, you could d... ...he was a Democrat and some of them were Republicans . But she knew all of them. So I ha... ...based on things they were saying, that Republicans wanted to work with us on it. An... ...and Congressman Joe Barton, leading Republicans who I knew from my previous time i... ...yes, I was spending a lot of time with Republicans . When your appointment was firs... ...CMS under President Bush, said, “Most Republicans I know really like her,” and commende... ...sought to cultivate relationships with Republicans both during your time in the Clinto... ...but certainly driven more by Republicans than by Democrats. Clinton decided t... ...found that Democrats were unhappy, Republicans often forgot they voted for i... ...members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans , about potential healthcare refor... ...me if I had stayed in touch with Republicans during the time between the Clinto... ...contention, both between Democrats and Republicans and among some Democrats. Th... ...Senator Dole and other leading Republicans at the time, embraced instead a... ...its head a little bit. There were some Republicans who said they didn't like th... ...did you sense concern among either Republicans , Democrats, or both, about trying t... ...think about this and wish that we had Republicans that voted for the bill. Because th... ...still determined to go forward. The Republicans underestimated his resolve, and hi... ...in discussing the differences between Republicans and Democrats over the public option... ...what ways did the conversation with the Republicans about the public option verge on th... ...tried without it and we have seen that Republicans and other opponents of the ACA wer... ...as in the Congress—and they were mostly Republicans , although not all, who were opposed t... ...hard to get the votes. It wasn't just Republicans . We had Democrats for whom that was ... ...the time, especially in meeting with Republicans , they would say, “Well, you have to d... ...defendants of the law, when the Republicans were trying to repeal it, were th... ...the Democrats didn't like the way the Republicans were approaching it. I wrote an op-e... ...was acrimonious between Democrats and Republicans , but once implementation cam... ...eight months, we had been working with Republicans all the time. I also knew all th... ...on Capitol Hill, you'd have plenty of Republicans saying they wanted to do a... ...the country approached its debt limit, Republicans in Congress wanted spending cuts an... ...run up to it. And I guess none of the Republicans voted for it. So I knew we were abou... ...but in particular, at that point, Republicans —that was ostensibly a big part of th... ...that ushered in Speaker Gingrich and Republicans in the majority. So I was familiar wit... ...negotiations, Congressional Republicans wanted, among other things, cuts t... ...Geithner did, for example, to meet with Republicans on the Hill. I have a vivi... ...might happen. I think he thought that Republicans , at least the House Republicans, woul... ...that Republicans, at least the House Republicans , would be willing to let us go ove... ...offer a bunch of Medicare cuts to the Republicans to try to draw them into an agreemen... ...a number of positive discussions with Republicans about doing infrastructure. A lot o... ...so negative to people because the Republicans were refusing to cooperate. And righ... ... I still thought he would find Republicans in Congress who would work with him. ... ...ways. I testified twenty times, and Republicans were controlling the House and Senat... ...“Well, yes, but you worked with Republicans , and you could do this, you could d... ...he was a Democrat and some of them were Republicans . But she knew all of them. So I ha... ...based on things they were saying, that Republicans wanted to work with us on it. An... ...and Congressman Joe Barton, leading Republicans who I knew from my previous time i... ...yes, I was spending a lot of time with Republicans . When your appointment was firs... ...CMS under President Bush, said, “Most Republicans I know really like her,” and commende... ...sought to cultivate relationships with Republicans both during your time in the Clinto... ...but certainly driven more by Republicans than by Democrats. Clinton decided t... ...found that Democrats were unhappy, Republicans often forgot they voted for i... ...members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans , about potential healthcare refor... ...me if I had stayed in touch with Republicans during the time between the Clinto... ...contention, both between Democrats and Republicans and among some Democrats. Th... ...Senator Dole and other leading Republicans at the time, embraced instead a... ...its head a little bit. There were some Republicans who said they didn't like th... ...did you sense concern among either Republicans , Democrats, or both, about trying t... ...think about this and wish that we had Republicans that voted for the bill. Because th... ...still determined to go forward. The Republicans underestimated his resolve, and hi... ...in discussing the differences between Republicans and Democrats over the public option... ...what ways did the conversation with the Republicans about the public option verge on th... ...tried without it and we have seen that Republicans and other opponents of the ACA wer... ...as in the Congress—and they were mostly Republicans , although not all, who were opposed t... ...hard to get the votes. It wasn't just Republicans . We had Democrats for whom that was ... ...the time, especially in meeting with Republicans , they would say, “Well, you have to d... ...defendants of the law, when the Republicans were trying to repeal it, were th... ...the Democrats didn't like the way the Republicans were approaching it. I wrote an op-e... ...was acrimonious between Democrats and Republicans , but once implementation cam... ...eight months, we had been working with Republicans all the time. I also knew all th... ...on Capitol Hill, you'd have plenty of Republicans saying they wanted to do a... ...the country approached its debt limit, Republicans in Congress wanted spending cuts an... ...run up to it. And I guess none of the Republicans voted for it. So I knew we were abou... ...but in particular, at that point, Republicans —that was ostensibly a big part of th... ...that ushered in Speaker Gingrich and Republicans in the majority. So I was familiar wit... ...negotiations, Congressional Republicans wanted, among other things, cuts t... ...Geithner did, for example, to meet with Republicans on the Hill. I have a vivi... ...might happen. I think he thought that Republicans , at least the House Republicans, woul... ...that Republicans, at least the House Republicans , would be willing to let us go ove... ...offer a bunch of Medicare cuts to the Republicans to try to draw them into an agreemen... ...a number of positive discussions with Republicans about doing infrastructure. A lot o... ...so negative to people because the Republicans were refusing to cooperate. And righ... ... I still thought he would find Republicans in Congress who would work with him. ... ...ways. I testified twenty times, and Republicans were controlling the House and Senat... ...“Well, yes, but you worked with Republicans , and you could do this, you could d... ...he was a Democrat and some of them were Republicans . But she knew all of them. So I ha... ...based on things they were saying, that Republicans wanted to work with us on it. An... ...and Congressman Joe Barton, leading Republicans who I knew from my previous time i... ...yes, I was spending a lot of time with Republicans . When your appointment was firs... ...CMS under President Bush, said, “Most Republicans I know really like her,” and commende... ...sought to cultivate relationships with Republicans both during your time in the Clinto... ...but certainly driven more by Republicans than by Democrats. Clinton decided t... ...found that Democrats were unhappy, Republicans often forgot they voted for i... ...members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans , about potential healthcare refor... ...me if I had stayed in touch with Republicans during the time between the Clinto... ...contention, both between Democrats and Republicans and among some Democrats. Th... ...Senator Dole and other leading Republicans at the time, embraced instead a... ...its head a little bit. There were some Republicans who said they didn't like th... ...did you sense concern among either Republicans , Democrats, or both, about trying t... ...think about this and wish that we had Republicans that voted for the bill. Because th... ...still determined to go forward. The Republicans underestimated his resolve, and hi... ...in discussing the differences between Republicans and Democrats over the public option... ...what ways did the conversation with the Republicans about the public option verge on th... ...tried without it and we have seen that Republicans and other opponents of the ACA wer... ...as in the Congress—and they were mostly Republicans , although not all, who were opposed t... ...hard to get the votes. It wasn't just Republicans . We had Democrats for whom that was ... ...the time, especially in meeting with Republicans , they would say, “Well, you have to d... ...defendants of the law, when the Republicans were trying to repeal it, were th... ...the Democrats didn't like the way the Republicans were approaching it. I wrote an op-e... ...was acrimonious between Democrats and Republicans , but once implementation cam... ...eight months, we had been working with Republicans all the time. I also knew all th... ...on Capitol Hill, you'd have plenty of Republicans saying they wanted to do a... ...the country approached its debt limit, Republicans in Congress wanted spending cuts an... ...run up to it. And I guess none of the Republicans voted for it. So I knew we were abou... ...but in particular, at that point, Republicans —that was ostensibly a big part of th... ...that ushered in Speaker Gingrich and Republicans in the majority. So I was familiar wit... ...negotiations, Congressional Republicans wanted, among other things, cuts t... ...Geithner did, for example, to meet with Republicans on the Hill. I have a vivi... ...might happen. I think he thought that Republicans , at least the House Republicans, woul... ...that Republicans, at least the House Republicans , would be willing to let us go ove... ...offer a bunch of Medicare cuts to the Republicans to try to draw them into an agreemen... ...a number of positive discussions with Republicans about doing infrastructure. A lot o... ...so negative to people because the Republicans were refusing to cooperate. And righ... ... I still thought he would find Republicans in Congress who would work with him. ... Show more... Cecile Richards ...right or the evangelical vote in the Republican Party . Unfortunately, people in th... ...Party. Unfortunately, people in the Republican Party who'd been supporters of Planne... ...the organization. And it became for the Republican Party what I thought was a real mistake... ...Obama doing that, but also the Republicans with their attempts to sort of pull u... Christy Goldfuss ...CEQ, who was the opposition? The GOP [ Republican Party ] opposition, oil, and gas lobby, wh... Connie Anderson ...that people that mostly probably were Republicans had elected a Democrat, and a Blac... Heather Zichal ...the real divisiveness, and how the Republicans were using that Waxman-Markey vote t... ...antiregulatory push from Democrats and Republicans to the president directly. And a lot o... ...be for green jobs like the way to bring Republicans . At this point in time, remember, w... ...broader conversation, and not alienate Republicans and not alienate Democrats in state... ...to this campaign that was run by the Republicans , that was all about, Obama shouldn'... ...Politically I think it's good, because Republicans are not going to have eighty-si... ...support on the Hill from Democrats and Republicans alike. He liked the fact that she was ... Show more... Jeanne Lambrew ...which negotiations with congressional Republicans were productive? No [laughs]. I thin... Jim Houser ...move, whether it would be dominated by Republicans or Democrats. You're engaged in al... ...things that had gone into place. The Republicans had, I think, 150 amendments that ha... ...been approved by the Democrats; because Republicans kept saying that if we just did this o... John Mier ...just how good it was. And the Republicans were kind of at a reflex kneejer... ...senator, people like that, high-level Republicans . And it was that they were going t... ...President Obama was that all these damn Republicans are jumping up and down and screaming... ...That's why I was so frustrated with the Republicans because I saw by then very clearl... ...a completely smooth thing, I'm certain Republicans would've tried to pick on somethin... ...take. But of course, Trump and the Republicans have no desire to see it succeed, eve... Show more... Nancy Sutley ...that both Democrats as well as Republicans ? At the local level, we did hav... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy Arts and Humanities Coming soon Asia Rebalance Coming soon Criminal Justice Coming soon