奧巴馬與參議院新領袖承諾儘可能合作
With Tuesday's congressional elections behind him, U.S. President Barack Obama is looking to reach common ground with Republican lawmakers who are poised to take full control of Congress next year.
Mr. Obama has invited congressional leaders to the White House for a Friday meeting to discuss legislative priorities. The president's Democratic Party suffered humiliating losses in Tuesday's elections, as Republicans won enough seats to win control of the Senate and tighten their grip on the House.
The president told reporters Wednesday he is certain there are some issues the fractious American political parties can agree on.
Meanwhile, the presumptive Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said he will work with Mr. Obama to win approval on international trade pacts and tax reform, and said they agreed in a telephone call to look for issues where they could reach agreement.
McConnell said one message of the election is that a politically divided government need not result in continued gridlock in Washington.
Mr. Obama said at a news conference that he is looking for broad agreement with Congress, but acknowledged the Republican Congress is likely to approve some legislation he cannot sign. McConnell agreed that the president might veto some Republican legislation.
One point of contention could emerge before the end of the year. Mr. Obama repeated his promise to unilaterally change the country's immigration policies, a move that could allow millions of migrants who entered the country illegally to stay in the United States. McConnell said he hopes the president will not take such action.
But Mr. Obama said he will act because the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has balked at acting on a comprehensive immigration measure approved by the Senate.星期二的國會選舉已經結束，共和黨人明年將掌控國會兩院。奧巴馬總統期待着與共和黨議員尋求共同立場。
奧巴馬邀請國會領袖們星期五前往白宮討論立法重點。奧巴馬所屬的民主黨在星期二的選舉中慘敗。共和黨人贏得了控制參議院的足夠席位，同時強化了對衆議院的掌控。
奧巴馬星期三對記者說，他相信怒氣衝衝的政黨能夠在一些問題上達成一致。
與此同時，預計將成爲參議院多數黨領袖的肯塔基州共和黨參議員麥康奈爾表示，將與奧巴馬總統共同努力，爭取國會批准國際貿易協議和稅制改革。麥康奈爾還說，他們在電話交談中同意尋找能夠達成一致的議題。
麥康奈爾說，中期選舉傳達的一個信息就是，有政治分歧的政府不應當帶來華盛頓持續的政治僵局。
奧巴馬在一次新聞發佈會上說，他將與國會尋求廣泛一致，但是承認共和黨控制的國會可能會通過一些他拒絕簽署的法案。麥康奈爾也認爲總統可能會否決一些共和黨的法案。
雙方爭論的焦點之一可能在今年年底前出現。奧巴馬反覆承諾他將單方改變美國的移民政策，此舉將使數百萬非法進入美國的移民能夠留在美國。麥康奈爾說,他希望總統不會這樣做。
但是奧巴馬說，他會採取這一行動，因爲共和黨控制的衆議院遲遲沒有對參議院通過的一項全面移民法案作出反應。
