President Obama discusses immigration during weekly address

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Barack Obama used his weekly address to push Congress to pass an immigration reform bill. The bill's already passed the senate.

President Obama said it would offer a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million people who are in this country illegally

And those millions of new Americans would add $1.4 trillion to the economy over the next two decades.

"Here in America, we?ve always been a nation of immigrants. That?s what?s kept our workforce dynamic, our businesses on the cutting edge, and our economy the strongest in the world. But under the current system, too many smart, hardworking immigrants are prevented from contributing to that success,? said Obama.

President Obama also said immigration reform is something both democrats and republicans can agree on. His predecessor, President George W Bush, spoke up for the law.. just last week.

Republicans are also talking bi-partisanship in their weekly address. But, they want a deal on healthcare. The G.O.P. is calling for a permanent delay of the Affordable Care Act for everyone.

Just last week, the Obama White House said it?s postponing until 2015 the section of the federal health care law that requires businesses to provide their workers with health insurance or pay penalties. That mandate affected companies with more than 50 full-time workers.

Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming said he wants positive changes to the law.

?There are clear differences between what Republicans and Democrats see as a financially viable health care system that lowers costs, expands choice, and doesn?t bankrupt each of us or our country. But fixing our health care system doesn?t have to be the divisive and partisan,? said Sen. Mike Enzi, (R) Wyoming.

Enzi said the law is so massive, burdensome, bureaucratic and confusing that it's collapsing under its own weight.

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