US President Barack Obama appealed to Republican congressional leaders on Tuesday to put politics aside and work to revive the US economy. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back to Washington from a vacation in Hawaii, Obama said "we've started to make good progress" on the economy, adding: "I expect to build on that progress when I get back."
In Washington, newly empowered Republicans in Congress were preparing challenges to Obama. Republicans made strong gains in November's US congressional elections. They are set to take control of the House of Representatives from Obama's Democrats and increase their numbers in the Senate, with the 2012 US presidential election on the horizon.
A senior Republican aide said on Monday the House planned to vote on January 12 on Republican legislation to repeal the president's healthcare law approved last year, and predicted it would pass in the House. Obama appealed to the two top Republicans in Congress, incoming House Speaker John Boehner.
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