WASHINGTON: US Republicans, fired-up by their elections romp, vowed to slash government spending and target President Barack Obama's signature health care overhaul with an eye on defeating him in 2012.
Obama, warning "we can't afford two years of just squabbling," announced he had invited top congressional Republicans and Democrats to the White House on November 18 to seek ways to work together after Tuesday's ballot-box rebuke.
"I think it's clear that the voters sent a message, which is they want us to focus on the economy and jobs and moving this country forward," the president said on Thursday as he met with his cabinet to adjust to Washington's new reality.
Republicans claimed a popular mandate against Obama's agenda after riding a wave of anger at the sour economy and joblessness near 10 percent to retake the House of Representatives and slice deep into the Democrats' Senate majority.
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