WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It did not match the week of his wedding or the weeks his daughters were born, but President Barack Obama acknowledged on Tuesday that last week was a particularly momentous one for him.
The Supreme Court legalized gay marriage and upheld his signature healthcare law, and Congress passed legislation critical to a Pacific trade pact Obama wants to finalize before leaving office in January 2017.
"I might see if we can make next week even better," quipped Obama, who has about 18 months left in his presidency.
What's next? Obama told reporters he hopes to next work with Congress on an infrastructure funding package and on reforming the criminal justice system.
"The list is long and my instructions to my team and my instructions to myself have always been that we are going to squeeze every last ounce of progress that we can make ... as long as I have the privilege of holding this office," Obama said at a news conference.
Obama began work on his to-do list on Tuesday, unveiling a plan to make more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay.
He also tried to marshal business and labor to pressure Congress to renew the charter for the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
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