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Obama chides GOP for opposing his agenda

President Barack Obama meets with Kinsey Button, a student at the University of Austin, who wrote him a letter about her family, at Magnolia Cafe in Austin, Texas, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Obama will also speak about the economy at the Paramount Theater. Austin is the final leg in his three city trip before returning to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Barack Obama meets with Kinsey Button, a student at the University of Austin, who wrote him a letter about her family, at Magnolia Cafe in Austin, Texas, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Obama will also speak about the economy at the Paramount Theater. Austin is the final leg in his three city trip before returning to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

By Associated Press July 10, 2014 1 min read

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – President Barack Obama says congressional Republicans have voted down “every serious” idea for helping the middle class this year.

Obama says that contention is “not a partisan statement – it’s a statement of fact.” He says Democrats are the party seekng to raise the minimum wage, spend more on infrastructure and make college more affordable.

Obama is speaking at a campaign-syle rally in Austin at the close of a three-day trip to Colorado and Texas. He held a private fundraiser earlier Thursday and also had lunch with a local college student who wrote him a letter about her family’s economic troubles.