‘hey todders, relax – i got this. kinda busy right now, but talk soon.’

President Barack Obama works on his remarks in the Outer Oval Office before making a statement to the press regarding the Senate’s vote on the Budget Control Act of 2011, Aug. 2

behind the scenes

President Barack Obama meets with Speaker of the House John Boehner on the patio near the Oval Office, Sunday, July 3

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, July 20

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk around the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, July 24

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are briefed by Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, during a meeting in Chief of Staff Bill Daley’s West Wing office at the White House to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, Saturday, July 30

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi following their meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, Saturday, July 30

President Barack Obama talks with senior advisors in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing efforts in the debt limit and deficit reduction talks, Sunday, July 31. Pictured, from left, are: Vice President Joe Biden; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; OMB Director Jack Lew; Pete Rouse, Counselor to the President; and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Chief of Staff Bill Daley’s West Wing Office at the White House to discuss ongoing efforts in the debt limit and deficit reduction talks, Sunday, July 31, 2011. Chief of Staff Bill Daley, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk in a West Wing hallway at the White House in between meetings to discuss ongoing efforts in the debt limit and deficit reduction talks, Sunday, July 31

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden shake hands in the Oval Office following a phone call with House Speaker John Boehner securing a bipartisan deal to reduce the nation’s deficit and avoid default, Sunday, July 31

President Barack Obama signs the Budget Control Act of 2011 in the Oval Office, Aug. 2

All photos by Pete Souza – more here

moving on

President Obama makes a statement in the Rose Garden, Aug. 2, on the passage of legislation to raise the debt ceiling

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