Speaking at a newly built Johnson Controls advanced battery facility in Holland, Michigan on Friday, President Barack Obama delivered a fiery critique of Washington's broken politics and the "worst kind" of partisanship and gridlock.

President Obama outlined several steps that can be taken right now to put more money in the hands of the American worker including: extending the payroll tax cut; extending unemployment benefits; passing a road construction bill and patent reform, and; implementing programs to help soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan get training and find jobs in the tough job market.