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Congress is willing to get in the game," Obama said, Reuters reported.</p> <p>Texas governor Rick Perry, who only recently jumped into the race for the Republican presidential nomination, was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday.</p> <p>He spoke against <span class="tpk"><a href="/web/20141117022701/http://au.ibtimes.com/topics/detail/244/federal-reserve/">Federal Reserve</a></span> chairman <span class="tpk"><a href="/web/20141117022701/http://au.ibtimes.com/topics/detail/256/ben-bernanke/">Ben Bernanke</a></span> increasing stimulus spending before the 2012 election.</p> <p>"If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I don't know what you would do with him," Perry said, the <span class="tpk"><a href="/web/20141117022701/http://au.ibtimes.com/topics/detail/878/los-angeles/">Los Angeles</a></span> Times reported. 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