WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 05:  U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking to the media during a news conference in the East Room a day after Democrats lost the US Senate Majority, November 5, 2014 in Washington, DC. Yesterday Republicans won the majority of the US Senate for the first time in 8 years after Americans went to the polls and voted in the mid-term elections.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)