GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Rep. Justin Amash, facing a friendly crowd of constituents and supporters, cast a wide net of blame for what ails politics in Washington, D.C., during remarks

of the year.

While largely casting himself as a pragmatic problem-solver willing to work with Republicans and Democrats alike, Amash blamed congressional leaders, President Barack Obama and politics-as-usual for near-constant gridlock on pressing issues.

The roughly hour-long town hall meeting Wednesday evening at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

from the nation's $16 trillion debt to immigration.

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