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Barack Obama lunches with Paul Ryan
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| Contributor | Ashley |
| Last Edited | Ashley Mar 08, 2013 04:41pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| News Date | Thursday, March 7, 2013 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Barack Obama expanded his fledgling search for Republican allies on a possible deficit-reduction deal when he hosted lunch Thursday for Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, one of the House's leading fiscal conservatives.
Coming the day after he took Republican senators, including Wisconsin's Ron Johnson, to dinner to discuss the budget, Obama's new outreach brought optimism that two years of fiscal battles could ease up. But the White House and Republican lawmakers signaled that the road to a grand bargain will be difficult.
Long criticized for not forging links with the opposition, Obama has been unable to reach a long-term deal in often-acrimonious talks with House Speaker John Boehner to trim at least $4 trillion in deficits over 10 years.
Obama's new tack seems to be in response to the failure of both sides to halt $85 billion in automatic spending cuts that kicked in Friday. A Reuters/Ipsos poll on Tuesday showed Obama's approval rating falling to 43%, partly due to the partisan fight over taxes and spending.
Obama and his spokesman Jay Carney have frequently come under questioning from reporters about the president's unwillingness to speak to Republicans, who control the House. But Boehner said this week's thaw was "a hopeful sign. I think something will come of it." |
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