Nancy Pelosi resists President Obama’s outreach efforts

By MANU RAJU,Politico

 Pelosi Rebuffs Obama’s Overtures

The Obama administration’s efforts to find common ground with congressional Republicans ran into two pockets of resistance Tuesday:House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader John Boehner.

At a closed-door White House session,Pelosi expressed skepticism over an administration proposal to offer tax breaks to businesses that create new jobs. And Boehner urged President Barack Obama to abandon much of the Democrats’current agenda on the ground that it’s killing jobs by creating uncertainty in the markets.

The White House session with congressional leaders was supposed to be a step toward bipartisanship,with a focus on jobs. But Pelosi made it clear that there’s disagreement,even among Democrats.

White House economic advisers Christina Romer and Larry Summers defended the administration’s proposal to give employers a $5,000 credit for each new worker they hire as well as help with Social Security taxes.

Pelosi countered that no one she’s consulted believes that the plan will actually lead to the creation of new jobs,sources said.

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