Obama Has "Testy" Meeting with GOP Senators

Written by FrumForum Editors on Wednesday May 26, 2010

The Hill reports on President Obama's Tuesday meeting with Senate Republicans:

A GOP senator ripped into President Barack Obama at a meeting on Capitol Hill Tuesday, telling him he had “audacity” coming in and using Republican lawmakers as "props."

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the Democrats’ partner on Wall Street reform, criticized Obama during a meeting the president requested with the Senate Republican conference to court their support for the remaining initiatives on his agenda.

After the meeting, GOP senators said they appreciated the outreach.

But behind closed doors, the president faced a hostile crowd of angry Republicans, led by Corker. ...

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) described the meeting as “testy.”

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