Today, President Barack Obama is pushing his economic “To Do List”for Congress. President Obama will be meeting with House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell later today to encourage them to act on the proposals in his list. He started the morning at a Washington D.C. deli, Taylor Gourmet, where he had a roundtable discussion with the deli’s owners and other small business people that he claims would benefit from the new hire tax credit that is one of the five items on his list. While appearing at the deli, President Obama was asked by reporters about his plans for his meeting with the Congressional leadership.

“I’m going to offer them some hoagies,” he said. Read More