Obama extends olive branch to Cantor [View all]

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/219415-obama-extends-olive-branch-to-cantor-after-passage-of-jobs-bill

President Obama has extended an olive branch to Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and invited him to the White House this week to attend a signing ceremony for bipartisan jobs legislation.

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Now the president is giving Cantor his due. His gesture recognizes Cantor’s role in spearheading passage of the bill, which will make it easier for small businesses to raise capital.

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Cantor told The Hill he hopes the president and congressional leaders will work together more frequently over the next several months.

“I hope it’s that all of us are looking toward driving toward results and looking toward solutions. We all know there are plenty of differences between the two sides in Washington,” he said Sunday.

Some Republican lawmakers had begun to grumble about the lack of bipartisan signing ceremonies, suspecting that it was part of a broader plan to paint Republicans in Congress as obstructionist.

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