Obama to promote jobs plan in Boehner's home state

By Erica Werner

Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, Sept. 13 2011 1:10 a.m. MDT

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President Barack Obama holds up his proposed American Jobs Act legislation while making a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept., 12, 2011.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press

Summary

President Barack Obama is heading to the home state of his chief GOP antagonist on Capitol Hill, House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nuhr), to promote his jobs plan.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is heading to the home state of his chief GOP antagonist on Capitol Hill, House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nuhr), to promote his jobs plan.

The president's trip to swing-state Ohio on Tuesday is part of a high-profile public sales push to get his $447 billion plan through a divided Congress. It comes a day after White House officials revealed that they plan to pay for the legislation with higher taxes, earning criticism from Boehner and other congressional Republicans.

Obama will visit a school that's undergoing renovations to highlight spending in the bill aimed at improving school facilities nationwide.

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