Boehner: Relationship With Obama A Little Frosty Since Golf Outing

FoxNews.com: WASHINGTON Extending an olive branch after weeks of disputes over conflicting jobs plans House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday his relationship with one-time golf partner President Obama has grown a little frosty though its still pretty good. The Ohio Republican told ABCs This Week that the last few weeks have chilled -- down from a high point over the summer when the president & the 2nd-in-line to his office played golf together. But Boehner said they are negotiating in the right direction. 

Weve got a pretty good relationship. Doesnt mean that we always agree. But the American people expect -- even though we have very different ideas -- the American people want us to look for common ground and then act on it. So far weve been able to do that. Weve taken some steps in the right direction here over the last couple of months. Weve got a lot more steps to take together he said. Boehner also disputed contentions that he has misled the president in negotiations over a debt deal that has since led to a Super Committee of 12 members trying to come up with a plan to trim $1.2 trillion in the federal budget over the next 10 years. The Super Committee has until Nov. 23 to present its plan or face mandatory cuts in military and entitlement spending. Ive told the president you know Im -- Im the most straight-up transparent person in this town that I would never mislead him. My word is my bond. Democrats and Republicans here in Washington understand that he said. But Boehner said Obama has to cut out what he sees as class warfare by pushing for higher taxes for high-income Americans. We are not going to engage in class warfare. The presidents out there doing it every day. I frankly think its unfortunate Boehner said. Our job is to help all Americans not to pit one set of Americans against another. The presidents clearly trying to do it. And its wrong. Boehner said the top 1 percent of income earners in the U.S. pay 38 percent of the income taxes. How much more do you want them to pay? Well Ill tell you what: Lets take all the money that the rich have all of it. It wont even put a dent in our current budget deficit much less our debt he said. Boehner added that Americans anger at Congress is expected -- because they only see conflict reported by the media not cooperation. It would surprise people that 90 percent of the time members of Congress on both sides of the aisle get along. But you know thats not news for those of you in the news business Boehner said. Listen the founders gave us a committee of 535 people. Frankly it was designed not to work. My job is to make it work. And it is working. Is it slow? Yes. Is it frustrating? Yes. But what I take a comfort in every day is that I know members on both sides of the aisle are trying to do the right thing for the American people every single day he said. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/06/boehner-relationship-with-obama-cooler-since-golf-outing/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews#ixzz1d2G4U88l