House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Sunday that a lack of bipartisan agreement during President Obama’s first term was not the result of a lack of dinners or meetings between the president and Republicans.
“It is not why we haven’t had progress before,” Pelosi said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We haven’t had progress before because the Republicans were committed to blocking the initiatives of President Barack Obama.”
Pelosi did say she believed the meetings between Obama and some congressional Republicans, which included a dinner and a lunch last week, are a “a good idea, because you understand each other better and you may get a measure of courage.”
