By Kara Rowland
(The Washington Times, February 2, 2010) Continuing his focus on jobs, President Obama on Tuesday will introduce a plan to take $30 billion from the Wall Street bailout fund to create a new program encouraging community banks to lend to cash-strapped small businesses. The proposal, which Mr. Obama is set to unveil at a town hall event in Nashua, N.H., is the latest in a series of policies aiming to spur job growth by easing the burden of the recession on start-ups and smaller firms. It is sure to draw fire from Republicans on Capitol Hill, who have argued that any leftover money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program should be used to pay down the deficit. Click here to read more…