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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN

updated 9:18 AM EST, Wed December 3, 2014

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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is going to a top group of American business leaders Wednesday, where he's hoping to make his pitch for his agenda to the business community ahead of an incoming Republican majority in Congress.

Obama will tout economic gains in the private sector at a meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, where he's also looking for support to advance issues like tax reform, trade and infrastructure, a White House official said.

The group, an association of top U.S. CEOs whose companies employ more than 16 million people, is a powerful force on Capitol Hill, spending more than $12 million in lobbying in 2013 according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The organization could be an important ally for Obama on key issues as he looks to bridge the gap with Republicans on issues with some common ground, like tax reform.

While traditionally backing Republican candidates and policies, the business community hasn't pushed back as strongly against Obamacare as the GOP and have pushed leaders on Capitol Hill to rally around comprehensive immigration reform.

And Obama will need to keep business leaders on his side over the public fight over Obamacare that is sure to flame up as the employer mandate kicks in at the beginning of next year.

Obama could generate some good will as he spotlights the economic gains of his presidency: 10.6 million jobs added to the economy in 56 months, a booming stock market and near-record corporate profits, the White House official said.

"As the President has said, he is eager to work with the new Congress wherever possible to make the next two years as productive as possible, and will look to the business community as a partner in these efforts to continue to grow our economy and create opportunity," the official said.

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President Obama called on Congress on Tuesday to approve an emergency spending package to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and to help more U.S. hospitals and laboratories prepare for future cases that may come their way.

Speaking during a visit to the National Institutes of Health, Obama said the money is needed to stamp out the disease completely, even as the crisis has faded from the headlines.

Every hot spot is an ember that, if not contained, can become a new fire, Obama said. We cannot let down our guard, even for a minute. And we cant just fight this epidemic. We have to extinguish it.

Obama is pushing for $6.18 billion in funding to continue ramping up readiness in American hospitals. Already, the federal government has increased capacity in U.S. hospitals from eight beds at three facilities to 53 beds at 35 designated treatment centers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.

There are no reported cases of Ebola in the U.S. But Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said late Tuesday that it had admitted a patient for evaluation.

The White House is running a federal preparedness effort that includes equipping more labs to test for Ebola and completing early clinical trials for the first vaccine to treat the disease.

In a report to Obama on Tuesday, Ebola response coordinator Ron Klain said the country is far more prepared to cope with the deadly virus domestically and to squelch it at the source than it was two months ago, according to an administration official familiar with the closed-door meeting.

This is an expensive enterprise, Obama said Tuesday from the lab outside Washington. That money is running out. We cannot beat Ebola without more funding. If we want other countries to keep stepping up, we will have to continue to lead the way.

Obamas quest for funding will not be easy. The package includes about $1.5 billion in contingency funds, which lawmakers could target in an effort to pare back proposed spending.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the White House remains concerned the money may not make it into the year-end spending bill being crafted in Congress.

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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama called for a "sustained conversation" surrounding the relationship between police and the communities they serve after a series of meetings with Cabinet members, law enforcement officials, young activists and others on Monday.

The meetings follow a week of sometimes violent protests that swept the nation following the decision by a grand jury last Monday not to indict a white police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.

Later on Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking in Atlanta, said the federal investigation of the incident is ongoing.

"The Justice Department's investigation into the shooting death of Michael Brown, as well as our investigation into allegations of unconstitutional policing patterns or practices by the Ferguson Police Department, remain ongoing and active," he said. "They have been rigorous and independent from the very beginning."

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus also spoke out on Ferguson and broader racial tensions in the United States.

"The Ferguson grand jury's decision not to indict former officer Darren Wilson was yet another slap in our face. It was a painful reminder that just like with Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice and so many others that law enforcement officers killed - black and brown men and boys - without repercussions," said Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, the House floor.

"The fact that our country - the greatest country in the world - remains mired in race relations issues in the year 2014 is an embarrassment," she said. "If we are to learn anything from the tragic death of Michael Brown, we must first acknowledge that we have a race issue that we are not addressing."

The incident, and subsequent months of unrest in Ferguson, set off a national debate over the tactics and tools used by law enforcement to keep the peace, which critics said were at times too aggressive.

According to the White House press pool report, Obama told a crowd of about 50 activists, law enforcement and elected officials that the problem is "solvable," but that there needs to be an ongoing discussion of the issues uncovered by Ferguson.

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In the weeks since November's midterm elections, Obama has cited those three issues as examples of where Democrats and Republicans might be able to compromise. Heavy Democratic losses in the elections diminished Obama's prospects for passing most of his other legislative priorities before leaving office.

More US CEOs plan to boost hiring

Chief executives at the largest U.S. companies expect sales to keep growing in the next six months and also plan to step up hiring.

The Business Roundtable said Tuesday that 40 percent of its member CEOs plan to hire more workers, up from 34 percent in the third quarter. Nearly three-quarters project their sales will rise, roughly the same as the previous quarter.

The findings suggest that slowing growth overseas hasn't caused large corporations to pull back on their hiring plans. That bodes well for the government's report on November job gains, to be released Friday.

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Still, the CEOs say they are less likely to invest in new facilities or equipment: 13 percent say they plan to cut such spending, up from just 10 percent in the previous quarter.

Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T and chairman of the Roundtable, said the survey results reflect an economy that is "expanding, but at a rate well below its potential, especially when you compare it to previous recoveries."

Stephenson urged Congress to pass legislation this month that would extend a series of tax breaks for businesses, including a provision that lowers taxes for companies that invest in industrial equipment and other big-ticket items.

The Roundtable also plans to urge Congressional leaders in meetings this week to approve legislation that would give President Barack Obama broad authority to negotiate trade agreements with Europe and a group of Asian countries.

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