President Barack Obama announced a broad proposal for job creation, targeting small business with more aid for the unemployed, but the jury is out on whether members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who have called for targeted efforts to help black Americans, will be satisfied.

The jobs plan rolled out by President Obama during a speech at the Brookings Institution Tuesday morning followed the general theme of aid packages unveiled during his administration: general assistance to the poor and unemployed but none targeted to specific groups.

For small businesses, the president has proposed extending tax breaks for some small business capital investments costing up to $250,000. He also proposes giving tax breaks to small businesses, hiring new workers and eliminating fees on loans made through the Small Business Administration.

For the unemployed, Obama is seeking more aid to extend benefits for those paying for Cobra health insurance.

In response to questions on why he hasn't employed a more targeted approach to help minorities find jobs, the president said that since minorities are overrepresented in the numbers of poor and unemployed hurt by the economic downturn, his measures will have a great impact on helping the minority community.

But some CBC members have been hinting that they seek more direct and targeted measures to help their constituents.

Members of the CBC have been playing down any open tensions between themselves and Obama, who was a CBC member when he was an Illinois senator. That does not mean some friction hasn't surfaced, though.

Last week, 10 members of the 43-member caucus boycotted a financial overhaul vote, a move viewed as a subtle jab at the Obama administration. And Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, when asked if he was disappointed with how Obama has attended to the needs of African Americans, shouted, "Yes," at a recent press conference.