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John Boehner's alligator tears for the defense budget Remember this post-mortem from House Speaker John Boehner after taking the nation hostage over raising the debt ceiling? When you look at this final agreement that we came to with the white House, I got 98 percent of what I wanted. I'm pretty happy. He's going for the other two percent. “I’ve got concerns about the sequester,” House Speaker John Boehner told reporters Thursday.
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) added yet another condition for House Republicans to vote to raise the debt ceiling — passing a Balanced Budget Amendment. Boehner, who has already doubled down on his opposition to new taxes... Read Post

Last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) signaled during an interview with Fox Business that he was open to reneging on the budget deal the GOP crafted with Democrats last year during the debacle over raising the nation’s... Read Post

After months of partisan wrangling and GOP threats to let the U.S. default for the first time in history, Democrats and Republicans reached a budget deal in August to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. As Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) h... Read Post