Posted on 12/16/2012 5:20:21 PM PST by Hoodat
House Speaker John A. Boehner has offered to push any fight over the federal debt limit off for a year, a major concession that would deprive Republicans of leverage in the budget battle but is breathing new life into stalled talks over the year-end “fiscal cliff.”
The offer came Friday, according to people in both parties familiar with the talks, as part of the latest effort by Boehner (R-Ohio) to strike a deal with President Obama to replace more than $500 billion in painful deficit-reduction measures set to take effect in January.
With the national debt already bumping up against the $16.4 trillion cap set last year, Congress risks a government default unless it acts to raise the debt ceiling in the next few months.
Many Republicans had argued that party leaders should use the threat of default to demand additional spending cuts from Obama. But Boehner’s offer would head off that potentially nasty fight — at least until the end of next year.
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THIS GUY HAS TO BE REMOVED - IF NOT THE GOP IS A GONNER.
I know that I have. It's a waste of time. The inmates are in charge of the asylum.
I give up. We no longer have any representation in Washington. We’re at the mercy of whatever these idiots decide to do.
How many seconds will it take for him to fold on anti gun legislation?
We all knew he would fold, but this is worse than anyone here predicted.
he’s not stiff.. he’s just an old prick.
He is worse than useless.
T!t$ on a bull.
:(
There is dirt on him. Obama must have it. Either that or he is a democrat plant.
We find the dirt, we expose him and we get him to stand down like every other republican hit with a scandal.
If by some odd reason he is squeaky clean, I say set him up and use that to bring him down.
Ace in the hole? obama is still saying the GOP isn’t giving up enough and has rejected the offer.
He’s having an affair with pelosi.
I think I just had a little vomit come up my esophagus
Yup. I said it earlier. now I know what taxation with out representation feels like.
thanks.....
I won’t be able to sleep any more with that mental picture in my head.
Let me throw in Helen Thomas for your mental picture of the threesome.
Ouch
wow. for what exactly?
They have photos of Boner in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy. Even if it's Photoshopped.
Boehner is an Oehio loeser.
Boehner wants a deal to give his donors a piece of the spending pie. Hand out some goodies to his K Street donors. Everything else is secondary.
It seems to me all Boehner and McConnell care about is keeping the K Street payola rolling in regardless of the damage to the country.
Boner is an F UP, call your reps and say if he’s not replaced you will be in 2014.
I hope he is finally satisfied with his cave ins. He has pretended to be fighting against Obama. They must have dirt on him and a number of others. What he is doing is not representing the majority of us. He has shown that he will accommodate the democrats and to me proves without any doubts now that there is no one up there standing up for the patriotic citizen. He and the others would not last 5 minutes in a crowd because people are beginning to turn on the politicians. Wherever I go, the distrust for these people in D.C., has turned into pure anger. He does not deserve being the speaker.
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