[sickoflibs]

I had to click on the link at the blog to get to the real article , the link is provided below, The deal was made back on July 23 but kept secret which is why a bill appeared out of thin air so fast last weekend.

“On July 23, they claim, the White House called Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), telling her not to participate on a call with Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Pelosi informed Reid, who declined to participate, and the call was canceled, the Republican sources said. (A Pelosi spokesman could not be reached for comment.) Later that day, the four leaders met with Obama at the White House. At one point, GOP officials said, the Democratic and Republican leaders asked Obama and his aides to leave the room to let them negotiate. A tentative deal was subsequently struck, but Obama privately threatened to veto it, the sources said. Reid has repeatedly denied that he ever signed off on such an agreement. The following day, staffers for Boehner, Cantor, Reid and McConnell continued to work on an agreement, according to Republicans. After more twists and turns — and involvement from Vice President Biden — a bipartisan deal was reached a week later. Seventy-three percent of House Republicans voted yes as 50 percent of House Democrats voted against their president. ”
How John Boehner escaped disaster (The Hill 08/03/11)

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yeah..

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks sickoflibs.

[Marine_Uncle]

Nancy Pelosi would have loved to work for Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Can somebody explain why Boehner kept asking Obama to get involved in the first place? So that Obama couldn’t claim that they shut him out?

[org.whodat]

The rinos will reply be PO about that, fix was in from day one.