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Boehner comments show tough road ahead for "fiscal cliff" talks
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Posted on 11/22/2012 8:33:45 PM PST by Arthurio

WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - New comments from top Republican lawmaker John Boehner slamming health care reforms illustrate how hard it will be for Washington to reach a deficit reduction deal when talks resume next week, analysts said on Thursday.

President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress will begin negotiating next week on a plan that could avert tax hikes and spending cuts set to begin in January that economists worry could push the U.S. economy over the "fiscal cliff" and into recession.

Boehner did not explicitly mention the "fiscal cliff" talks in an opinion piece published in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Wednesday. But he argued the nation cannot afford the costs of Obama's 2010 health care reform law, given the United State's sluggish economy and massive $16 trillion debt.

"That's why I've been clear that the law has to stay on the table as both parties discuss ways to solve our nation's massive debt challenge," said Boehner, who is a key player in the talks.

Boehner's comments show it won't be easy to reach a deal on the thorny tax and spending issues, said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Potomac Research Group in Washington.

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To: Arthurio; All

The GOP is just Democrat-Lite if they do not vote out Boehner as Speaker....he is an invertibrate


21 posted on 11/23/2012 5:17:12 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (Marco Rubio is not a Conservative. "Amnesty Liberals" are never Conservative)
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King Barry signed sequestration into law. I say let it happen.


22 posted on 11/23/2012 12:02:08 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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Boehner's comments show it won't be easy to reach a deal on the thorny tax and spending issues, said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Potomac Research Group in Washington.

It'll be difficult right up to the moment Boehner caves. Like he ALWAYS does.

23 posted on 11/23/2012 12:04:55 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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RE :”King Barry signed sequestration into law. I say let it happen.”

That part of the so called fiscal cliff is just the automatic spending cuts part so I see NO reason why Rs should do anything to try to stop those, they made a big deal about how spending was killing us (since 2009 anyway) and they still are saying that, while at the same time whining about how some of these automatic budget cuts (the defense cuts) that they passed in the R house are really bad for the country. These type of mixed-confused messages by them are just making them look stupid.

Repealing those automatic budget cuts would mean that Republicans taking over the House in 2011 was completely meaningless as that bill was their only success. This is so simple.

Now on taxes I expect things to get ugly. I dont look forward to it.

24 posted on 11/23/2012 1:59:25 PM PST by sickoflibs (How long before cry-Bohner caves to O again? They took the House for what?)
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To: Arthurio

Isn’t it interesting how, according to Reuters, it is Boehner’s comments - - not Pelosi’s, Reid’s, or Ubanga’s comments - - that “show a tough road ahead” for fiscal cliff talks?


25 posted on 11/23/2012 2:03:58 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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26 posted on 11/23/2012 2:05:59 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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