It started Tuesday, when Boehner told CBS Obama “lost his courage” toward the end and unfairly shifted the goal posts at the last minute — a common GOP claim, which the speaker says forced his exit. Obama demanded more revenue after an agreement was struck, the speaker said, and thus “bl[ew] up the deal.”
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Boehner, Pelosi Spar Over History Of ‘Grand Bargain’ Fiasco
Nine months after the famed deficit negotiations between
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner collapsed, the House’s
top Republican and top Democrat spent a full week sparring over what
really happened at that critical July 2011 juncture. With a debt-limit
driven economic crisis looming, Obama and Boehner neared a “grand
bargain” on taxes and spending only to watch it splinter, then break
apart completely at the 11th hour.
It started Tuesday, when Boehner told CBS Obama “lost his courage” toward the end and unfairly shifted the goal posts at the last minute — a common GOP claim, which the speaker says forced his exit. Obama demanded more revenue after an agreement was struck, the speaker said, and thus “bl[ew] up the deal.”
It started Tuesday, when Boehner told CBS Obama “lost his courage” toward the end and unfairly shifted the goal posts at the last minute — a common GOP claim, which the speaker says forced his exit. Obama demanded more revenue after an agreement was struck, the speaker said, and thus “bl[ew] up the deal.”
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