HANNITY: You sent a note to the president, after your meeting that you have with him last week, and in the letter you said that, you know, he still believes in stimulus spending, borrow and spending. You quoted 150 economists in the letter. Obviously, you are headed for some showdowns. Do you expect these to be contentious? Do you think you can develop a relationship that Ronald Reagan spoke about the relationship with Tip O'Neill and said, after six, we can have a friendly relationship but we're going to battle, have a battle in the arena of ideas?
BOEHNER: I don't know how it is going to work out. But, you know, I've told the president, Mr. President, I'll always be straight up with you. What you see is what you get. No games. The American people said loudly and clearly in November that they wanted spending to be cut. And these 150 economists that wrote a letter to me, agree that cutting spending will create a better environment for job creation in America. The president understands we want to cut spending. The question is how much?
HANNITY: Have you heard back when you wrote the letter?
BOEHNER: Not yet.
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BOEHNER: I don't know why it wasn't addressed. He created a deficit reduction commission a year ago. They've reported in December. But none of the ideas out of his own deficit reduction commission were part of his budget process. And again, I think the president has a responsibility here. He wasn't elected to just sit there in the oval office. He was elected to lead. And if he won't lead, we will. And I expect this spring when we put our budget together, Paul Ryan and the Budget Committee will in fact put everything on the table.
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