Boehner Blinks

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner said on Tuesday that his chamber would be willing to pass a short-term, spending-cut bill to avoid a shutdown of the U.S. government.

In a statement, Boehner said if the Democratic-led Senate refuses to vote on the spending-cut bill passed by the House on Saturday, the Republican-controlled House "will pass a short-term bill to keep the government running -- one that also cuts spending."

The House-passed bill would fund the government through September 30, but with $61 billion in spending cuts that Democrats denounce as excessive.


http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2011/02/boehner_says_house_would_seek_to_avert_shutdown.php?ref=fpa

[NotThisTime]

1. Where are the tax increases for the rich? That ought to help...

[WhiteTara]

2. Good question. Wish they'd

give us an answer.

[EC]

3. He said "Democratic"? n/t