Posted on 08/28/2013 4:56:34 AM PDT by ClaytonP
Speaker John A. Boehner said Monday that President Barack Obama is in for a “whale of a fight” over the debt limit, with the GOP leader insisting on spending cuts greater than, not just equal to, the amount the debt ceiling is raised.
The Ohio Republican, speaking at a fundraising event for Idaho Republican Mike Simpson, said he has “made it clear that we’re not going to increase the debt limit without cuts and reforms that are greater than the increase in the debt limit,” according to the Idaho Statesman.
“The president doesn’t think this is fair, thinks I’m being difficult to deal with,” Boehner said. “But I’ll say this: It may be unfair, but what I’m trying to do here is to leverage the political process to produce more change than what it would produce if left to its own devices. We’re going to have a whale of a fight.”
On Tuesday, Boehner spokesman Michael Steel told CQ Roll Call that the speaker’s comments are “consistent with his long-stated position: Any increase in the debt limit must be accompanied by cuts and reforms greater than the increase.”
When pressed on Boehner’s comment that he would insist on cuts “greater than” the increase in the debt limit, Steel said, “the standard has always been, ‘equal to or greater than,’” signaling that the speaker was, perhaps, just short-handing his so-called Boehner rule — a dictum requiring “cuts and reforms equal to or greater than any increase in the debt ceiling.”
The White House, for its part, was also resolute on the matter Monday.
“Let me reiterate what our position is,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. “And it is unequivocal: We will not negotiate with Republicans in Congress over Congress’ responsibility to pay the bills that Congress has racked up. Period.”
The Treasury Department announced Monday just as markets closed that, in mid-October, it would run out of the “extraordinary measures” that have funded the government since it hit its statutory debt limit in May.
“Boehner: President Is in for ‘Whale of a Fight’ on Debt Limit”
That’s a good one, Johnny Boy. You’re a real joker, aren’t you?
The truth of the matter is this guy always backs down. He says he’s going to fight and die on the next hill. When he gets there, he changes his mind and starts looking for the next hill.
Another object lesson that we should never equate Republican with conservative.
And Obama is the Japanese whaling fleet in this fight.
Boehner, you are just saying this to tell the Republicans to not fight over defunding Obamacare in the FY 2014 budget, but that the big battle will come soon. Then when it comes time for the debt limit battle Boehner will once again sound the retreat so we can prepare the big fight over the FY 2015 budget. Then when the FY 2015 budget comes up, we can instead fight over an upcoming debt limit increase, then...
Boehner doing what he does best... BLOWING to the GALLERIES.
Idiot.
Is this like one of those movie fights where the man and woman cuss at each other for a few sentences and then suddenly launch into intense love-making?
Based on his history, I think the House Boner actually said: “whale of a flight”
” And exactly what cuts is Bohner talking about anyway. “
Not his scotch budget.
” Example :Obama-care . The Dem congress 2010 passed that.
Its exempt from shutdown. So assuming a delayed CR then Obama claims that this congress has to pay the bills for Obama-care because it authorized that spending. “
And the beat goes on.
Boy that something we have no heard before.
But the end result will be something we have seen before though, surrender.
I wonder if he will cry?
After he became Speaker of the House he was full of promises, but once again they were nothing but lies, lies and more lies.
Someone tell Boner that he’s not fooling anyone.
What you gonna do Johnny? What’s your plan? Allow him to cut the military again and then get blamed for it?
A beached whale it proved to be.
I see his name and automatically hear “blah blah blah”
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