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Boehner "Setting The Stage" For Debt Limit Standoff, Endangering the Economic Recovery

May 15, 2012

WASHINGTON POST: BOEHNER IS "SETTING THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER TENSE STANDOFF" OVER DEBT LIMIT

 Boehner: "We shouldn't dread the debt limit.  We should welcome it. It's an action-forcing event in a town that has become infamous for inaction."

... but ...

"Higher taxes, however, are still off the table, a Boehner aide said."

FLASHBACK: LAST TIME BOEHNER FORCED A STANDOFF OVER THE DEBT LIMIT