Reid: Boehner backed out of deal

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday said Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reneged on a deal they hashed out in private earlier this year to pass a “clean” stopgap bill funding the government.

Reid said Boehner never wanted to wage a protracted battle over ObamaCare as part of the negotiations to keep the government running.

“I know that that’s not the path he preferred,” Reid said. “I know that because we met the first week we came back in September and he told me that what he wanted was a clean CR and the $988 [billion] number.

“We didn’t like the 988 number. We didn’t like it but we negotiated. That was our compromise,” Reid added. “The exact bill that he now refuses to let the House vote on. That was our negotiation.”


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/326425-reid-boehner-backed-out-of-deal

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As if you needed more evidence that Boehner was weak and that it would be waste of time to talk to him. He simply has no authority to negotiate except to offer maximalist right wing talking points.

[Tx4obama]

1. VIDEO on the link below

Video here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023780399

[QuestForSense]

6. Gosh, that Dana Bash is really full of herself.

Like she took lessons from Andrea Mitchell.

[winter is coming]

13. No shit. I'm watching a clip of her interview with Reid on CNN,

making the argument that Boehner is so far down the road of tying a shutdown to defunding the ACA that Reid has to "give him something". She's not even asking him if he feels he should do that, she's telling him he should.

[mia]

2. Boehnhead Boehner n/t

[Rain Mcloud]

3. Check?

Checkmate!

[Justice]

4. Complete waste of time to talk or negotiate with Boehner

[groundloop]

5. Harry, did Orangeman reek of bourbon when you made your deal?

I'm guessing Boner was shit faced drunk when he made the agreement, therefore he can't remember it.

[DallasNE]

7. This Shows Reid As A Man Of His Word

And Boehner as .... Fill in the blank. Worse, it shows that the Democrats have no one to talk to. Boehner keeps backing out on deals AND to think, the Republicans keep screaming that Obama won't negotiate. That was the sole message of Ted Cruz on Meet The Press last Sunday. The good news is that according to all recent polls, including Fox News, the American people are seeing through what is going on and they are abandoning the Republicans in droves.

[Divernan]

8. Anyone who's ever had to work with alcoholics knows you can't count on them to follow through.

[samsingh]

9. kick

[Cha]

10. KICKKICKKICK! Kochs pulled his strings way back from

that deal.

thanks Tom

[Justice]

11. morning bump because this is such an important story

Also the reply below that makes that point - there is no one to negotiate with - Reid tried to negotiate and Boehner reneged. How do you negotiate with that?

[Javaman]

12. boehner reneged? I find that hard to believe...

HARD TO BELIEVE!

[Pab Sungenis]

14. If they backed out, why are we sticking with the $988 number?

Send them a clean CR with Obama's preferred funding levels + 10%. Then we can "negotiate" down from that to an acceptable level.