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Justice

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Fri Oct 4, 2013, 01:41 PM Oct 2013

More on Boehner reneging on his September deal with Reid




"Had Boehner stuck to his word, Reid said, the country wouldn’t be in the mess it finds itself in.

“We met the first week we came back in September, and [Boehner] told me what he wanted was a clean CR and a $988 [billion] number,” Reid added. “The exact bill that he now refuses to let the House vote on, that was our negotiation. I didn’t twist his arm, he twisted mine a little bit to get that number.”

Reid added: “I said, ‘John, I can’t do that.’ He said, ‘You’ve got to do that.’ … He couldn’t live up to that, so he has been doing gymnastics with himself ever since then.”

Boehner’s office declined to swing back on this one. “We don’t discuss private conversations the speaker has with Sen. Reid in the press,” Steel said."



http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/bad-blood-four-feuding-congressional-leaders-government-shutdown-97822_Page2.html#ixzz2gmAhJy7T
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More on Boehner reneging on his September deal with Reid (Original Post) Justice Oct 2013 OP
Harry has to go with this to the press and the american public. Look Boehner renigged with Filibuster Harry Oct 2013 #1
Harry, next tome get it in writing, in triplicate, notorized and then entombed in clear plastic Paulie Oct 2013 #2
Snake = Boehner. Nuf said. ffr Oct 2013 #3

Filibuster Harry

(666 posts)
1. Harry has to go with this to the press and the american public. Look Boehner renigged with
Fri Oct 4, 2013, 08:54 PM
Oct 2013

the president and now with Reid.

Paulie

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2. Harry, next tome get it in writing, in triplicate, notorized and then entombed in clear plastic
Sun Oct 6, 2013, 12:05 PM
Oct 2013

Then there would be a 5% chance Bohner will keep a deal.

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