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Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 26, 2011 12 Comments

This actually is good news.  It gives Boehner a chance to reconfigure his plan to give confidence that there really will be $1.2 trillion in cuts. Via National Journal, the CBO scored the plan as written at only $850 billion in savings: House Speaker John Boehner’s debt-ceiling...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2011 17 Comments

Here is your overnight debt bomb defusing news: Sam Stein at HuffPo says Boehner's going to call Obama's bluff on a short term extension:  "The Ohio Republican, in a briefing with his conference on Saturday, announced that he would press for a short-term deal, with major spending...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 22, 2011 24 Comments

John Boehner has given up, for now, trying to negotiate a debt deal with Obama because Obama is insisting on a tax increase as part of any deal: "In the end, we couldn't connect. Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2011 26 Comments

Last night John Boehner announced that Republicans were abandoning an attempt to reach a $4 trillion deficit reduction deal with Obama because Obama inisted on $1 trillion in tax increases.    Obama always wants new taxes on the "rich."  As Michael Alan wrote here, Obama wanted tax...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 05, 2011 6 Comments

What do you think?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiD_EVNQRiI?fs=1]The happiest person in the room?  Mitch McConnell.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection Shop on CafePress!...

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