GOP Leaders Engaged With Obama: McConnell and Boehner Confident On A Deal In The Near Future
- Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:41pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Republican leaders in Congress say they are confident that an impasse will end soon over raising the government’s debt ceiling and heading off default.
“We are now fully engaged, the Speaker and I, with the one person in America out of 307 million people who can sign a bill into law.”
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell made the prediction after the Republican-led House rejected Senate Democrats’ rival plan. McConnell said he had spoken in the previous hour with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Boehner and McConnell said the president still needs to indicate what kind of package he will sign. He said discussions on that were taking place.
In the meantime, Obama called Democratic leaders Harry Reid from the Senate and Nancy Pelosi from the House to the White House to meet with him Saturday afternoon.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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Comments (121)
LadyIzShy
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:41pmI am sorry I want NO deal at all.. do NOT give them the right to borrow MORE money our grandkids will have to be slaves to pay back
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:49pmThe Dems have way to pay for it. They will tax the rich at ever higher rates. It has been pointed out that if the Dems taxed 100% of the wealth of the richest people they still couldn’t pay for the budgets.
Dems are data immune.
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriot
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:41pm“GOP leaders ‘fully engaged’ with W.H. on debt deal”
Translation from governmenteze:
The ADULTS have allowed NO-PLAN obozo to serve them coffee and doughnuts during their discussions and work on a debt-limit and spending reduction plan.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:44pmActually I was hoping to see a picture of the Adults in the House standing in front of Mr Obama, Reid, and Pelosi being led off in handcuffs for treason and sedition, along with insurrection and rebellion against the Constitutional government of the USA.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:50pmSNOW – Love it !!!!!!!!!!!!! YES !!!!
Report Post »Sicboy
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:37pmWhen I see this guys picture and “GOP leader” on the same page, I know the GOP has no real leaders. Thats why I’m now an Independent. And the GOP can go to hell, i’m already in Texas. GO Demint, Christie. DOWN WITH perry!!!!
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 7:30pmHey Snow! I like your visual picture.
Report Post »tckid17
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 8:14pmNancy Pelosi could say the Republicans must eat the donuts first before they know what is in the donuts.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 8:46pmYeah !
Report Post »a deal that will ,can, pass without tea partiers Or as were know as now right wing extermist .
But ther are no left extreamist…….no…….Thats what we’ll be called from now on right wing extermist!
that s Ok with me as long as Shella Jackson LEE does’nt call me a terrorist ! ! ! !
jzs
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:27pmSNOWLEOPARD, your post is so awesome! You say that Democrats should be led off in handcuffs for treason! They’ve violated the Constitution!
How fun! Let me try. Let’s see. Tea Party members are willing to throw the entire country under the bus unless we pass legistlation that cuts funding to the elderly who have paid into Social Security their entire lives! You know, those people who are least able create income. And let’s eliminate all programs that help “the poorest among us!” Cool! As a pastor you know that Christ said that government should support the rich, and only churches can support the poor.
And let’s not eliminate tax breaks for corporate jets, and let’s continue to give tax breaks to and subsidize the richest and most profititable companies in the world at the expense of the middle class and poor!
And let’s all consign Republican leaders to heck and lead them off in chains too, becuase the have violated every single part of the Constitution time and time again!
Hey SNOWLEOPARD, that sure is fun. Makes me feel intelligent and informed to accuse people of violating the Constitution. And I don’t even have to defend any statement I make.
SNOWLEOPARD, you’re such an awesome believer. I wish I were a member of your church!
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:35pmIt’s probably all fiction, but without debating the actual content and structure of any deal, you’d have to get some enjoyment out of this if it turns out that McConnell and Boehner work it out with Obama while cutting Reid and Pelosi out of the negotiations. I mean, if the Republicans announce they have an agreement with Obama, what can Harry and Nan even say at that point? It would almost be worth getting a crap deal just to have it go down this way.
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:39pmOoh, JZS, the “there won’t be any social security checks going out” line. Obama’s trial balloon on that fell flat, so who do you think you’re kidding by trotting it out here?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:56pmContrarian51, you’re getting into the sprit of thing! Awesome! You say, “Ooh, JZS, the ‘there won’t be any social security checks going out’ line.”
Of course, I didn’t say that, or even make an obscure, remote reference to it. But you obviously get it! It simply doesn’t matter if what you say has any truth at all. You can say anything! You can accuse anyone of anything and no one will question you. Isn’t that awesome?!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:13pmShut it down until the next elections,,,,then let’s clean house. Meanwhile, we controlled our spending, financially hurt the citizens, put us back into a recession, gave other countries financial grief, and put a crimp in Soros’ behind.
Shut it down,,,,,they’re not working in the interests of the U.S.A.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 10:38pm“I’ll give you (2) Eddie Murray’s for (1) Reggie Jackson!” Back room deals like kids trading baseball cards at the country’s expense! Priceless!
Report Post »christos
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:15pm@SNOW LEOPARD {GALLERY OF CAT FOLKS} 100% Agree,Valid thought so True,Perfect Solution just for starters……
Report Post »TheCenturion
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:16amYes I can hear them now, Obama tells Boehner if you don’t give us what we want our press puppets will destroy you.
Details at eleven.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:31amBarry, Harry and Nancy = extremists.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 1:15pmBoo Boo Boo very poor performance from the team of actors. Wake up, they are one troop of actors. We the people will make our country a two party system come next election.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:39pmThe Republican house leader has agreed to tax increases and budget cuts to the defense budget. These are things to could cause an end to his political career. To me that is courageous. Boehner might waver but he has shown more willingness to compromise than the Democrat leadership.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:45pmSpineless wonder….
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:57pmAt Dustyluv
I am not saying that raising taxes is the right way to go about it. I am saying that Boehner gave the Democrats some of what they wanted. He gave the an increased debt limit and more revenues. It might not have been 1/2 way; it might have been a 1/3 of the way. The Dems did not acknowledge his compromise. You would think he is stonewalling.
Apparently, the Democrats think that since the Chinese bought some T bills in June that everything is peachy. Instead of borrowing 42% of the money for the budget, are they going for 50%, 60%,or 80%.
Oh hell Democrats, just borrow 90% to 100% of what you are going top spend! Democrats are that stupid or that arrogant. It does not matter which!
Report Post »Max Power 1
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:33pmBoehner’s career IS over. Willingness to compromise is why were in this mess in the first place. His policy is that a bad deal is better than no deal. WRONG! Any deal that obama likes, is a bad deal for America. He and McConnell MUST be removed, NOW! All it takes is a majority vote.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 7:34pmA CUT IN THE INCREASE OF SPENDING
They haven’t cut any current spending levels. The budget continues to overspend and borrow money to cover it.
Stop being stupid, please. There’s enough information out there. Read it. Take an hour to research and understand. This entire process is a lie.
Report Post »Doc_Slammin
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:33pm@Jaycen – You are correct. Unless there are immediate significant spending cuts the price of (quite literally) everything is going up. It is obvious that Democrats want to blame Republicans for not compromising on a debt ceiling plan to demagogue them later for the credit rating drop that is (by all signs) a foregone conclusion. Republicans have tried to sit at the negotiating table with several different plans of solvency, but Democrats want 1 thing, and 1 thing only, more tax revenue. They are not interested in cutting anything because it would reflect badly on the very core of their existence. They would have to admit that SS, Medicare/aid, and Welfare (in their current forms) are not sustainable and will drag the entire country into a worse depression in 2014 as 3 million Americans become eligible for Medicare/aid funding via Obamacare.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:34pmBoehner said he would consider cutting the military budget back in January 27, 2011. The NYT said the Republicans were split on that issue. what the NYT or other liberals did not say is that Boehner was negotiating in bad faith
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/us/politics/27pentagon.htm
Boehner agreed to 800 million in tax increases. Then Obama came at him for 400 million more.
I accuse the Democrats of negotiating in bad faith. I am telling you that the democrats and the leadership of their various factions will be the ruin of America.
Report Post »welloddyfriggindah
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 7:04pmI’m seeing it more as you do now. I despise the mindless taxing and spending of both parties. Reps are simply the slightly palsied right hand of the same left hanbed monster. However it occurred to me yesterday for the first time that the “best deal” if agreed to will not solve the problem before the election in 2012….and Obama will be out on his ear. If the reps take blame for the economy away fro the Obama or Hillary will win the battle in the press. JOB 1 has to be win the presidency and keep the house, gain seats in the senate and PASS an balanced budget amendment, and anything else that can change BACK to a constitutional republic.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 7:36pmI accuse the Democrats of being Progressive Socialists bent on spending America into non-existance. I accuse the Republicans of helping them. You just proved that last part.
The Tea Party will be doing even more house cleaning in the Republican Party, soon. Educate yourself so you can stop the “groupthink” Republican support. Support America.
Report Post »hud
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:52amDuh. The ruin started with FDR
Report Post »Bowmaster
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:34pmThe libs have attempted to change the rhetoric from “balanced budget”, to “balanced approach”.
Report Post »For all the liberal idiots out there…… this will not prevent the downgrade of our credit rating because you cannot fool the rating agencies by changing a few words.
Only the Obama drones and total morons will buy into that one.
sissykatz
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:32pmI will bet you the debt ceiling will be raised, and the issue will not come up again until “OBAMAS CAMPAIGN IS OVER” We may get the balancing the budget Amendment out of it but that will be all……………… I know the ceiling will have to be raised soon anyway because we will be going in the hole every month since enough won’t be coming in to cover it all. I would like to see them hang in there and win the bluff and get rid of all the Agencies that we don’t need anyway, but that will never happen until we control more than the House.
Report Post »showmerancher
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:28pmWe must spread the call for Obama to resign.
Obama’s lack of leadership is not only an embarrassment to the country in front of the world, but is rapidly becoming a national security issue. Any Commander-in-Chief who threatens his own military who have or are currently putting their lives on the line on battlefields around the world with having their paychecks withheld is totally irrational. He must step down now.
His despotic ravings have and are breeding fear, loathing and contempt are creating a massive irreparable divide in the country not unlike what existed just prior to the civil war. He is driving businesses and jobs from this country at an alarming and increasing rate which may soon make our current economic conditions “the good old days”.
Report Post »itsmyfirstday
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:25pmYou raise the debt ceiling and I will vote for Santa Claus next election!!
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:30pmExactly. All of this BS is nothing but a show for the idiots of America. They probably reached an “agreement” (cough “scam”) weeks ago but they played the people for fools with their “Broadway way play theatrics”. There is only one way to clean up this mess.
Report Post »Kess
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:13pm“McConnell and Boehner Confident On A Deal In The Near Future” – I sure as hell hope something happens “in the near future”. You only have about 36 hours left! Don’t cave to the commie. He is a spineless whimp.
Report Post »righthanddrive
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:12pmWell guys have a long and happy engagement. I am sure the country is happy to hear of this – heck get Harry and Nancy and make it a five some for all I care. However the three of you better not come back to us and ask for more money because 1) we are broke and 2) we think you are irresponsible with your spending. 61 additional seats but no courage to push the advantage!!! Cut spending now boys!!
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:11pmWay to go, Bohny baby- play “let’s make a deal” rather than stick to your guns. You chickenpoop POS… selling us out just like the RINO you are.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:46pmAgreed.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:07pmFool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you. Foll me three times, it’s not me being fooled anymore. How many times are some of you up to now?
Report Post »W@nd@
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:05pmThere has to be a balanced amendment on board with this or
Report Post »you are spitting in the wind and
we will have nothing but smoke and mirrors! and
more hell to go thru in the forseeable future!
but it will be more than likely you will have none future i mean! as an elected official
you will have sacrificed yourself on obamas election pyre!
Plumber1911
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:03pmThe GOP leaders should talk to a wall, it will be just as productive
Report Post »Sam Brown
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:02pmBohica
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:01pmOur goal is not to balance the budgey or reduce the deficit. If you people think that is the real battle going on you don’t anything. Nothing matters at all if we don’t win in 2012, the presidency and preferably the Senate too. The battle right now is to get the American people to keep thinking that the socialist spending of the democrats has got to stop and that the republicans need to be put back in charge. Unless we do that no victory we achieve now means anything.
Report Post »headbtweenlegs
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:00pmJust think if we had this fight on Obama Care…We will clean house again in 2012. We the people will win the war but we will lose battles along the way. Can we have common sense in our govt? I thank the tea party for getting us this far. If we had the same clowns in there two years ago toady we would be in deeper doo doo. Pat yourself on the back common sense voters we have only started.
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:58pmDon’t sell out, now matter how much Obama whines and cries. Balanced Budget Amendment the stake in the commie heart! Don’t look in the eyes of the beast when you do it.
Report Post »chattycathy
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:57pmSo help me … if you people make Obama miss his birthday party …
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:49pmI wish I could crap on his cake and tell him its chocolate ice cream…He has lied to us, why cant i lie to him???
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:57pmStop trying to answer questions from people who are compleat idiots, MR SPEAKER
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:55pmIt’s like we work for a company where the Janitor and the doorman are in charge —- instead of the CEO, CFO and the CIO.
It’s as if all this is a damned surprise to everyone.
OR IS IT?
Could it possiblly be that Obama is actually TRYING to take the USA down to the same level as European countries? (Haven’t his behaviors in the past confirmed that??)
Report Post »I Love Howie Carr
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:05pmNot surprised at all. Obama never met a crisis he didn’t like, and Republicans aren’t far from that view either.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:52pmI have no doubts the GOP will sell us out. They have already folded..boehner and the GOP establishment is desperate for a ‘deal’ ie a SELLOUT to keep the ponzi scheme (ie government spending) going.
the ONLY responsible thing to do is not raise the debt ceiling…the ‘deal’ will only make the INEVITABLE CRASH that much bigger.
Report Post »chattycathy
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:59pmI agree Joe. Based on several articles that have come out today from the credit rating companies, our downgrade is inevitable because we won’t cut the spending necessary to save it. We need to clean house in 2012 in both chambers!
Report Post »jmootispaw
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:52pmYes well enjoy your time hanging out with the current president of the United States Mr Boehner and Mr McConnell. When all of us vote the three of you out, perhaps you can all work in the same legal practice somewhere. Your lack of conservative principles and failure to listen to what the American People are saying is your fault. Don’t want to hear us? That’s fine, we will send you to jobs less stressful and that require less determination and courage. Good luck in the future.
Report Post »10th MTN DIV SCOUT
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:47pmnot that it will matter….they will still collect the same paycheck for the rest of their lives…
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:50pmIf you MR. BOEHER have found a compromise with the democrats we can be assured that they have taken all and given nothing. Ihat is and allways has been what democrats mean when they they say compromise.
Report Post »Big N
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:00pmAnd THAT’s the TRUTH!….. They haven‘t given a freakin’ inch during all of this insanity and they aren’t about to now UNLESS the GOP shows the guts that the newbies have and puts it ALL on the line
Report Post »MrHr1207
Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:44pmTheir plan is to attack your plans! its an old communist ploy!
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:37amSo right!
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