Boehner: ‘A Lot’ Of Republicans Want To Force Default, Create ‘Enough Chaos’ To Pass Balanced Budget Amendment

Soooo Dems were right all along......there was no good faith effort on the other side to reach an agreement.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said today that some members of his own caucus who are refusing to agree to a compromise debt ceiling deal are hoping to unleash “chaos” and thus force the White House and Senate Democrats to make bigger concessions than they’re already offering. As many as 40 House Republicans, especially Tea Party members and freshmen, have demanded nothing short of changing the Constitution to include a balanced budget amendment before they would vote to raise debt ceiling, even though that has zero chance before the U.S. faces potential default on Aug. 2.

Speaking on conservative radio host Laura Ingraham’s show this morning, Boehner agreed that failing to raise the limit before the deadline would be devastating.

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The Campaign of Economic Shock and Awe Continues

Tim Geithner: ‘We Can’t Protect the American People’ & Constitution to be Torched by New ‘Super Congress’

No rest for the wicked… Geithner issues another ominous threat as the Two-Party Oligarchy uses this “manufactured crisis” to torch the Constitution by creating a new “Super Congress.”



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August Invoices Show U.S. Treasury’s Limited Choices

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