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12-02-2012, 01:49 PM
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he was “flabbergasted” with the White House’s initial proposal to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff.”
The Ohio Republican said he told Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner “you can’t be serious,” when the lead White House negotiator presented the plan to GOP congressional leaders last week.
Boehner detailed his reaction in an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace later that afternoon.
He called the administration proposal that included $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $400 billion in unspecified tax cuts and a bevy of additional stimulus spending, “nonsense.”
Three weeks have been “wasted with this nonsense,” Boehner said, referring to the time that passed since voters reelected President Obama and a GOP-controlled House of Representatives.
http://thehill.com/video/house/270471-boehner-flabbergasted-by-geithner-proposal
The Ohio Republican said he told Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner “you can’t be serious,” when the lead White House negotiator presented the plan to GOP congressional leaders last week.
Boehner detailed his reaction in an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace later that afternoon.
He called the administration proposal that included $1.6 trillion in tax increases, $400 billion in unspecified tax cuts and a bevy of additional stimulus spending, “nonsense.”
Three weeks have been “wasted with this nonsense,” Boehner said, referring to the time that passed since voters reelected President Obama and a GOP-controlled House of Representatives.
http://thehill.com/video/house/270471-boehner-flabbergasted-by-geithner-proposal