Boehner: House to demand spending cuts to avoid default

[dkf]

WASHINGTON – The partial government shutdown headed into its second week with no sign of resolution to the bitter stalemate as key Republicans in Congress on Sunday linked the current budget impasse to the looming confrontation over a potential default on the nation's debt.

House Speaker John Boehner said the GOP-led House would not pass measures to either reopen the government or increase the government's borrowing authority without concessions from the White House, including talks on reducing federal spending.

"I don't want the United States to default on its debt," the Ohio Republican said on ABC'sThis Week. "But I'm not going to raise the debt limit without a serious conversation about dealing with problems that are driving the debt up. "

President Obama, he said, "is risking default by not having a conversation with us."

Asked how the stalemate would end, Boehner said: "If I knew, I would tell you."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/06/government-shutdown-debt-ceiling-impasse-john-boehner-jack-lew-ted-cruz/2931365/

If the R's are as crazy as DU believes, this will not end well.

[ProSense]

1. What

"If the R's are as crazy as DU believes, this will not end well. "

...does that mean? Republicans are, in fact, lunatics or acting the part.

Boehner Threatens US Credit Default
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023794990

[dkf]

2. That's why we should expect the worst.

[dionysus]

11. that's an intersting "tell" isn't it.

[lostincalifornia]

3. You cannot deal with people who are suicidal. The 14th amendment says the us cannot default period

[geek tragedy]

4. This will be the last debt standoff.

After the Republicans cause a default, the debt ceiling will be repealed after either the 2014 or 2016 elections.

And the Republican Party itself will cease to be a viable party within 15 years
So, this will be a painful turning point in history.

[mindwalker_i]

8. "And the Republican Party itself will cease to be a viable party within 15 minutes"

FTFY

[liberal_at_heart]

5. I think we all knew that was coming.

[NuclearDem]

6. No, no, Johnny....

This is the grown up table. You're still in timeout for your earlier tantrum.

[lumberjack_jeff]

7. When your only tools are "tax cut" and "ultimatum"... n/t

[dkf]

10. Add "spending cuts" to the repertoire

[Mnemosyne]

9. Blackmail, nothing less. nt

[subterranean]

12. They've already received large spending cuts.

Do they think we've forgotten about the sequester, which is still in effect? The Democrats have already agreed to fund the government at sequestration levels. But the Republicans demand more and more.

[liberal_at_heart]

13. "The democrats have already agreed to fund the government at sequester levels." That right there is

the problem.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. If?

LOL