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Boehner pushed the sequester that he now blames on Obama
by Jed Lewison
The Daily Beast's John Avlon digs up this slide from a July 31, 2011 PowerPoint presentation distributed by the office of House Speaker John Boehner to his fellow Republicans:
So back in July of 2011, Boehner was sufficiently enthusiastic about the sequester that he was willing to push it to his House Republican colleagues. But now that it's about to kick in, he blames it all on President Obama. His latest effort at the blame game: writing a Wall Street Journal op-ed with the headline "The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created" and blaming the president for having "invented" sequestration. Follow me below the fold to examine Boehner's latest installment of the blame game.
Boehner says President Obama insisted on sequestration instead of risking the possibility of another debt limit crisis during an election year. According to him, that means Obama bears sole responsibility for the sequester, even though Congress voted for it.
more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/20/1188514/-Boehner-pushed-the-sequester-that-he-now-blames-on-Obama
by Jed Lewison
The Daily Beast's John Avlon digs up this slide from a July 31, 2011 PowerPoint presentation distributed by the office of House Speaker John Boehner to his fellow Republicans:
So back in July of 2011, Boehner was sufficiently enthusiastic about the sequester that he was willing to push it to his House Republican colleagues. But now that it's about to kick in, he blames it all on President Obama. His latest effort at the blame game: writing a Wall Street Journal op-ed with the headline "The President Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Created" and blaming the president for having "invented" sequestration. Follow me below the fold to examine Boehner's latest installment of the blame game.
Boehner says President Obama insisted on sequestration instead of risking the possibility of another debt limit crisis during an election year. According to him, that means Obama bears sole responsibility for the sequester, even though Congress voted for it.
more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/20/1188514/-Boehner-pushed-the-sequester-that-he-now-blames-on-Obama
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