At the White House meeting Friday, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told President Obama and congressional leaders that the House won’t move on the fiscal cliff until the Senate first acts on one of its bills, either by passing it in full or amending it.
The readout from his office:
“At the top of the meeting, the Speaker reminded the group that the House has already acted to avert the entire fiscal cliff and is awaiting Senate action. The leaders spent the majority of the meeting discussing potential options and components for a plan that could pass both chambers of Congress. The Speaker told the President that if the Senate amends the House-passed legislation and sends back a plan, the House will consider it – either by accepting or amending. The group agreed that the next step should be the Senate taking bipartisan action.”
