Boehner: “I Need The President To Help Out”

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In a Capitol Hill press conference following President Obama’s unscheduled remarks, House Speaker John Boehner said he was unmoved by the pleas of the White House for the House GOP to take up the Senate compromise on the Senate payroll tax cut extension.

“I need the president to help out,” Boehner said, to the applause and cheers of his members.

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