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Boehner Changes Tune

by Josh Marshall
07.08.11 | 6:47 am
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)

Speaker John Boehner tells reporters on Capitol Hill that failing to raise the debt ceiling poses a grave risk to the economy and could push unemployment even higher.

It does make you wonder why he’s threatening not to do it unless he gets exactly what he wants in the debt negotiations.

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