Boehner on Fiscal Cliff: 'Washington Is Broke'

House Speaker John Boehner is calling on the White House to offer up a plan for spending cuts in order to avoid the fiscal cliff. Boehner says if Congress enacts the president's current plan the US would be in the red for decades to come. (Dec. 11)

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[brandonski1]

Im sure when John Bohner was in High School, picked up a lot of chicks with his deep voice.

[TheRetiredtrucker]

'The entire point is that OBAMA is a third way politician" If Clinton had payed less attention to three ways and more attention to his job we wouldn't have been in this mess were in now. Happy new year Tea Baggee

[joe035]

LOL yes, it seems they feel sorry for minorities & embrace celebrities as credible. Merit to do the job seems to be last on their list of qualifications for office.

[joe035]

It was a BIPARTISAN Congress & Bill Clinton advocated for the repealing of glass Steagull! A REPUBLICAN senate subcommittee wanted to investoigate the on goings of Fannie & Freddie but were blocked by the black caucus & Barney Frank!

No fucking accountability from a democrat douche bag, lets go celebrate Clintons birthday the guy who ultimately allowed the crash to happen!!

[joe035]

The most interesting thing is when liberals claim the nazis were right wingers, what they dont get is they were only to the right of the communists at that time. This is why they were called right wingers completely irrelevant comparing them to conservatives here.

The workers party of 1930s germany was much like those who support Obama today!

[joe035]

EVERYONE will see a tax increase, but hey 6 trillion more to our debt in his 1st term another trillion plus for 2013 Obama is unstoppable 1/2 the country is fine with passing this on to their kids & grandkids.

I am just baffled as to why anyone complains about GW Bush at this point as him & Obama are so much a like?? House Republicans want CUTS, Boehner offered the elimination of hundreds of billions in corporate write offs!

[Bridget Lovilotte]

It's coming down the to the wire, but let's remember who put the wire there in the first place. The reason we face a "fiscal cliff" Tuesday is because House Republicans threatened to block an increase in the debt limit in 2011 unless they got a deficit-reduction plan to their liking; the "cliff" at the start of 2013 was the default if no agreement emerged before then. Yet as late as last week House Republicans still refused to increase taxes on anyone -- even millionaires. So the only hope we h