Boehner gives incoming speaker parting gift with budget deal

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The Washington Post

Kelsey Snell

 

© Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (R) speaks as House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (2nd L) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) (L)…
[Congressional leaders and White House are closing in on a budget deal]

 

Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner presented his newly forged budget deal to his Republican colleagues at a private meeting this morning, outlining his plan to avert another government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling as a parting gift to his successor.

The deal would increase federal spending by $80 billion over two years and raise the federal borrowing limit through 2017. The 144-page bill, which was released Monday shortly before midnight, was welcomed by Democrats who have been pushing for budget negotiations all year.
“We have a budget agreement,” said outgoing House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) after the meeting of House Republicans where the outlines of the deal were presented.

Boehner (R-Ohio), who will step down on Oct. 30, added that the alternative was a clean debt ceiling suspension with no extra funding for troops. “This is a good deal.”



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