- Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:46 pm
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US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner pitches short-term debt-ceiling increase ahead of key White House meeting . Stocks on Wall Streets picked up sharply as word seeped out of a meeting between Mr Boehner and members of his Republican caucus.Just when I was starting to doubt Boehner he hits one out of the park.
“I would hope that the president will look at this as an opportunity and a good-faith effort on our part to move halfway - halfway to what he’s demanded - in order to have these conversations begin, now Obama needs to move halfway or a shut down in six weeks is all on him.” Mr Boehner said after detailing the plan to Republican members.
AP political reporter Kasie Hunt called Boehner's move very artful and one that will force Obama to give in on several GOP demands on Obamacare or face being the one who results in a shut down. Now the ball in the Democrat's and Obama's hand and they're caught off guard and not sure what to do with it.
