Boehner Backstab: Agreed To Speech Date With Obama, Rescinded It In Public

by National Confidential Staff | 31 August 2011 | 5:40 pm EST

Topics Barack Obama, Economy, Jobs, John Boehner, US House

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Speaker John Boehner has decided to have a temper tantrum in public, going back on an agreement with the Obama White House for a prime time presidential speech on September 7th. According to senior administration officials who spoke to The Huffington Post, Obama had already cleared the September 7 date with Boehner’s team.

After the White House released their request, Boehner pulled the rug out under the president and sent out a letter that claimed the House would be unable to accomodate the President and that the speech should be rescheduled. [Sam Stein]

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