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Boehner's Unreality Check

By Ruth Marcus
WASHINGTON -- The news out of House Speaker John Boehner's speech to the New York Economic Club was his demand for "cuts of trillions, not just billions" before the debt ceiling can be raised. Not just broad deficit-reduction targets, the Ohio Republican insisted, but "actual cuts and program reforms." That's alarming enough. It is all but impossible to get this done in the available time. It... (Read Full Article)
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