Obama Lunch With Boehner Ends With Standoff Over Budget
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The lunch meeting between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner had the trappings of collegiality as they munched on hoagie sandwiches and potato chips from a local deli. It ended with a standoff.
Boehner renewed a threat to repeat last year’s showdown over federal debt while Obama rejected replaying the deadlock that brought the U.S. to the brink of default and insisted again that any deficit-reduction plan had to include more tax revenue.