John Boehner Wants To Scale Down Debt Talks

John Boehner Wants To Scale Down Debt Talks: "pThe collapse of negotiations around $4 trillion in debt reduction and House Speaker John Boehner’s preference to scale the scope of discussion back to $2 trillion in hopes that will somehow generate a deal with no tax increases isn’t surprising. But it is, again, a useful reminder of where the American conservative movement is at. [...]/p"~~~~thinkprogress.org~~~~