Speaker
John Boehner feels regret -- or so we learned last week from The Hill.
The speaker now believes he should have taken a different approach to
the fiscal cliff dealings. The speaker has cause for regret. A
legislative strategy that is reactive -- that lacks initiative and
confidence -- will do little to advance GOP election fortunes in 2014.
But it's still early enough for House Republicans to make important
course corrections.
The speaker said this at a closed door session of the Ripon Society:
The speaker said this at a closed door session of the Ripon Society:
"Looking
back, what I should have done the day after the election was to make it
clear the House has passed a bill to extend all of the current tax rates,
the House has passed a bill to replace the sequester with cuts in
mandatory spending, and the Senate ought to do its work," Boehner said.
"We're ready, able and willing to work with the Senate as soon as they
produce a bill. It should have been what I said. You know, again,
hindsight is 20-20."
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