"Boehner is in an extraordinarily difficult position. His first order of business is to persuade rebellious GOP lawmakers not to shut down the government after Sept. 30 — when the current continuing resolution funding the government runs out — if Obama doesn’t give in to their demands. To talk them out of it, Boehner is floating the possibility of another debt limit standoff, with lofty demands like delaying Obamacare. If Obama’s remarks to ABC are any indication, Boehner’s plight hasn’t shaken the president’s resolve.
“We can’t negotiate around the debt ceiling,” Obama said.
Obama made clear he wants to replace the sequester — across-the-board spending cuts enacted in 2011 — and do more deficit reduction, but not at the risk of breaching the debt limit, and only if Republicans move off their hard-line opposition to new tax revenues.
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