Boehner: 'We're not going to default' on debt

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner promised Thursday that the GOP-controlled House won't miss a late-February deadline to increase the government's borrowing cap.

"Look, we do not want to default on our debt, and we're not going to default on our debt," Boehner said.

The Ohio Republican held open the possibility that the House could consider a debt limit increase that's "clean" of any GOP add-ons.

Boehner is struggling to win enough support among Republicans to pass a debt limit measure without help from Democrats. He has already discarded adding provisions to the must-pass measure such as a mandate that the Obama administration approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

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1. Who the hell cares what he 'says?'

He doesn't control anyone.

and then there's this: Boehner Doubts Immigration Overhaul Will Pass This Year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/us/politics/boehner-doubts-immigration-overhaul-will-pass-this-year.html?hp