Harry Reid Says John Boehner Backed Out Of Deal

The Senate Majority Leader and the House Speaker worked out a compromise deal to pass a “clean” funding bill, but Speaker Boehner was unable to keep his end of the bargain, says Harry Reid.

Reid said Boehner never wanted to wage a protracted battle over ObamaCare as part of the negotiations to keep the government running.

“I know that that’s not the path he preferred,” Reid said. “I know that because we met the first week we came back in September and he told me that what he wanted was a clean CR and the $988 [billion] number.

“We didn’t like the 988 number. We didn’t like it but we negotiated. That was our compromise,” Reid added. “The exact bill that he now refuses to let the House vote on. That was our negotiation.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.