Speaker says House won't hand Obama "blank check," urges president to sign bipart plan to avert "crisis atmosphere" in Monday response.
Highlights:
"I gave it my all," but president would not accept it.
"The president wants a blank check. This is just not going to happen."
Halperin's Take
Boehner is a clever man, but if he has an endgame strategy for putting together a House majority before a default on 8/2, he is doing a good job of hiding it. (The same two things could also be said about Barack Obama.)
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