July 27, 2011
AP File
ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports:
John Boehner is cracking the whip.
βGet your ass in line,β Boehner demanded at a closed-door meeting of the entire House Republican conference this morning.Β βI canβt do this job unless you are behind me.β
According to Republicans at the meeting, Boehner made an impassioned plea for his debt ceiling plan is the very best that Republicans could hope to achieve even as he acknowledged that it falls short of spending cuts that most of them want.
"He will have to explain to the American people why his vision for bigger government, more spending, and higher taxes will work over the next four years when it hasn't worked in the past three and a half years.β β Sen. Rob Portman on President Obama
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