Boehner has hope for deal on long term budget soon

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Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington February 10, 2011.

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WASHINGTON | Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:30am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday said talks with the White House and the Senate give him hope a deal on a long-term spending bill will come soon.

"We've been in conversations with the Senate and the White House," Boehner, a Republican, told reporters. "We're hopeful we'll have a long-term continuing resolution through September 30 and we're hopeful that we'll have it soon."

The government is now operating on a two-week budget bill and will begin debate on a further three-week extension on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Kim Dixon; Editing by Will Dunham)
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DrJJJJ wrote:
A 5% cut in our deficit spending would be almost $100 Billion/yr and the senate has proposed $6 Billion/yr! What wrong with this picture? Remember, our Fed government has created 100,000 new Fed government jobs in the last few years! I’d call that a bubble and I’d call the proposed cuts a National disgrace!

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