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Boehner:
Obama economic push a 'big set-up' for
higher taxes
By Russell Berman
07/23/13
Speaker
John Boehner (R-Ohio) panned President
Obama’s newfound focus on the economy, saying his scheduled series of
speeches
this week were merely a “big set-up” for a push for higher taxes.
The
Speaker and other House Republican leaders
mocked Obama for giving more economic speeches while he ignored
House-passed
legislation aimed at boosting job growth.
“If
the president were serious about helping
our economy, he wouldn’t give another speech. He’d reach out and
actually work
with us,” Boehner said after a meeting of the Republican conference.
Majority
Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Obama
was making “his umpteenth pivot” back to jobs and the economy.
“I
say to the president, you know what? Actions
speak louder than words,” Cantor said.
The
GOP leaders cited House legislation to
approve the Keystone oil sands pipeline, reduce regulations and delay
implementation of the 2010 healthcare law as proposals opposed by the
White
House that would help the economy.
In
an address Wednesday at Knox College in
Illinois, Obama is expected to take credit for an economy that has
improved
modestly over the last year. While the speech is not expected to
include a new
policy agenda, it comes as Washington prepares for fall battles over a
potential government shutdown and a need to raise the debt ceiling.
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