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Russell Berman and Erik Wasson reported yesterday evening at The Hill Online that, “House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told freshmen members of his conference Thursday that ‘there is no number’ agreed to in a potential budget deal with Senate Democrats and the White House.

“In a briefing to update first-term lawmakers on spending negotiations, Boehner said he told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) after a meeting Wednesday that they had no agreement, only to watch as Senate leaders announced the opposite, according to freshmen lawmakers in the room.”

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Posted by Keith Good • April, 1, 2011 • 9:23 am