Boehner spox denies there was spending deal, but Reid’s staff reiterates: Yes there was

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Boehner spox denies there was spending deal, but Reid’s staff reiterates: Yes there was
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/boehner-spox-denies-there-was-spending-deal-but-reids-staff-reiterates-yes-there-was/2011/03/03/AF29NK3C_blog.html

By Greg Sargent

It’s getting a bit whiplash-inducing to follow the ins and outs of the budget talks, but here’s the latest: A spokesman for John Boehner is now denying Harry Reid’s claim that they had reached a deal for $38 billion in spending cuts at last night’s White House meeting.

But Reid’s spokesman is reiterating: Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid all agreed on that number.

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Jon Summers, a spokesman for Reid, repeated to me that there was, in fact a deal. “Boehner, Obama, Reid, Biden — they made an agreement during the meeting at the White House last night to cut $78 billion,” Summers said, referring to the original $40 billion in agreed-upon cuts plus the $38 billion in additional ones that’s now in dispute.

“Everything was worked out — the final thing they had to deal with was Title X,” Summers continued, in a reference to the dispute over family planning funding. “They then decided to go home and get a couple hours rest.”

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1. 3 against 1..I think I will go with ....the 3.