Politics

John Boehner: President Obama Has to Negotiate

Doesn't want to

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House Speaker John A. Boehner on Sunday defiantly rejected calls to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit, warning that the nation is headed for a first-ever default unless President Obama starts negotiating with Republicans.

"That's the path we're on," Boehner (R-Ohio) said on ABC's "This Week." Of Obama, he added: "He knows what my phone number is. All he has to do is call."