Exclusive - Speaker Boehner on Budget Negotiations: 'No Daylight Between Tea Party and Me' - George Stephanopoulos' Bottom Line

Exclusive - Speaker Boehner on Budget Negotiations: 'No Daylight Between Tea Party and Me' - George Stephanopoulos' Bottom Line: "Speaker of the House John Boehner said he is in lockstep with the Tea Party on budget negotiations despite claims from Democrats that there could be a deal if only he could buck the Tea Party.

“Listen, there’s no daylight between the Tea Party and me,” Boehner told me today during our exclusive interview.

“None?” I asked

“None. What they want is they want us to cut spending. They want us to deal with this crushing debt that’s going to crush the future for our kids and grandkids. There’s no daylight there,” he said.

Democrats have accused Boehner of being pulled further back by the Tea Party and “moving the goal post” during negotiations by increasing his demand from $33 billion in cuts to $40 billion."

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