On the recordApril 5, 2011
We just had a productive meeting with Speaker Boehner, as well as Majority Leader Reid. We discussed the impasse that we're firmly at with respect to the budget.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “We just had a productive meeting with Speaker Boehner, as well as Majority Leader Reid. We discussed the impasse that…”
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President Obama describes a meeting with John Boehner and Harry Reid regarding the budget impasse.
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