John Boehner

He wants a 12-month extension, not the two months the Senate bill calls for and was previously agreed to in a bipartisan compromise.

Nothing has disappointed me more than what's happened over the last five weeks. To watch the president of the United States give up on governing, give up on leading, and spend full time campaigning.

Some of the president's proposals, I think, offer an opportunity for common ground.

It's time for the president to stop the campaign and start listening.

The president's proposals are a poor substitute for the pro-growth policies that are needed to remove barriers to job creations in America. The policies that are needed to put America back to work.

The American people see this earmark process as an example of a broken Washington.

The founders gave us a committee which is now 535 individuals. And trying to get 535 people to come to agreement on anything around here is difficult.

At a time when it's spending that's out of control, giving the federal government more money would be like giving a cocaine addict, all right, more cocaine. We've got to get spending out of control.

Now the president wants to talk about increased taxes. Listen, I am for increased revenue to the federal government. We need revenue. But I want to get new revenue from putting Americans back to work again and back on the tax rolls.

House Speaker John Boehner today rejected the option of raising taxes to cut the deficit.

This decision by S&P is the latest consequence of the out-of-control spending that has taken place in Washington for decades. The spending binge has resulted in job-destroying economic uncertainty and now threatens to send destructive…

The decision by S&P is the latest consequence of the out-of-control spending that's taken place in Washington for decades. The spending binge has resulted in jobs destroying, economic uncertainty, and now threatens to send destructive…

The process works. It may not be pretty, but it works.

I thought it was a strong vote, but the first step in many steps yet to go.

The process works. It may not be pretty but it works.

I thought it was a strong vote but the first step in many steps yet to go.

Fiscal handcuffs on this Congress that are sorely needed.

We don't want and we will do everything in our power not to let that happen.

The House approves Speaker Boehner's by a razor thin majority, or margin I should say.

I stuck my neck out a mile to try to get an agreement with the President of the United States. I stuck my neck out a mile. And I put revenues on the table in order to try to come to an agreement to avert us being where we are.

I want to pay the interest on the debt. I want to look after our seniors; that's Medicare, Social Security. And then I want to look after the army.

The bill is not perfect. I have never said it was perfect. Nobody in my caucus believes it's perfect, but what this bill reflects is a sincere, honest effort to end this crisis in a bipartisan way to send it to the Senate where it can…

The bill is not perfect. I've never said it was perfect. Nobody in my caucus believes it's perfect. But what this bill reflects is a sincere, honest effort to end this crisis in a bipartisan way, to send it to the Senate where it can…

House Speaker John Boehner is hoping that members of his own party will, and these are his words, get their asses in line and support his debt reduction bill.

This is time to do what is doable. And this bill isn't perfect.