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The second important development from the debt ceiling battle is that the speaker has managed to distance himself from the tea party Republicans even while he champions most of their views.
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Speaker Boehner knows the debt ceiling must be raised and has been willing to publicly say so as recently as this morning.
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Even President Obama is said to have put the notion of raising the Medicare age on the table in his failed negotiations with Speaker John Boehner during the 2011 debt ceiling debacle.
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The House, under the leadership of Speaker John Boehner, has precipitated a postponement in the debt ceiling fight until May.
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The speaker also offered to allow the president to raise the debt ceiling in 2013 without a messy political fight, another key Obama demand.
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But the new approach that Speaker Boehner unveiled today, which would temporarily extend the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts, would force us to once again face the threat of default just six months from now.
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However, some conservative House Republicans oppose Boehner's debt ceiling measure, setting up a possible repeat of previous votes in which the speaker failed to get enough support from his GOP conference to push through a bill.
CNN: January 22, 2013 -- Updated 2328 GMT (0728 HKT)
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Speaker Boehner made a wise move calling for an agreement to raise the debt ceiling for three months and demanding serious discussions about budget cuts.
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The measure represents the latest in a series of Republican concessions on spending and debt issues, with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and his leadership team proposing the debt ceiling increase without any spending cuts they had previously demanded to offset the cost.
CNN: January 23, 2013 -- Updated 1714 GMT (0114 HKT)