And I think -- I would note that one of the things that either Speaker Boehner or his spokesperson said last night was that there was some similarity between what the Gang of Six had put forward and what the President and the Speaker had been talking about when they were looking at the possibility of achieving a grand bargain.
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Mr. Cabrera, a Bronx Democrat, said members were more willing to buck the speaker because Ms. Quinn has only one more city budget to oversee, through which she could punish members by reducing their discretionary funds.
Mr Boehner, the Republican likely to become speaker of the House when the next Congress convenes in January, said four legislators - one from each party from both the House and Senate - would hold talks soon with the White House to negotiate a resolution to the tax issue.