Boehner defends delay in budget conference
By Erik Wasson and Russell Berman - 04/18/13 12:45 PM ET
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"Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday defended the decision to delay the creation of a formal budget conference committee to reconcile the wildly different House and Senate budgets.
Boehner said he was following “regular order” by allowing chairmen to hash out an informal framework first.
"The chairmen of the two committees are talking, and as you all know, it’s customary that there’s no appointment of a formal conference until such time as there’s some basic framework worked out from which they can proceed,” Boehner said.
Democrats are accusing Boehner of dragging his feet and say they are prepared to convene a conference without a framework. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Boehner on Thursday demanding that he take action."
Now Cantor is begging for a conference committee?
Read more:
http://thehill.com/b...e#ixzz2grjNKPVk
Pelosi this morning offered a deal where the Democrats will not offer any motions to instruct if Boehner offers to finally appoint conferees to reconcile the Senate and House budget. This is something he should have done in March.