Boehner Quotes Lincoln, But Omits Part About Raising Taxes | Talking Points Memo

In a memo Thursday designed to rally his Republican caucus, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) invoked Abraham Lincoln’s admonition about government debt. But as HuffPost’s Luke Johnson reported, Boehner conveniently omitted Lincoln’s call for new tax revenues.


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