The White House says House Speaker John Boehner‘s proposal for a short-term deal to increase the nation’s borrowing limit is an “encouraging sign.”
Spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama prefers a longer agreement to lift the debt ceiling and wants Republicans to pass a spending bill to reopen the federal government. But he did not specifically say the president would reject a proposal, like Boehner’s, that does not also open the government.
Carney says the White House has not seen a specific plan from the House GOP. Boehner and other members of his caucus are scheduled to meet with the president at the White House Thursday afternoon.
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