The leaders of our Congress exchange pleasantries.
I found this excerpt in Digg.com.
"By JOHN BRESNAHAN, CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN, MANU RAJU and JAKE
SHERMAN | 1/2/13 12:21 AM EST
House Speaker John Boehner couldn’t hold back when he
spotted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the White House lobby last Friday.
It was only a few days before the nation would go over the
fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly
accused Boehner of running a “dictatorship” in the House and caring more about
holding onto his gavel than striking a deal.
“Go f— yourself,” Boehner sniped as he pointed his finger at
Reid, according to multiple sources present.
Reid, a bit startled, replied: “What are you talking about?”
Boehner repeated: “Go f— yourself.”
The harsh exchange just a few steps from the Oval Office —
which Boehner later bragged about to fellow Republicans — was only one episode
in nearly two months of high-stakes negotiations laced with distrust,
miscommunication, false starts and yelling matches as Washington struggled to
ward off $500 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts."
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