The Atlantic: Elspeth Reeve: 'Making Sense of Speaker Boehner's Plan B'

Source:The Atlantic Magazine- John Boehner (Republican, Ohio) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

"House Speaker John Boehner announced in a press conference Tuesday morning that he's suddenly pushing for a backup plan, which he also hopes will prod President Obama into a better deal for conservatives.

Original post: House Speaker John Boehner announced in a press conference Tuesday morning that he's suddenly pushing a Plan B for the fiscal-cliff negotiations, in which the House will stop the Bush tax cuts from expiring January 1 on income below $1 million. He also hopes the backup plan's outline will prod President Obama into a better deal for conservatives. Boehner was briefing his fellow Republicans about the plan Tuesday morning, Politico's Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan reported before the speaker's vague and brief appearance alongside House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Plan B would detach the Bush tax cuts from the rest of the stuff being... 

From The Atlantic Magazine