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John A. Boehner, second from left, on his way to speak to reporters in Washington on Thursday about the spending cuts.
By ASHLEY PARKER
Published: February 28, 2013

WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner, the man who spent significant portions of the last Congress shuttling to and from the White House for fiscal talks with President Obama that ultimately failed twice to produce a grand bargain, has come around to the idea that the best negotiations are no negotiations. Moar

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