Speaker of the House John Boehner is back defending a GOP plan to raise the national debt ceiling th

(29 Jul 2011) HEADLINE: Boehner defends ''common sense'' debt plan CAPTION: Speaker of the House John Boehner is back defending a GOP plan to raise the national debt ceiling this year and revisit the issue in the spring. (July 26) (John Boehner, speaker of the house) ("remember I do believe this plan is enough. Remember in the second stage when the joint select committee gets together they are required to find cuts of at least 1.8 trillion dollars. They can do far more, but I do think it''s time for Congress to do its work. And the first step in this process is to make sure we pass this in the house and I would ask all of my colleagues both Democrat and Republicans to look at this common sense plan, this common sense way forward that will avoid default and put America''s fiscal house back in order. ") Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...