Boehner Says He Wants to Cut a Deal on Taxes

Boehner to Obama: 'This Is Your Moment,' 'We Want You to Succeed' (Daily Caller)

Speaker of the House John Boehner delivered a direct message to President Barack Obama after Obama’s victory in the election: “This is your moment” and “we want you to succeed.”

“If there’s a mandate in yesterday’s [election] results it’s a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions to the challenges that we all face as a nation,” Boehner said in a speech at the Capitol on Wednesday.

These challenges, Boehner said, include the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts at the end of the year, automatic defense spending cuts, the debt limit increase and the expiration of the continuing resolution that’s keeping the government running without a formal budget.

He insisted that House Republicans are willing to work with the president to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff.”