Boehner: "The House has done its job"

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said at just concluded press conference that it was now up to the Senate to pass its own plan to raise the debt ceiling.

“The House has done its job,” Boehner said. “We’ve given the president an increase in the debt ceiling of $2.4 trillion, which would take us at least the next 18 months. For that, we’re asking for real cuts in spending and a balanced budget amendment. So the House has done its job, and I hope that the Senate will do theirs.”