On the American budget "crisis", first things first:
But when Boehner later asked for the elimination of funds for Title X — spending for women’s health and family planning organizations that also provide abortion services, the aide said the president flatly refused.
The president replied, “Nope. Zero.”
Boehner continued to push to discuss the funds, the aide recalled.
The President repeated: “Nope. Zero.”
“‘John, this is it,’” the aide described the president as saying. “‘This is it, John.”
(Source: NBC News; Tip: reader)
