Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

By Neda Toloui-Semnani

Posted July 28, 2011 at 10:04pm

“Boehner’s bill dies tonight. Forever.”

— Adam Jentleson, communications director for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), in a decidedly ungentle Thursday tweet about the debt bill proposed by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).

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