Boehner to GOP on debt ceiling plan: 'Get your ass in line'


'I can’t do this job unless you’re behind me,' Boehner said to House Republicans. | AP Photo

By JAKE SHERMAN & JOHN BRESNAHAN | 7/27/11 9:55 AM EDT Updated: 7/27/11 12:44 PM EDT
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Scrambling for votes on his troubled deficit package, Speaker John Boehner bluntly told wavering GOP lawmakers Wednesday morning to “get your ass in lineâ€