John Boehner on
Friday, July 22:
There was an agreement, some additional revenues, until yesterday when the president demanded $400 billion more which was going to be nothing more than a tax increase on the American people.
John Boehner on Sunday, July 24:
Last Sunday there I thought there was an agreement of $800 billion of new revenue [...] On Tuesday, the president said they needed more revenue. Mr. Cantor and I told the president no. Wednesday they said they needed more revenue. We said no. Thursday, we need more revenue. We said no. Friday afternoon, when the president called me and demanded $400 billion in more revenue, there's no way you can get that out of tax reform other than raising taxes on the American people.
So on Friday, John Boehner claimed he had an agreement on revenue up until it fell apart on Thursday, when the White House asked him for $400 billion more in revenue. Then, on Sunday, he claimed the agreement had fallen apart on Tuesday, and that President Obama hadn't specifically demanded $400 billion until Friday.
But at least Boehner did at one point agree to $800 billion in real, actual honest-to-God new revenue, right? Well, maybe not.