Speaker John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE (R-Ohio) outlined the GOP's debt-ceiling plan to conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Monday before showing it to his conference.



On Monday during his radio program, Limbaugh talked about the call he received from Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE. Limbaugh's support of the plan would be advantageous to Republicans because it might help rally the conservative base.



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The conservative radio host said Boehner outlined his two-step plan that includes $1.2 trillion in spending cuts and a $1 trillion hike in the debt ceiling. In the second step, a commission would be appointed to come back with additional deficit-reduction proposals, which the Congress could then vote on.Limbaugh said Boehner told him he was working on the plan with Senate Majority Leader(D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader(R-Ky.). He also said President Obama was irritated at being left out."Boehner told Obama that, Obama got aggravated even more that he's been left out of that," Limbaugh said.In a nod to the conservative anger over the fall-back proposal McConnell had put forward earlier in the month, Limbaugh said: "I'm told that Senator McConnell has been in a better position than he has been lately ... he's on the same page with Boehner now."This isn't the first time Boehner has called Limbaugh to voice his position on the debt talks.Boehner also phoned in to Limbaugh's show last Friday to give him the inside scoop following reports that Republican leaders and the White House were close to finalizing a deal.