Economy/Business News Alert: Obama says Boehner "walked away" from debt talks

---------------------------------------- Economy/Business News Alert: Obama says Boehner "walked away" from debt talks July 22, 2011 6:21:23 PM ---------------------------------------- President Obama said House Speaker John A. Boehner broke off talks over crafting a "big deal" that would avert a federal default. He called the deal the White House was offering "extraordinarily fair" and said that "if it was unbalanced it was unbalanced in the direction of not enough revenue." The president said he was summoning congressional leaders to the White House Saturday morning at 11 a.m. "We have run out of time and they are going to have to explain to me how it is that we are going to avoid default," he said. http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/NQU5FR/18ZMAP/CE1U7D/0SB3WK/YJ5SS/XL/h For more information, visit PostBusiness.com ---------------------------------------- Get The Washington Post app for iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. http://itunes.com/apps/thewashingtonpost ---------------------------------------- Get breaking news alerts sent to your mobile phone. Sign up by texting NEWS to 98999. To unsubscribe, click here ---------------------------------------- ©2011 The Washington Post Company Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20071