House Speaker John Boehner set the stage Tuesday for another tense, partisan showdown over tax and spending policy later this year, as he vowed to insist on big spending cuts before he'll agree to a new debt ceiling -- much like last summer's debt showdown debacle -- and he also promised a vote before November's elections on whether to prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring at year's end, as scheduled.

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House Speaker John Boehner set the stage Tuesday for another tense, partisan showdown over tax and spending policy later this year, as he vowed to insist on big spending cuts before he'll agree to a new debt ceiling -- much like last summer's debt showdown debacle -- and he also promised a vote before November's elections on whether to prevent Bush-era tax cuts from expiring at year's end, as scheduled.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.