In this Feb. 13, 2013, photo House Speaker John Boehner speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his Capitol office, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Get ready for two weeks of intensifying warnings about how crucial government services are about to go away _ including many threats that could eventually prove true. President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans made no progress last week in heading off $85 billion in budget-wide cuts that automatically start taking effect March 1. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)