House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(CNSNews.com) – House Speaker John Boehner told House Republicans Sunday night that the budget deal he hopes to bring to a vote as soon as possible is not ideal – but “it’s pretty much the framework we’ve been operating in.”

He plans to start "selling" the legislation – which no one has yet seen -- to Republicans on Monday.

In remarks Sunday night, Boehner said the plan would cut spending by a larger amount than the debt-limit hike and cap future spending to limit the growth of government.  “It would do so without any job-killing tax hikes. And it would also guarantee the American people the vote they have been denied in both chambers on a balanced budget amendment,” he said.

“There is nothing in this framework that violates our principles.  It’s all spending cuts.  The White House bid to raise taxes has been shut down.  And as I vowed back in May – when everyone thought I was crazy for saying it – every dollar of debt limit increase will be matched by more than a dollar of spending cuts.  And in doing this, we’ve stopping a job-killing national default that none of us wanted.”

Boehner admitted it “isn’t the greatest deal in the world.  But it shows how much we’ve changed the terms of the debate in this town.”

Boehner said far from giving the Obama White House the “clean” debt limit bill it wanted – one with no spending cuts and reforms attached – Republicans “stuck together, and frankly made them give up on that.” 

Then the Obama White House demanded a “balanced approach” – a euphemism for tax hikes along with “spending cuts” – but, as Boehner noted, “they’ve given up on that, too.”

Boehner said Republicans have “fought valiantly” and listened to the American people: “As a result, our framework is now on the table that will end this crisis in a manner that meets our principles of smaller government.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced that “before any agreement is reached,” Republicans would meet on Monday morning “to discuss this framework and give everyone a chance to weigh in.”

“But at this point I think I can say with a high degree of confidence that there is now a framework to review that will ensure significant cuts in Washington spending. And we can assure the American people tonight that the United States of America will not for the first time in our history default on its obligations.”

At least one tea party senator, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, said it's hard to comment on a bill that no one has seen.

"We don't want this (to be) like the health care law that nobody ever read the thing," Johnson told Fox News's Greta Van Susteren. "We don't want to have to pass it to see what's in it. We actually want to see what's in this before we go ahead and pass it."