As The Hill reports, the call was supposed to be a congratulatory one – Obama was pleased the House passed the free trade agreements he’s been promoting–but it quickly turned serious when Boehner confronted the president about his distortions of the Republicans’ jobs plan.

Here’s the full readout from the phone call released by Boehner’s office last night:

This afternoon, President Obama called Speaker Boehner to congratulate him on passing the three free trade agreements. After they discussed trade, the Speaker brought up the President’s remarks today about “not having yet seen” a GOP plan for job creation, and respectfully challenged the President’s assertion.  “I want to make sure you have all the facts,” the Speaker told the President.  The Speaker reminded the President that House Republicans put forth a ‘Plan for America’s Job Creators’ in May, and noted that he and other members of the GOP leadership team have spoken with the President and his staff about the plan and referenced it on numerous occasions, in letters and elsewhere.

The Speaker told the President that when he sent his jobs plan to the Hill, Republicans pledged to give it consideration, and have done so.  The President was reminded of a memo written by GOP leaders outlining the specific areas where they believe common ground can be found.  The Speaker also noted that a number of the President’s ideas have already been acted on in the House, including a veterans hiring bill, trade agreements, and a three percent withholding bill approved by the Ways & Means Committee today that will be considered on the House floor this month.  They also discussed transportation and infrastructure, and the Speaker expressed his desire to do something on the issue, but to do it in a fiscally-responsible way.

Obama has been hammering the GOP in speeches for allegedly not releasing a job creation plan, but as Boehner pointed out, House Republicans put forward their Plan for America’s Job Creators five months ago – and it’s been discussed with the president on numerous occasions.

By pointing this out during a phone call – and providing a readout to the press – Boehner is making it difficult for Obama to keep claiming Republicans don’t have a plan for job creation. Clearly, the president is now fully aware of this plan, and will have to come up with something legitimate about which to criticize Republicans on the campaign trail.