Topic: John Boehner
House Speaker John Boehner on Friday criticized President Obama over his decision to no longer defend DOMA in courtHouse Speaker John Boehner on Friday criticized President Obama over his decision to no longer defend in federal court the Defense of Marriage Act ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday rejected President Barack Obama's $3 trillion plan to cut U.S. deficits, saying it would fail to tackle long-term problems and would raise taxes.In a statement, Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, ...
US House Speaker John Boehner urged fellow Republicans not to boycott President Barack Obama's jobs speech on Thursday and said he hoped for "common ground" with the White House on boosting the economy."He is the president of the United States, and I ...
WashingtonBarely two days after passing a historic agreement to avoid defaulting on the national debt, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is one of the few lawmakers left on Capitol Hill.It's vacation time in Washington, but not quite yet in Reid's office, which ...
Nearly three out of five Americans have an unfavorable view of Republicans, an all-time high, and two in five do not want their own member of Congress reelected, according to a poll out Tuesday.Overall, 70 percent of respondents to a CNN/ORC International ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They bonded over golf, bickered over debt, and now President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner face even more tests of an uneasy relationship critical to a functioning government.America's two most powerful politicians drew fire from ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emboldened by concessions wrung from their own leadership and President Barack Obama during the debt limit fight, Tea Party-affiliated lawmakers will likely remain a driving force in the Republican Party -- and possibly induce gridlock until the 2012 elections.The ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's largest economy was headed toward an unprecedented default, and all Washington wanted to talk about was the manner in which the president had left a room.A White House meeting in mid-July between President Barack Obama and congressional ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chaotic and often ugly debt-ceiling talks managed to avert a potential economic catastrophe but inflicted new damage to the political reputations of most of the key players.The 11th-hour deal to raise the federal government's debt ceiling and avoid ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is what is happening on Sunday as U.S. lawmakers and the White House race to broker a deal to raise the country's $14.3 trillion borrowing ceiling by Tuesday's deadline and avoid default on obligations.* Senate Democratic Leader Harry ...
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