On Tuesday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Jimmy Kimmel reacted to the meeting between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner in his opening monologue.
The GOP has come out swinging against Obamacare after a report was released Friday from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services stating that 11 million small business employees may soon see their premiums climb. The report states that Obamacare’s
It’ll be a bit easier for Speaker John Boehner to get that famous tan now that he has a place in Florida. The Ohio Republican just bought a condo in tony Marco Island, FL, known for its tropical climate and
That may sound like a ridiculous question, and it certainly should be. But now President Obama has once again chosen to ignore the laws of the land as he announced an “asylum” program for those who have provided support to terrorists.
Since 1917, Congress has asserted its constitutional authority to dictate just how America will finance its debt by statutorily limiting how much debt the Treasury Department can issue. In theory, the debt ceiling is there to ensure that public debt
On Valentine’s Day, President Obama told a Univision Radio audience that Congress will deliver a comprehensive immigration reform bill before he leaves office in 2016. “I believe it will get done before my presidency is over,” Obama declared. “I’d like
Other than the basic fact that he dearly wants a bill, Speaker John Boehner’s specific plans on immigration have remained shrouded in mystery since the 2012 elections. Now two key immigration hawks are pressing him for answers in a letter
On Tuesday, the co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots said in a statement that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) should be booted from his speakership after he caved and allowed the House to pass a bill to raise the debt
Following House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to move forward a no-strings-attached increase in the debt ceiling, the Senate Conservatives Fund asserted that Boehner must be replaced. “Republicans are giving up because they know that winning is impossible when their leaders
After House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced Tuesday that the vote on an increase of the debt ceiling would have no strings attached he exited by signing “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” from the Disney 1946 movie “Song of the South”…
The House voted to reverse many of the cuts to veterans’ benefits in a budget deal struck less than two months ago today, offsetting the spending increase with planned “sequester” cuts in 2024 – five election cycles from now. Speaker
Speaker John Boehner will bring a clean debt ceiling bill to the floor Wednesday, marking the end of an era in which House Republicans sought spending cuts and reforms in equal or greater amount to the increase in the debt
Just one day after unveiling a plan to link a lift in the debt ceiling to restoring cuts to military pensions, House Speaker John Boehner announced on Tuesday that he would push a “clean” debt ceiling increase. Under a “clean”
UPDATE (2/12/2014 3:52 PM): The Senate passed the “clean” debt ceiling bill, sending the legislation to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law. The bill suspends the debt limit until March 15, 2015. The vote to pass
In an appearance on NewsMax TV, former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) criticized Speaker of the House John Boehner for his lack of leadership skills…
A draft version of an immigration bill from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) would give millions of illegal aliens permission to stay in the United States for up to six years, according to a one page outline of the bill. The
Last week, Heritage Foundation policy expert Derrick Morgan helped deter House congressional lawmakers from moving forward on a new comprehensive immigration law. Morgan’s argument, aimed at House Speaker John Boehner, was simple: you can’t trust President Obama. The VP of
Former White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe doubling down on ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl’s question to Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) calling House Speaker John Boehner lame for claiming immigration reform can not move forward because GOP
After flirting with the idea of pushing amnesty for illegal immigrants, Speaker John Boehner reportedly put the brakes on this effort late this week. Something finally became clear to him that we knew all along: conservatives don’t want amnesty, and
Let’s be honest: if he could, Speaker John Boehner would bring immigration reform to the House floor tomorrow. So while his announcement Thursday that he’s hitting the brakes on his push for a big immigration reform bill was a huge
The US Treasury said Friday it was launching “extraordinary” money management procedures to keep paying its bills as its ability to borrow to finance the country’s deficit was capped. The official debt ceiling was to be reinstated late Friday at
House Speaker John Boehner reacted quickly to the weak jobs report on Friday, criticizing the Administration for what he called “the worst jobs recovery in history.” Boehner urged Obama to remove obstacles to job-creating efforts, specifically construction of the Keystone
Wednesday morning at a small meeting of conservative House members called the Conservative Opportunity Society, the topic was immigration–specifically, John Boehner. Despite the loud protestations of his rank-and-file, the House Speaker had come back from the the GOP’s retreat in
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) wants to tie debt ceiling negotiations to the restoration of military benefits. Speaking to Republican representatives, on February 5th Boehner encouraged them “to demand a restoration of recently cut military benefits in exchange for a
In an abrupt switch from his months of work to bring immigration reform back from life support, Speaker John Boehner told reporters today that the issue cannot move forward until President Obama proves he can be a trustworthy partner to
