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Poll: Majority Want Benghazi Select Committee

Poll: Majority Want Benghazi Select Committee

A poll released by Democratic pollster Pat Caddell and Republican pollster John McLaughlin shows that a vast majority of American voters want a special select committee to investigate the Benghazi scandal. However, House Speaker John Boehner is denying them a

Reid Predicts Boehner Will Conference on Amnesty

Reid Predicts Boehner Will Conference on Amnesty

For at least the second time this month, Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) claimed House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) will cave on comprehensive immigration reform next year.  “I think that John Boehner will conference with the Senate. Why wouldn’t

Gallup: For Americans, Government Is the Biggest Problem

Gallup: For Americans, Government Is the Biggest Problem

The country’s top problem, according to Americans, is the U.S. government, the latest Gallup poll shows, in which “dissatisfaction with government” topped even health care and the economy as the top problem facing the nation today. Gallup asked Americans to name the

Why Business, GOP Attacking Tea Party Could Backfire Big Time

Why Business, GOP Attacking Tea Party Could Backfire Big Time

Lobbyists and the GOP political establishment applauded Speaker John Boehner’s strident attacks against the Tea Party and conservatives as the House prepared to approve the Ryan-Murray budget deal. Boehner had said that conservative groups had “lost all credibility” for opposing a budget

Will the Senate Hold?

Will the Senate Hold?

On Thursday night, after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) gleefully denounced conservative groups as “losing all credibility,” 169 House Republicans joined Democrats on a march toward more spending and bigger government. It is a sad day that only sixty-two Republicans

WIRE: Boehner Rebukes Tea Party

WIRE: Boehner Rebukes Tea Party

(AP) GOP struggle widens as Boehner rebukes hard rightBy CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Republican establishment’s much-anticipated pushback against the tea party wing is underway. House Speaker John Boehner made that clear Thursday, when he renewed his denunciation of groups that try

Mark Levin: Boehner Trashing Conservatives to Get Amnesty Votes

Mark Levin: Boehner Trashing Conservatives to Get Amnesty Votes

On Thursday, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin said House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is lashing out at conservatives and throwing “temper tantrums” because he wants to delegitimize them as preparation for the looming fight over amnesty.  Levin said Boehner

Report: RSC Members Shocked by Teller Firing

Report: RSC Members Shocked by Teller Firing

Paul Teller, the conservative Executive Director of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), was reportedly fired unilaterally by RSC Chairman Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), who is a close ally of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), much to the shock of some

Boehner: GOP Men Need Sensitivity Training on Women's Issues

Boehner: GOP Men Need Sensitivity Training on Women's Issues

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) thinks Republican men in Congress need to be more sensitive to female candidates and issues. “We’re trying to get them to be a little more sensitive,” Boehner said on Thursday, according to The Hill. “You

Reid: Boehner Will 'Cave' on Amnesty

Reid: Boehner Will 'Cave' on Amnesty

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) believes House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) will “cave in” on comprehensive immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship. “I feel positive we will get an immigration bill passed,” Reid told the Las Vegas Sun

Boehner: Amnesty After GOP Primary Filing Deadlines

Boehner: Amnesty After GOP Primary Filing Deadlines

A new report from the Texas-based Quorum Report, published by longtime Texas journalist Harvey Kronberg, says that House Speaker John Boehner plans to push amnesty legislation through the House, after the primary filing deadline for candidates. The move would prevent