Former Notre Dame head coach and ESPN college football commentator Lou Holtz sent a text message to House Speaker John Boehner after watching President Barack Obama’s inauguration and complained “the country’s over with” and that he never wanted to see
House Speaker John Boehner, who’s spent the past two years trying to work with President Barack Obama, finally appears to understand what he’s up against. In remarks to the Ripon Society on Tuesday, Boehner–the de facto head of the Republican
John Boehner, Speaker of the House, minced no words in his response to Barack Obama’s second inaugural address. Boehner said: Given what we heard yesterday about the president’s vision for his second term, it’s pretty clear to me that he
To understand the growing divide between rank-and-file Republicans and the party’s leadership in DC, look no further than the temper tantrum published this week in The Hill. The author, John Feehery is a GOP power-broker who was a long-time top
President Barack Obama’s administration announced on Thursday that it wants to spend about $200,000 of U.S. taxpayers’ money conducting “Cultural Programming” inside the “People’s Republic of China.” The money, split up among an expected 30 total awards, range in dollar
Food for thought from the WSJ’s Daniel Henninger: Smarting from defeat by Barack Obama’s made-in-Silicon-Valley messaging network, congressional Republicans in Washington are getting tutorials to bring them into a Twitterized world. I have a simpler idea: First join the 20th-century communication
By DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONMore than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.7 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode
(AP) Sandy aid package moving toward House votesBy ANDREW MIGAAssociated PressWASHINGTONNortheastern lawmakers hoping to push a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package through the House face roadblocks by fiscal conservatives seeking offsetting spending cuts to pay for recovery efforts as
President Obama took to the bully pulpit today to once again warn that he would high-handedly refuse to negotiate over the debt ceiling if the Republicans insisted on further cuts without yet more tax increases. Then he had the temerity
Note from senior management: Americans for Prosperity is one of the nation’s foremost advocates of economic freedom, leading the charge for everything from lower taxes to the rights of workers. Their meteoric rise to the top of the conservative movement
The cover of this week’s issue of The Economist features not-so-flattering caricatures of President Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner. Obama is dressed as the archetypal Frenchman, complete with beret and striped shirt, and Boehner is dressed in
Some people need a House to fall on them in order to see the light. John Boehner appeared to be in a state of shock following his attempt at negotiating with the president during “Fiscal Cliff” talks. But, if he
Jack Lew, current White House Chief of Staff and reportedly President Barack Obama’s choice for Secretary of the Treasury in his second term, so irritated congressional Republicans during debt ceiling negotiations in 2011 that Speaker of the House John Boehner
In the days leading up to the vote for Speaker for the 113th Congress, Breitbart News reported extensively on a growing movement among conservative members of the House to challenge John Boehner’s reelection. The nation’s political media either ignored these
In an interview with Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal, newly re-elected House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) opened up about President Obama’s utter unwillingness to cut a single dollar from federal spending. In a stunning admission, Obama reportedly told
The conservative revolt against John Boehner’s leadership failed to block his reelection as Speaker. The effort, however, came surprisingly close. A dozen of Boehner’s colleagues very publicly either voted for someone else for Speaker or chose not to vote. If
After what I am sure were a few tense minutes while his fellow members of the House of Representatives rendered judgment, John Boehner was reelected as Speaker of the House earlier this week. Twelve fellow Republicans defected and either voted
GOP Rep Marsha Blackburn (TN) said that her initial vote of “abstain” during the Republican vote for Speaker of the House was just “something that happens.” She said she had to leave the floor when it was her time to
A day after reelection to his position, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) signaled he would insist on a dollar-per-dollar match between new spending cuts and borrowing, as President Barack Obama and Republicans head toward another clash concerning the debt ceiling.
After accusing Breitbart News of “terrible reporting” on the intrigue surrounding John Boehner’s re-election as Speaker of the House, Politico ran a detailed article repeating most of the same facts found in our reporting. When editors proofed Jake Sherman and John
House Speaker John Boehner barely held onto his job atop Congress’ lower chamber on Thursday. Just how close a call Boehner had is now becoming clear. Nine House conservatives voted for somebody other than Boehner, two abstained from voting and
House Speaker John Boehner (R – OH) managed to retain his Speakership for the new 113th Congress that was sworn in on Thursday afternoon. Nine Republicans voted for somebody other than Boehner. If 8 more GOP’ers had joined them, there
Today, Speaker of the House John Boehner received a second chance. After ramming through a fiscal cliff deal that made conservatives shudder – income taxes increased on everyone making more than $400,000 per year, the payroll tax cut expired, unemployment
We frequently enter into lulls in the world of political battle in which the news media feels it is safe to pose as though it is doing actual journalism. With today’s lead, Politico has informed us we have entered one
Today, Speaker of the House John Boehner narrowly retained his speakership on the first vote. After signing off on a fiscal cliff deal that resulted in a tax increase for 77% of American households and an income tax increase on
