Tag: John Boehner

After House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told ABC News Thursday that Obamacare was now the “law of the land” and Republicans should compromise with Democrats to pass comprehensive immigration reform, conservatives can expect the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) —

According to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Republicans lost their 2012 race against President Obama because they sent “mixed messages.” In an interview with CBS This Morning, Rice stated, “It was still a close election in the popular vote,”

Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) rebuked House Speaker John Boehner for pledging  to the mainstream media on Thursday to commit to various immigration reforms without even first speaking to House Republicans.  “I’m urging the Speaker to talk with House Republicans before

House Speaker John Boehner today came out in favor of comprehensive immigration reform in an interview with ABC News: This issue has been around far too long. A comprehensive approach is long overdue, and I’m confident that the president, myself,

In an exclusive interview with ABC News today, House Speaker John Boehner said there would be no more attempts to repeal Obamacare. “Obamacare is the law of the land,” he said. “The election changed” the situation, said Boehner. While some

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) denied today that recently-defeated vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was the leader of the Republican Party. “Oh, I wouldn’t think so. Paul Ryan’s a policy wonk,” said Boehner. “He’s involved in

Today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) set the stage for a showdown on spending and taxes with newly re-elected President Obama. In an interview with ABC News, Boehner said it was “unacceptable” to raise tax rates as part of a

In 54 days, $7 trillion in tax hikes and spending cuts over the next decade will automatically go into effect.  If America goes over this “fiscal cliff,” experts say the already rickety U.S. economy could implode.  To avert the economic

Correction: The article below reported Speaker John Boehner’s remarks based on a CNBC report that took his quote out of context. He was referring explicitly to tax revenues, not tax rates, in his remarks. The day after Obama’s spend, spend,

House Speaker John Boehner sent an open letter to President Barack Obama today demanding to know who knew what and when in what has now developed into a three-pronged scandal: The lack of security at our consulate in Benghazi, the fact that

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan gave a “pep talk” to House Republicans on Thursday, telling them the Romney-Ryan ticket would win the presidential election. “We are going to win this thing,” Ryan told House Republicans.  According to The Hill,

Yesterday, appropriators in the House released the text of a bill to prevent a government shutdown when the fiscal year ends on October 1. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) agreed on the bill’s

(AP) FACT CHECK: Clinton claims of compromise a stretchBy MATT APUZZO and TOM RAUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt’s a fact of life in Washington that what one party considers a principled stand, the opposition considers pigheadedness. Compromise? That’s the other guy’s problem. But

Despite the fact that at least 127 House Republicans have signed a letter that calls upon Speaker John Boehner and House GOP leadership to cease any further funding of President Obama’s health care law, Speaker Boehner seems poised to continue appropriating

The Democrats in the House have been outsmarted by the Republicans, and they aren’t happy about it. In fact, they’re starting to get downright whiny. Every Senior Democrat on every committee in the house signed a letter to House Speaker John

Yesterday, speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Reno, Nevada, Barack Obama accused Republicans of sacrificing the needs of the military in order to protect tax cuts for the rich: “Now they’re trying to wriggle out of what they agreed

Sarah Palin endorsed Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) yesterday in her contentious and contested primary to represent Florida’s newly-drawn 7th Congressional District. Adams is running against establishment Republican and John Boehner ally, Rep. John Mica. The primary is August 14.  Palin

The media, frustrated with Obama’s struggles in the polls, have recently tried to spin, against most real evidence, that the Romney campaign is “in trouble” and in desperate need of a “staff shake-up.” Never mind that Romney, who has been

At a June 30th fundraiser in Wheeling, West Virginia, Speaker John Boehner told the audience of 200-300 that Republicans don’t need to love Mitt Romney to get behind him.  The comments came in response to a woman asking Mr. Boehner