CNN's Candy Crowley talks to House Speaker John Boehner about the threat of higher student loan interest rates.
With just four days left before the federal money runs out for highway construction projects across the country, House Republicans abruptly postponed a vote on a two-month extension Tuesday, throwing into question how a standoff between Senate Democrats and House Republicans over the transportation bill will get resolved.
If you missed the press conference after the State Department announcement that the Keystone XL pipeline had been canceled, you missed a heck of a show.
House Speaker John Boehner says a payroll tax agreement with Democrats was the only way to prevent a tax hike.
The payroll tax impasse becomes a showdown between President Obama and Speaker Boehner. CNN's Dana Bash has the latest.
House Speaker John Boehner says the payroll tax cut bill is now up to the president and Democrats.
House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that he opposed a temporary extension of a payroll tax cut, saying the two-month plan passed by the Senate "is just kicking the can down the road."
Members of Congress and their staffs would be prohibited from using insider legislative information for investment purposes under legislation filed Tuesday in the wake of a CBS News "60 Minutes" report.
In a pair of votes aimed more at making political points than law, the Senate rejected competing Democratic and Republican proposals to boost construction of roadways and other infrastructure projects.
House Speaker John Boehner drew a line in the sand on taxes on Thursday, saying that a special debt committee tasked with cutting at least $1.2 trillion from federal deficits shouldn't consider tax hikes.
After giving President Obama's economic stimulus plan something less than an enthusiastic endorsement, House Republicans will offer their own ideas Thursday for getting the economy back on track.
The way I see it, House Speaker John Boehner's eloquent letter to President Obama requesting he push back his address really could have been summed up in two words-- screw you.
I guess if John Boehner enjoyed his party's in-fighting and hints of mutiny during the debt ceiling talks, then the 15 months leading to the general election will be pure ecstasy because it's likely going to be more of the same.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer talks to Ali Velshi about what Sunday's deal means.
House Speaker John Boehner says he has stuck his neck out to get a debt deal and wants Democrats to work as well.
There certainly are some big differences between the debt-ceiling bill proposed by House Speaker John Boehner and the one proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Speaker John Boehner's plan to raise the nation's the debt ceiling and slash government spending narrowly passed the House on Friday -- and then was blocked by Senate Democrats, setting up a weekend of negotiations to seek a deal that would avoid a potential federal default next week.
Stocks ended Friday's session sharply lower, posting their worst weekly performance in more than a year, as investors grow increasingly worried that Washington may not reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling before the deadline.
CNN's Richard Quest says the rest of the world views the U.S. as a "vacuum cleaner sucking up huge amounts of capital."
House Republicans called off a vote Thursday on Speaker John Boehner's plan that would raise the nation's debt ceiling and enact sweeping cuts in government spending, but the possibility remained that the measure could come up on Friday.
Lisa Sylvester reports on the background and upbringing of the legislator caught in the middle of a debt ceiling debate.
The House's second take on a bill to resolve the debt ceiling crisis would meet a key GOP pledge. But that doesn't mean it's going far.
After President Obama backs a plan proposed by Sen. Harry Reid, the GOP counters with its plan for debt relief.
House Speaker John Boehner is in a tough position: between a rock and a hard place, wedged squarely into a corner.
With the clock ticking down, House Speaker John Boehner will rewrite his debt ceiling legislation to ensure that it meets his oft-stated pledge to cut spending more than Congress increases the federal borrowing limit.
If the budget was a one dollar bill, how would it be broken down? CNN's Tom Foreman crunches the numbers.
With America now perilously close to default, here's where I sense we stand. My observations may be off as I have only had a brief time in Washington to take measure, but let me give it my best shot.
U.S. President Barack Obama, in a televised address Monday night, called on Americans to pressure lawmakers to reach a compromise that would raise the nation's debt ceiling and avoid a possible national default.
House Speaker John Boehner says he made a sincere effort to reach a bipartisan deal with the president.
CNN's Don Lemon speaks with a personal finance expert about how individuals should handle the debt ceiling crisis.
House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that his last offer to the White House remains on the table, despite his weekend decision to break off talks over a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling.
Angry Democrats rejected a proposal from Republicans Saturday for a two-step approach to raising the debt limit as congressional leaders raced against to clock to find a solution to the nation's debt-ceiling crisis, Democratic sources said.
House Speaker John Boehner walked away from debt talks with President Barack Obama's administration Friday, raising the stakes in the country's ongoing effort to stave off national default.
President Obama is continuing to pursue the most "significant deficit reduction package possible," his spokesman said Thursday, the latest indication officials are keeping a variety of options open while trying to hammer out an agreement to raise the nation's debt ceiling and avoid an unprecedented default.
As the nation gets closer to the brink of fiscal chaos, many pundits have been writing the political obituary for John Boehner's term as Speaker of the House.
President Obama talks about working with the republicans to reduce the deficit during his weekly address to the nation.
The Obama administration could be in violation of the War Powers Resolution if it fails to get congressional authorization by Sunday for U.S. participation in the Libya military mission, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday.
Trillions in spending cuts. No tax increases. No kidding.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat, says Republicans want to balance the budget on the backs of the middle class.
House Speaker John Boehner indicated Monday that he plans to hold a hard line in debt-ceiling negotiations.
The battle-tested heavyweights of American wars -- 65-ton giant M1A2 Abrams tanks -- are brought to this corner of Ohio to be rebuilt, rewired and reassembled. They roll out of the huge joint Army and General Dynamics plant better than new.
House Republicans have hired a prominent conservative attorney to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act in a pending lawsuit, legal sources say, and will make an effort to divert money from the Justice Department to fund its high-profile fight.
To the Tea Party movement that helped fuel Republican electoral success last November, a promise is a promise.
With a deadline looming at the end of next week, leaders in both parties sent hopeful signals Friday that they can pass spending legislation to avert a U.S. government shutdown.
Widely disputed programs make up only a small portion of the federal budget. CNN's Jessica Yellin reports.
House Speaker John Boehner complained Wednesday of "limited, sometimes contradictory" information so far from the Obama administration on the U.S.-led military mission in Libya and asked for the president to provide "a clear and robust assessment."
A three-week extension of government funding won approval Tuesday from the U.S. House, with Democratic support overcoming opposition by some conservative Republicans.
Congressional leaders debate the new two-week spending bill that will give them time to negotiate a permanent budget.
While Vice President Joe Biden leads negotiations to avoid the next threat of a government shutdown in a Senate conference room, talks on the other side of the Capitol between House Speaker John Boehner and GOP colleagues could be tougher and decide the final deal.
So Republicans are now in charge in the House, and they're having some growing pains. It seems that their new flock is filled with independent sorts who may listen to their leaders, but still go their own way.
Rep. Paul Ryan calls the nation's debt problem a "moral crisis" and urges Americans to vote Republican in 2012.
House Speaker John Boehner backed off Wednesday from a previous call to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits, but still described the idea as logical.
Following a traumatic week for the nation in the wake of the Arizona shootings, Congress will get back to business this week. As House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's spokesperson announced, "It is important for Congress to get back to work, and to that end we will resume thoughtful consideration of the health care bill."
Hear Rep. John Boehner's first thoughts as the new Speaker of the House as he leaves his home.
Congress has responded to the Saturday shootings of 19 people, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, with a "collective embrace" rather than a "torrent of accusations," House Speaker John Boehner said at a bipartisan congressional prayer service Wednesday.
Veteran Rep. John Boehner of Ohio became the 61st speaker of the House of Representatives Wednesday as Republicans officially took charge of the chamber for the first time in four years and dramatically changed Washington's political landscape.
The Republican from Ohio assumes control of the House as the 112th Congress convenes.
As the new Congress convenes Wednesday, the initial focus for Republicans, fresh off their 2010 midterm election victories, will start off symbolic with the legislative meat to be served shortly after.
Everyone seems to have an opinion about whether big men should cry, given Speaker-elect John Boehner's soggy "60 Minutes" on Sunday. Just for the record: fine by me, no big deal, even a good thing.
Incoming House Speaker John Boehner has made it very clear: When he takes control of the House, slashing the federal budget by $100 billion will be priority number one.
HLN's Joy Behar talks with S.E. Cupp and Dana Milbank about Rep. John Boehner's propensity for crying.
In a cute movie called "Bedazzled," Brendan Fraser plays a heartsick young man trying to woo the girl of his dreams, and Elizabeth Hurley plays a fetching variation of Satan who offers to help him for the usual going rate of one soul.
Politics is serious business -- but not all of the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail to the international stage, there's always something that gets a laugh or a second glance. Here are some of the things you might have missed:
Two months before Republicans will take over the House, the party's top man in the chamber signaled Thursday he had no intention of compromising his small-budget priorities in the coming weeks -- even with the prospect of a federal government shutdown on the horizon.
Politics is serious business -- but not all of the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail, there's always something that gets a laugh. Here are some of the things you might have missed.
Longtime friends of Rep. John Boehner speak to CNN's Brianna Keilar about the incoming House Speaker.
Who is John Boehner? Among friends, he's just one of the guys.
Rep. John Boehner, expected to be the next House Speaker, celebrates the impending GOP takeover of the House.
Rep. John Boehner says he and other Republicans will work to cut spending and create jobs for the American people.
It has to be one of the least attractive jobs in the world, given the economy and partisan vitriol, but Rep. John Boehner says he's ready to take the House helm even if he doesn't have all the answers.
With Republicans back in control of the House of Representatives, a new power structure will emerge over the next few weeks.
House Republican Leader John Boehner thrashed Democrats' handling of the economy in a campaign speech from his hometown Friday, framing the midterm elections as a referendum on another two years of the same Democratic policies or a GOP he vowed would get people back to work.
America's official colors are red, white and blue but the man to watch right now is orange.
House Republican Leader John Boehner suggested Thursday the Republicans' pledge to extend all Bush-era tax cuts is crucial to fixing the economy, even if it adds an estimated $4 trillion dollars to the deficit.
CNN's Dana Bash has an exclusive interview with House Minority Leader John Boehner.
The Bush tax cuts are scheduled to lapse in January 2011. Congress is debating some kind of renewal, and most people assume that some kind of renewal will happen. But as the days click away, that assumption looks more and more like wishful thinking.
I was putting the finishing touches on a column with behind-the-scenes tidbits about the battle between President Obama and House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio over how to carve up the tax-cut pie. Should it just be the middle class getting an extension of the Bush tax cuts or are the rich keeping a big slice, too?
GOP colleagues of House Minority Leader John Boehner are distancing themselves from the Ohio Republican's recent remarks that he would support President Barack Obama's proposal to renew the expiring Bush tax cuts only for those making less than $250,000 if it were his only option.
CNN's Tom Foreman grades Democrats on the honesty of their recent ads against John Boehner and the Republicans.
President Obama addressed Minority Leader John Boehner on his home turf, urging middle class tax cuts be made permanent.
House Minority Leader John Boehner outlined a plan to bolster the economy on Wednesday, just ahead of President Obama's speech detailing a $350 billion plan to boost jobs.
His beginnings are humble -- he started out sweeping floors in his father's Cincinnati bar and met his wife working as a janitor -- but if Republicans take control after November elections, Rep. John Boehner will likely become the next speaker of the House.
House GOP Leader John Boehner said he supports a ban on all new federal regulations, after meeting Friday with business lobbyists who complained about uncertain economic conditions.
House GOP Leader John Boehner said he supports a ban on all new federal regulations, after meeting Friday with business lobbyists who complained about uncertain economic conditions.
There is debate on Capitol Hill over whether more economic stimulus is needed. CNN's Kate Bolduan reports.
In his first trip to Ohio since the election, Vice President Joe Biden jumped back into campaign mode, setting his sights on Republican critics of the $787 billion stimulus plan.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she feels a "spirit of pride" thinking back over the new administration's first 100 days, but House Minority Leader John Boehner said it's become clear to him that the idea of bipartisanship "was a ruse."
One of the best Marx Brothers movies, "Horse Feathers," played in movie theaters at the height of the Great Depression in 1932.
The Senate passes an amended rescue plan, throwing the ball back into the House Republicans' court
As most of Congress continues its August break, House Minority Leader John Boehner wants to continue a rare protest in the chamber for at least another two weeks to force a vote on offshore drilling.
House Minority Leader John Boehner was awarded more than $1 million in legal fees Tuesday in perhaps the concluding chapter of his politically charged lawsuit against Democratic Rep. James McDermott.
The Supreme Court refused to get involved Monday in a 10-year legal feud between two congressman over an illegally recorded private phone conversation that was later leaked to the media.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert's decision to return to the back benches after Republicans lost their majority in Tuesday's midterm election has set off a scramble for the job of House GOP leader.
House Majority Leader John Boehner's call for critics to lay off Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld because the generals are responsible for the conduct of the war in Iraq has sparked outrage among Democrats.
The pack of Barclays emerges ten minutes into our conversation, and John Boehner - plastics entrepreneur turned U.S. Congressman turned House majority leader - is unapologetic about a habit he hasn't bothered to try kicking in 20 years.
Despite President Bush's lagging approval ratings and a spate of negative publicity, House Majority Leader John Boehner appears sure that the GOP can fend off Democrats in this year's congressional elections.
Backroom maneuvering, secret ballots, surprise results -- everything you could wish for in a political Play of the Week.
Two top Republicans announced Sunday they would seek the No. 2 position in the House, a day after Rep. Tom DeLay said he will not try to reclaim the majority leader post.
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