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Tantaros: The looming battle of GOP women

Posted on 2011-04-20 16:28:42

When Sarah Palin had thoughts of running for President after her 2008 defeat, it could be assumed she never imagined another female Republican would crowd her space among the GOP faithful. Read More

John Boehner: 'Welcome to divided government'

John Boehner: 'Welcome to divided government'

Posted on 2011-04-14 21:54:42

Congress on Thursday night approved a hard-fought budget deal that cut a record $38 billion from federal spending - but keeps the government running through the end of the fiscal year.Read More

Greenman: Why Obama will win the debt debate

Greenman: Why Obama will win the debt debate

Posted on 2011-04-13 22:58:30

President Obama is going to win the debt debate with House Republicans, for one simple reason:Read More

Obama to deliver debt speech, GOPers preemptively blast raising taxes on rich

Obama to deliver debt speech, GOPers preemptively blast raising taxes on rich

Posted on 2011-04-13 11:22:35

President Obama won't deliver his big budget speech until later Wednesday - but Republicans already hate it.Read More

Cupp: Obama, Congress fail to take serious action on national debt

Cupp: Obama, Congress fail to take serious action on national debt

Posted on 2011-04-12 23:15:18

Congress' eleventh-hour agreement on the federal budget averted a government shutdown, but forgive me if I'm not rejoicing in the town square or raising a glass in celebration.Read More

Despite cuts, NYC gets security relief

Despite cuts, NYC gets security relief

Posted on 2011-04-09 17:40:00

The last-minute federal budget deal kept the city's federal employees at work and its national parks open Saturday - but details of the massive spending cut remained murky.Read More

Tea Party members blast 11th hour budget deal, as Boehner claims victory

Tea Party members blast 11th hour budget deal, as Boehner claims victory

Posted on 2011-04-09 13:07:15

The Tea Party is steamed over DC's budget deal. While President Obama, Senate majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) hailed Friday night's eleventh hour accord to avoid a government shutdown as "historic," several Tea Party members did not feel the same way. Read More

Budget deal avoids shutdown

Budget deal avoids shutdown

Posted on 2011-04-08 23:24:13

We've got a deal!Read More

Government shutdown looms as Democrats and Republicans scramble to reach budget deal

Government shutdown looms as Democrats and Republicans scramble to reach budget deal

Posted on 2011-04-08 13:41:52

Congressional leaders negotiated into the wee hours of Friday morning but failed to reach a budget deal, pushing the government closer to a shutdown that would begin at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.Read More

Let's dump our trash at Boehner's house if there's a gov't shutdown: Facebook event

Let's dump our trash at Boehner's house if there's a gov't shutdown: Facebook event

Posted on 2011-04-08 10:43:15

Americans who think John Boehner's budget intransigence is a bunch of garbage plan on dumping their own trash on the House speaker's lawn.Read More

Countdown to govt shutdown? Reid, Boehner meet to try and strike budget deal

Countdown to govt shutdown? Reid, Boehner meet to try and strike budget deal

Posted on 2011-04-07 23:38:11

With just a day to go before the U.S. government might be forced to shut down, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) returned Thursday to the scene of their earlier negotiations to try a break through the budget impasse.Read More

Federal government shutdown looms

Federal government shutdown looms

Posted on 2011-04-05 19:50:00

The White House and Congress were locked in high-stakes negotiations on Tuesday - and facing a Friday deadline to reach an agreement on a federal budget.Read More

Boehner to GOP: Prepare for government shutdown

Boehner to GOP: Prepare for government shutdown

Posted on 2011-04-05 10:48:25

The shutdown showdown rages on. Speaker of the House John Boehner told his fellow Republicans Monday night to prepare for a government shutdown, diminishing any lingering optimism that a budget deal would be reached between Democrats and Republicans by April 8.Read More

Analysis: Obama makes right call on KSM trial

Analysis: Obama makes right call on KSM trial

Posted on 2011-04-04 14:59:15

News that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will be tried in military court at Guantanamo Bay, not in civilian court in Manhattan, cuts two ways for the commander-in-chief.Read More

More Photos From the Daily News

  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is, in many ways, the anti-Obama.
  • A protester holds up a sign advocating the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in a 2004 rally supporting the government's ban on gay marriage.
  •  U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a town hall style meeting at Facebook headquarters on Wednesday.
  • Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after a campaign appearance for Michele Bachmann in 2010.
  • President Barack Obama has been curiously silent on protests in Wisconsin and across the country.
  • President Barack Obama wears a Chicago Bulls basketball cap as he speaks at a DNC fundraising event at Navy Pier in Chicago on Thursday.
  • 'Welcome to divided government,' said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio).
  • Obama delivered a speech on Wednesday laying out his budget plan.
  • Tea Party activists gather on Capitol Hill last week.
  • President Obama will deliever his budget speech on Wednesday. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), right and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), left, preemptively blasted the idea of raising taxes.
  • Proposed budget cuts to federal funds for subway security were watered down, Rep. King promises.
  • Several Tea Partiers, including Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), right, and Rand paul (R-Ky.), left, slammed Friday night's budget compromise.
  • House Speaker John Boehner (r.), President Obama, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (l.) brokered a tentative budget deal that avoids a government shutdown.
  • A Facebook event titled 'If Boehner shuts down the government I am taking my trash to his house' has been gaining popularity.
  • US President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media on Thursday after meeting with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev).

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Obama Calls for Repeal of Tax Breaks for Oil Firms

Posted on 4/26/2011 5:19:02 PM

With gasoline at the pump costing well over $4 a gallon, President Obama on Tuesday urged congressional leaders to repeal tax breaks for oil and...

Boehner not 'wedded to' Ryan plan

Posted on 4/26/2011 5:29:44 PM

So maybe it wasn't the best timing in the world: Even as House Republicans face tough questions at their town hall meetings about Rep. Paul Ryan's...

Boehner addresses high school Alma Mater

Posted on 4/26/2011 6:56:43 PM

Speaker of the House John Boehner returned home to the Tri-State Tuesday to speak to the Moeller community.. . Archbishop Moeller High School...

House Speaker Boehner Honored At Alma Mater

Posted on 4/27/2011 9:19:07 PM

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner paid a trip to his alma mater Tuesday.. . Boehner was honored in an assembly at Archbishop Moeller High School. He ...

Pelosi urges Boehner to set oil subsidy repeal vote

Posted on 4/26/2011 10:52:46 PM

Democrats are squeezing as much political mileage as possible out of House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) quasi-retracted statement that he would...

Rising Gas Prices Fuel Political Warfare between Obama, Republicans

Posted on 4/27/2011 7:46:12 AM

President Obama offered top donors a peek into what he sees as one of his own vulnerabilities at a swanky California restaurant last week: the ...

On Our Radar: Big Profits for Big Oil

Posted on 4/27/2011 10:46:11 AM

A sharp run-up in oil prices since January will produce a windfall for major oil companies, which are expected to report their biggest quarterly...

Who, exactly, is the Speaker of the House?

Posted on 4/27/2011 12:24:56 PM

Twice this week, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) made public statements that were later corrected, and in effect contradicted, by his...

Boehner's favorability takes a fall

Posted on 4/27/2011 5:26:04 PM

Washington House Speaker John Boehner isn't as popular as he once was, according to a new poll. Though the top Republican enjoyed positive...

DCCC hits with 'R-Oil Wedding'

Posted on 4/28/2011 7:52:12 AM

With Prince William and Kate Middleton drawing media attention as they prepare to walk down the aisle, Democrats are countering with their own...

Photos

  • US President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media on Thursday after meeting with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev).
  • House Speaker John Boehner, R-OH, watches as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, speaks to the press following a meeting with US President Barack Obama on the budget impasse April 7, 2011 at the White House in Washington, DC.
  • House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid after their meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Reid said Thursday that he's not optimistic about avoiding a government shutdown.
  • President Obama turned the heat up on Republicans to compromise by rejecting their request for yet another week-long stopgap extension of government operations.
  • Speaker of the House John Boehner will meet with President Obama on Tuesday to try and come with a solution to avoid a government shutdown.
  • The Obama administration has done an about-face on holding the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in a civilian court, but that's not necessarily a bad move.
  • Sen. Charles Schumer said congressional negotiators are closing in on at least $33 billion in cuts.
  •  A Congolese woman and her child with malaria in Yambio, Sudan. Head of USAID Rajiv Shah estimated 30,000 deaths would result from cuts to malaria control programs if the GOP budget passes.
  • House Speaker John Boehner said that Republicans 'can't impose our will' on Dems on legislation to cut tens of billions of dollars in federal spending.
  • Sen. Chuck Schumer was overheard telling his Senate colleagues that he didn't care much what they said, so long as they used the buzzword 'extreme' in saying it.
  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, said Republicans, including Speaker John Boehner, right, are facing mounting pressure from the Tea Party regarding the budget.
  • A group of House Democrats is furious over the Republican majoritys decision to switch to nonrecyclable Styrofoam plates and utensils in U.S. House cafeterias.

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