John Boehner

Immigrant healthcare bills stump House group

2013-05-23 16:32:00

WASHINGTON -- Differences over whether immigrants should be deported for fail ing to have health insurance or pay their healthcare bills have stalled a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, who blew past a self-imposed Thursday deadline as they pressed...

House feels the heat on immigration reform

2013-05-22 17:07:00

WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and top leaders have been pushing a bipartisan group of lawmakers to produce its own bill. House...

Oklahoma lawmakers who opposed disaster aid now face own disaster

2013-05-21 13:01:00

WASHINGTON -- When $50 billion in disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy came before Congress this year, three of Oklahoma’s five representatives and both of its senators were among the "no" votes. At the time, some of the Oklahoma lawmakers...

Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry

2013-05-15 19:12:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...

Mark Sanford sworn into Congress, calls himself 'humbled'

2013-05-15 16:11:00

WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford, after a detour to the governor's office and, infamously, to Argentina, is back in Washington as a member of Congress.� The former three-term congressman and two-term governor was sworn in Wednesday as the representative for...

Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate

2013-05-14 18:56:00

WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...

Obama budget would cut deficits, report says

2013-05-17 14:20:00

WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s proposed mix of tax hikes and spending cuts would reduce future budget deficits more quickly than under current laws, according to a report issued Friday that could rekindle the dormant budget wars in Washington....

Obama responds to criticism with 'fix it' strategy

2013-05-16 19:07:00

WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty matters to discuss — the bloody civil war in Syria, a disastrous Syrian refugee crisis and Turkey's strained...

House Republicans repudiate Obama healthcare program -- again

2013-05-16 15:39:00

WASHINGTON – House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Obama’s healthcare law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation. The bill to roll back the...

House immigration group reaches 'agreement in principle'

2013-05-16 17:24:00

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has reached an "agreement in principle" on a sweeping immigration bill that would parallel work underway in the Senate, sources said Thursday. The consensus, reached after a private evening meeting,...

On IRS scandal, Speaker John Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'

2013-05-15 09:15:00

WASHINGTON -- Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile -- and politically...

White House announces new IRS leadership

2013-05-16 13:30:00

WASHINGTON – Continuing to move quickly to try to put the IRS controversy behind him, President Obama named a new acting commissioner Thursday to replace the one he ousted the day before. Daniel Werfel, current controller of the Office of...

House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) stands next to a printed version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during a news conference on Capitol Hill as the House prepares to vote on repealing the law.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, greets Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., during a swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol on the day she was sworn in on the House floor.

2013-04-11 00:00:00

Why: Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama�s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.

2013-03-13 00:00:00