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Boehner told Reid during fiscal cliff battle: Go f*ck yourself
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) had some foul language for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) last week as vitriol erupted over the looming fiscal cliff. According to Politico and CNN, Boehner confronted Reid in the White House lobby last Friday and advised him to “go fuck yourself.” Boehner was…
John Boehner fights for his political life after failure of ‘fiscal cliff’ talks
Speaker says he is not concerned for his job but pressure rises after Republican right rejects tax rises to solve budget crisis The Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, has signalled that he is not planning to quit after a congressional debacle that left negotiations over US…
Boehner: ‘God only knows’ next step in fiscal fight
With a Republican effort to raise taxes on millionaires shot down by conservatives in his own party, House Speaker John Boehner could be forgiven his thoughts Friday on how to avoid the fiscal cliff: “God only knows.” With just 10 days before tax rates rise on all Americans and deep…
GOP’s Plan B fails to garner enough support for House vote
The Republican’s plan to solve the so-called fiscal cliff will not come to a vote tonight as previously announced, reported CNN. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) originally planned to push a vote on the Republican’s plan, called Plan B, despite the Democrat’s opposition — a move on Boehner’s part to…
Speaker John Boehner to propose tax hike on the very rich, Politico says
US House Speaker John Boehner’s office would not confirm or deny a report which said the top Republican has proposed raising taxes on wealthy Americans as part of a deficit reduction deal. In what would be a significant concession in negotiations to strike an 11th-hour deal, Boehner would agree to…
Boehner warns ‘no progress’ on fiscal cliff deal
House Speaker John Boehner said Friday there was “no progress” in deficit talks and accused the White House of recklessly pushing the country to the fiscal brink over tax hikes. “This isn’t a progress report because there is no progress to report,” said Boehner, the main Republican in negotiations with…
Rep. Cole breaks with GOP: Middle-class tax cuts ‘a victory for common sense’
Breaking with his party, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said Thursday that he supports a bill that extends tax cuts for the middle class. “As long as we have the right to continue to discuss and debate and fight on other issues, lets do that,” he told Tom Ferraro of Reuters.…
Chris Hayes: Boehner’s Medicare plan less popular than mandatory gay marriages
Filling in for MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes explained Wednesday night that provisions of the budget plan presented by House Speaker John Boehner were wildly unpopular, even among Republican voters. Hayes joked that forcing Americans to wed someone of the same gender would probably be more popular than Boehner’s…
Budget talks going ‘nowhere,’ Boehner complains
WASHINGTON — Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that talks to resolve the dreaded “fiscal cliff” are going “nowhere,” as Democrats demand a tax hike for the richest Americans. Without a deal by year’s end, a poison pill of tax hikes and massive spending cuts, including slashes to the…
Boehner ‘flabbergasted’ Obama offered his campaign promises in debt talks
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) says he was “flabbergasted” when President Barack Obama opened debt talks by offering the same public positions that he campaigned on. According to details circulated by Republican aides last week, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s offer included $1.6 trillion in taxes, $400 billion in entitlement spending…
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