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Fiscal cliff negotiations stall as Republicans refuse to budge on tax rates
WASHINGTON — US Democrats and Republicans bickered on Thursday over whether to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, as crunch negotiations on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff stalled. Republican speaker John Boehner met Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, after a Wednesday phone call with President Barack Obama, but warned there had…
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Three arrested as naked protesters storm Boehner’s office over budget cuts
At least three AIDS activists were arrested on Tuesday after they and other naked demonstrators briefly took over House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) to protest budget cuts to health care services. Activists from ACT UP, New York ACT UP, Philadelphia ACT UP, Housing Works and the Student Global AIDS Campaign…
Pelosi blasts Boehner for spending $1.5 million to defend DOMA
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) blasted Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Tuesday for spending nearly $1.5 million in taxpayer-funded money in a legal battle over the Defense of Marriage Act. “For more than a year, Speaker Boehner and Congressional Republicans have committed valuable taxpayer dollars to defending discrimination and…
John Boehner thinks the Republican convention and platform are too long
Are Republican convention and platform too long? John Boehner thinks so. House Speaker John Boehner, chairman of the Republican National Convention, says both conventions and party platforms would be better if they were shorter. Mr. Boehner, the top-ranking Republican in Washington, was dismissive of the party platform that was completed last week under…
Jimmy Kimmel presents crying ‘Boehner Baby’ doll
On “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday, host Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to our Speaker of the House, the most powerful Republican in the country, Congressman John Boehner (R-OH). Recently, at a reception honoring Italian artist Constantino Brumidi, Boehner welled up with tears, as he frequently does. Kimmel pointed out that, in…
Boehner: People probably won’t love Romney
Speaker of the House John Boehner wants you to vote for Mitt Romney, though he concedes you might have to hold your nose to do so. According to Roll Call, an unidentified woman during a question and answer session last week asked Boehner, “Can you make me love Romney?” “No,”…
Boehner: Health reform law must be ‘ripped out by its roots’
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Sunday admitted that some parts of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms were beneficial, but insisted that the entire law must be “ripped out by its roots.” “There’s always going to be parts of it that are good,” Boehner told CBS Chief White House…
House Speaker Boehner gears up for end-of-the-year budget fight
House Speaker John Boehner fired the opening shot Tuesday in a new potential fight with Democrats over the US debt ceiling, which is scheduled for an increase at the end of this year. But Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner warned Boehner against setting up a debt limit showdown, saying the potential…
House Democrats call on Boehner to stop defending DOMA at taxpayer expense
House Democrats on Monday questioned why House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was continuing to provide legal defense for the Defense of Marriage Act even though a federal court had declared a provision of the law unconstitutional. “[W]e have long believed that DOMA is unconstitutional,” wrote Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Barney…
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