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House passes bill to speed construction of Keystone XL Pipeline
US lawmakers agreed to a bill that would speed construction of a Canada-US oil pipeline and circumvent the need for President Barack Obama’s approval for the $5 billion project. By a 241-175 vote, the House of Representatives passed the largely symbolic measure to end regulatory delays on the Keystone XL…
Boehner on IRS targeting: ‘Who is going to jail over this scandal?’
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Wednesday took the unexpected step of calling to imprison someone in the U.S. government after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) admitted inappropriately scrutinizing tea party groups to determine if they had abused their tax-exempt status. “Now my question isn’t about who is going to…
Pelosi: If Boehner were a woman he’d be labeled ‘the weakest Speaker in history’
Appearing on Monday night’s episode of “All In with Chris Hayes,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that if her Republican counterpart, House Speaker John Boehner, were a woman, “they’d be calling him the weakest Speaker in history.” Hayes asked Pelosi, “Is John Boehner a weak speaker?” Pelosi smiled.…
U.S. House votes to avert government shutdown
Congress approved a funding stopgap Thursday to keep the US government operating through September, while the House backed a Republican blueprint that lays out budget austerity for the next decade. The two votes came in rapid-fire succession in the House of Representatives ahead of a two-week congressional holiday recess. The…
Democrat mocks John Boehner for ‘epiphany’ about debt ‘charade’
Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington poked fun at House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday after the Republican from Ohio admitted there was no imminent debt crisis. “Our debt is so bad, we’re told, that we have to take food out of the mouths of children through the nutrition program…
Obama: Protecting the rich binds together the Republican Party
President Barack Obama on Thursday said the only thing keeping Republicans together was a desire to shield the rich from higher taxes, in a new jab over an imminent budget confrontation. Obama is mounting a full bore campaign push to heap blame on Republicans over a multi-billion dollar package of…
Rubio to give response to Obama’s State of the Union
US Senator Marco Rubio has been tapped to give the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s upcoming State of the Union address, party leaders said Wednesday, boosting his stature as a rising national heavyweight. Rubio, a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from Cuba, will deliver the address Tuesday in both…
House Republicans pressure Obama over budget
Republicans are pressuring US President Barack Obama to unveil a federal budget, saying failure to introduce a blueprint by Monday as required shows the White House is not serious about curbing spending. House Republicans plan to take up a measure this week that would force the president to identify the…
Catholic leaders call on ‘pro-life’ lawmakers to ‘stand up to the NRA’
A coalition of 60 Catholic theologians, priests, Catholic sisters and others from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released a statement on Wednesday calling out so-called “pro-life” lawmakers like House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for refusing to work to curb gun violence after the mass…
Congress sets Obama ‘State of the Union’ speech for February 12
US President Barack Obama will give his annual “state of the union” speech to Congress on February 12, the White House said Friday. The administration agreed to House Speaker John Boehner’s formal invitation to the president to address both chambers of Congress barely three weeks after Obama is sworn in…
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