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67 Republicans vote against partial funding for Hurricane Sandy relief
After days of anger directed at House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH), the House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that puts a small down payment on Hurricane Sandy relief efforts — over the objections of 67 Republican lawmakers. The $9.7 billion package passed Friday is intended to pay for…
Christie: Boehner ignored multiple phone calls on Sandy relief funds
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Wednesday that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) ignored multiple calls on Tuesday, even as the governor was hoping to convey the urgency of a now-delayed vote on funding for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. “Last night, the House Majority failed most the basic test…
Obama slams Republicans for delaying vote on Hurricane Sandy relief
President Barack Obama demanded on Wednesday that Republicans hold a vote on $60 billion in funding for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, which was set to be approved Tuesday night before House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) suddenly took the bill the table amid acrimonious talks on the nation’s fiscal situation. “It…
Conservative House GOPers lining up to oppose fiscal cliff deal
Conservative members of the House of Representatives signaled Tuesday that they would oppose the last-ditch fiscal cliff deal the Senate passed in the morning’s wee hours by an 89-8 vote. During a closed-door caucus mere hours after the Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced that…
Obama ‘willing to compromise’ on ‘tough spending cuts’
US President Barack Obama said Monday he was ready to compromise “a little bit” to head off a tax and austerity crisis, but warned he would not budge on making the rich pay more. Obama took his campaign to hike rates on the wealthy to a factory floor in Michigan,…
Boehner: ‘No substantive progress’ in fiscal cliff talks
The White House and Republican US lawmakers have made no headway in crucial talks on avoiding the so-called “fiscal cliff” of rising taxes and huge spending cuts, House Speaker John Boehner warned Thursday. “No substantive progress has been made in the talks between the White House and the House (of…
Why I can’t get excited about the ‘fiscal cliff’ (and why it’s bullsh*t)
Official Washington, and its official chroniclers in the press corps, are quite excited for the OK Corral-like showdown over the December 31, 2012 expiration of tax cuts and the January 1, 2013 imposition of “Obamacare” tax increases and automatic spending cuts related to the failure to pass a real budget…
Cantor: Cutting Obamacare should be ‘on the table’ in debt negotiations
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) says that President Barack Obama must be willing to cut health care reforms that are expected to reduce the nation’s debt if he is serious about deficit-reduction negotiations with Republicans. Although the Supreme Court found the Affordable Care Act to be constitutional and the…
House Speaker John Boehner asks ‘Where are the jobs?’ in convention speech
House Speaker John Boehner delivered a rousing convention speech, indicting President Barack Obama as inept in his management of the US economy as he laid out a well-honed case for electing Mitt Romney instead. “He can’t fix the economy because he doesn’t know how it was built,” Boehner said to…
Paul supporters boo Boehner, decry establishment-favoring rules changes
Irked by changes to the presidential nominating process that will make future contests more favorable to establishment candidates like Mitt Romney, Ron Paul backers at the Republican convention loudly booed House Speaker John Boehner as he presided over the final adoption of those rules on the convention floor. Though not…
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