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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-run House of Representatives named seven lawmakers to a special committee on Friday to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attacks, but Democrats called the panel a stunt and were undecided on whether they would participate.

May 09, 2014

Boehner: 'I have to be the Gestapo' because nothing is 'conservative enough' for Tea Party

House Speaker John Boehner went on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night and blamed Republicans for shutting down the government last year.

Jan 24, 2014

WATCH LIVE: Boehner responds to Obama

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is expected to issue his response to President Barack Obama regarding the government shutdown.

Oct 08, 2013

Boehner: Ending abortion 'one of our most fundamental goals this year'

In a special message to the annual anti-abortion protest March for Life, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) vowed that ending abortion would be one of the top priorities of Republicans this year.

Jan 27, 2013

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.