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Freshman Republican: Boehner's Plan Is Insufficient

AP | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON — A freshman House Republican says he still can't vote for the deficit-reduction proposal pushed by Speaker John Boehner, although he...

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Boehner May Be Risking Tea Party Calls To Resign

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.26.2011

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Tea Party activists rallying in Washington say House Speaker John Boehner should stay in his job -- for now. Gathered across the street from the Ca...

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"Will Bring Calm To The American People And Stability To Our Financial Markets"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders emerged from a Wednesday Caucus meeting with a message for President Barack Obama: Invoke the Constitution to r...

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Boehner's Debt Ceiling Plan Found Insufficient By Wall Street: Bank Of America Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- There has been a quick and concerted effort on the part of Democrats to paint House Speaker John Boehner's final debt ceiling proposal a...

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Boehner's Plan Faces Conservative Backlash

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON — A top Republican House member says he thinks Speaker John Boehner lacks the GOP votes needed to pass his debt-ceiling plan in the H...

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Boehner Debt Ceiling Plan May Still Trigger S&P Downgrade: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Minutes before House Speaker John Boehner delivered a prime-time address in which he framed his latest deficit-reduction deal as a silve...

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John Boehner Delivers Statement On Debt Ceiling Negotiations

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama wants a blank check from Congress to raise the debt ceiling, but that he's not go...

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UPDATE: Tea Party Coalition Rejects Boehner's Debt Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.24.2011

UPDATE: 4:10 p.m. -- A coalition of Tea Party chapters and conservative lawmakers on Monday rejected the debt proposal put forward by Speaker John Boe...

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White House, Republicans Clash As Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms

AP | BEN FELLER and DAVID ESPO | Posted 09.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — With bipartisan talks stalled, House Republicans and Senate Democrats readied rival debt-limit emergency fallback plans in hopes of...

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Boehner Leaves Debt Ceiling Talks With Obama

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.21.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP/The Huffington Post) -- House Speaker John Boehner has broken off talks with President Barack Obama on getting a budget deal to avert a...

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Contentious Debate Produces Bad News For Republicans

The Los Angeles Times | Lisa Mascaro | Posted 09.20.2011

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As the debt ceiling debate enters its final stages, House Republicans face increasing political isolation in their opposition to sweeping budget refor...

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Boehner Considers Alternatives To House GOP Debt Plan

AP | Posted 09.18.2011

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WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner says he is considering alternative budget plans even as the House takes up a GOP proposal to cap spendin...

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Boehner Defiant On Terms Of Potential Debt Ceiling Deal

AP | Posted 09.10.2011

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WASHINGTON — Speaker John Boehner says he agrees with President Barack Obama that the nation's borrowing limit must be raised to avoid a governm...

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John Boehner Rejects Obama's Grand Bargain On Debt Ceiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner is rejecting President Obama's offer to make historic cuts to the federal government and the social safety ne...

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The GOP Doesn't Care About Us

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 09.07.2011

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During the presidency of George W. Bush, the national debt ceiling was raised umpteen times. So why the sudden about face?

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Boehner's Biggest Threat May Be ‘Young Guns’ In His Own Party

The Washington Post | Michael Leahy | Posted 07.21.2011

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The House has a freshman class of 87 GOP members, whose most impassioned supporters -- outspoken conservatives and tea party loyalists who have long v...

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John Boehner Argues Debt 'Is A Mortal Threat'

The Washington Post | Felicia Sonmez | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Yes, this debt is a mortal threat to our country; it is also a moral threat," Boehner says in the prepared speech. "It is immoral to bind our childre...

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Showdowns On Spending & Debt Will Test New Leaders In Congress

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the new Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions...

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Lame Duck May Well Ignore Deficit Hawks, Obama Lobbies Boehner On Michelle's Obesity Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After his "shellacking" and before he left for India, President Obama called speaker-to-be John Boehner for a chat. Rep. Boehner doesn'...

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John Boehner's Economic Plan Would Increase Deficit By $3.781 Trillion, Think Tank Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) was short on specifics during his much-touted economic address in Cleveland this week, promising to offer ...

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