John Boehner Debt Ceiling

John Boehner Not Going To Get His Way With Debt Ceiling Fight, Senior Administration Officials Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senior administration officials said Tuesday that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) isn't going to win if he keeps up a fight about ty...

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Capitalist Revolution: Forget the Deficit and Learn From Europe

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 05.18.2012

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Before we go wild with our deficit-cutting scythe, let's make sure that we are not hacking away at our own feet in the process.

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Vampires and Mattresses

Richard Klass | Posted 05.16.2012

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The current occupants of the White House and the Congress will have to reach an agreement to accomplish anything. And if that seems difficult now, it is likely to be near impossible after the election. Our economy is not in the sad shape of Greece, but our political system surely is.

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Obama Uses Tea Party Freshmen As 'Excuse' For Gridlock, House Speaker Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- It's not that the House Tea Party caucus gets in the way of compromise -- it's that President Barack Obama uses the group as an excuse f...

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Debt Limit Hike Fails In Symbolic House Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House of Representatives turned down President Obama's request to raise the debt limit Wednesday in a largely symboli...

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John Boehner: Relationship With Obama Has Grown 'Frosty'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.06.2012

WASHINGTON -- The relationship between House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Barack Obama has been "frosty" over the past two weeks, the s...

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John Boehner: Debt Deal Will Include New Tax Revenues

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that any bipartisan agreement reached by the congressional deficit-reduction supercommittee wil...

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Obama Laments Lousy Birthday Gifts

Ben Ritz | Posted 10.04.2011

Sources in the White House reported that President Obama was disappointed with the pathetic presents he received from around the nation on his 50th birthday.

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Leaked GOP Screening Series: 10 Movies Helping Republicans Stay Bold, Agressive and Insane

Katie Halper | Posted 10.04.2011

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This is a leaked list of the ten movies the GOP is screening to make sure they stay on the offensive, as they fight for the wealthy and attack middle and working class people.

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Is Obama Charlie Brown to Boehner's Lucy?

David Latt | Posted 10.04.2011

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Obama has to stop thinking he can make friends and influence Republicans and regroup, gathering around him his true supporters and create an alliance of progressives and independents.

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Debt Ceiling Agreement: No Cause for Celebration

Bill George | Posted 10.02.2011

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This week's agreement to increase the U.S. debt ceiling is no cause for celebration. The political landscape is covered with the blood of all the politicians who were losers in this "no win" battle.

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The Debt Ceiling and Health Care

Linda Bergthold | Posted 10.02.2011

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Now that the debt ceiling will be raised and we can pay our bills (for a while at least), we are left to wonder -- what will it really mean for some of the programs we care about?

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Should Super Congress Be Super Transparent?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The proposed so-called "super Congress," created by congressional leaders in the debt deal and required to find $1.5 trillion in debt re...

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Debt Ceiling? What Debt Ceiling?

Steven Van Zandt | Posted 10.01.2011

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When people are looking for a place to point the finger after this disaster or near disaster they should look no further than the Media. When did their job become spewing out contradictory information 24/7?

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Which Three Democratic Senators?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.01.2011

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In the new congressional joint committee, any plan will only require 7 votes out of 12 in order to move to Congress at large. Which means if one Democrat votes for a Republican plan, then that will be the committee's official plan.

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Protesters Arrested In House Gallery After Jeering Boehner

AP | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Twenty-two protesters were arrested Monday after disrupting the opening of the House debate on a bill to resolve the debt limit crisis, ...

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WATCH: Debt Ceiling Crisis Gets Sad Music Video It Deserves

Posted 10.01.2011

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In the midst of all the posturing, debating, saber-rattling and mud-slinging that Washington, DC is doing over the debt crisis, waits the American peo...

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Debt Ceiling Deal: Almost No Spending Cuts Before 2014

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The first phase of a deal to raise the government's borrowing limit would pose little threat to the economy in the short term beca...

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Smirks, Shrugs, And Shaking Heads

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 10.01.2011

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The wrangling over the debt ceiling has left Congress bitterly divided, but it fostered some common ground among Americans elsewhere – notably c...

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LIVE UPDATES: Debt Ceiling Deal Reached

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders reached historic agreement Sunday night on a compromise to permit vital U.S...

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At My Congressman's Office

Gale Walden | Posted 09.30.2011

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On Tuesday, the day after President Obama gave his explanation for what was going on with the debt-ceiling crisis, and asked people to contact their congressman, I went with others to the Champaign, Illinois office of Timothy Johnson, my representative.

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Senate, House Race Against The Clock

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 09.29.2011

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WASHINGTON — In a last-minute stab at compromise, Republican congressional leaders and the White House made significant progress Saturday towar...

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Debt Ceiling Battle Could Come At A Price For Obama, Boehner

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 09.29.2011

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WASHINGTON — The fight over the debt ceiling has turned into a dramatic leadership test for President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehne...

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Obama: Republicans Wasted 'Precious Days' On Boehner Debt Ceiling Plan

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.29.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP/The Huffington Post) -- Claiming that the two parties aren't that far apart, President Barack Obama is urging Democratic and Republican...

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Harry Reid's Debt Ceiling Bill Puts His Cards On The Table

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled a new debt ceiling bill Friday night that strongly resembles a plan first suggested ...

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