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Jennifer Bendery

Boehner 'Will Continue To Respect' Law Against Same-Sex Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 03.27.2012

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats on Monday took another shot at persuading House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) into dropping his legal support fo...

Amanda Terkel

Eric Cantor Condemns Occupy Wall Street 'Mobs'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.07.2011

WASHINGTON -- Top House GOP leaders assured attendees at the 2011 Values Voter Summit Friday morning that despite all the attention on fixing the nati...

Amanda Terkel

How Much Are Taxpayers Paying To Defend DOMA?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.04.2011

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans have agreed to a new contract to pay a private law firm up to $1.5 million to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, whic...

Amanda Terkel

Did John Boehner Break The Law?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.13.2011

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives has signed a contract to pay a law firm up to $500,000 (and possibly more) to defend the Defense of Marriag...

Amanda Terkel

Online Campaign Targets Employees Of Law Firm Fighting Same-Sex Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.22.2011

WASHINGTON -- A progressive organization is targeting employees at the law firm King & Spalding with an online campaign aimed at preventing House Spea...

John Boehner: DOJ Funds Should Pay To Defend Marriage

AP | Posted 06.18.2011

WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner says the Justice Department should reimburse the House for court costs of defending a ban on gay marriag...

Sam Stein

Boehner-Led Group Will Defend DOMA In Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced on Friday that he was spearheading a process that will, ultimately, witness the House of R...

John Boehner: House Likely To Defend DOMA

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will likely issue its own defense of a federal law abandoned by the White House that defines mar...