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A Desperate Fili-Boehner to Stop Clean Energy

Josh Dorner | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, House of Representatives, Congress, Boehner, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Clean Energy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News

Knowing that he didn't have the votes to stop the clean energy jobs bill, Republican Minority leader John Boehner instead turned to a tactic familiar those who want stand in the way of progress -- delay.

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ORANGE ALERT! Politicians With Fake Tans: A Cautionary Slideshow

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.24.2009 | Style

Summer has arrived and with it, the season of bikinis, SPF and aloe vera -- but some familiar Washington faces seem to have an orange glow all year ro...

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Sen. McConnell: I Am Darth Vader And Luke Skywalker

The Washington Post | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Republican Party, Gop, Darth Vadar, Luke Skywalker, Mcconnell Darth Vadar, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Star Wars, Kentucky, Senator-Mitch-Mcconnell, Charlie Crist, Politics News

When he was fighting campaign finance reform a decade ago, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was dubbed Darth Vader by his critics. He embraced the nickna...

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Think Again: Chiller, Socialist Theater

Eric Alterman | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

In conservative world, this administration is leading a march on socialism. Just last week alone, Media Matters counted more than 143 mentions of the word "socialism" on the cable news shows.

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Wednesday's Late Night Round-Up: Berlusconi, Boehner, And LA's Biggest Traffic Jam (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 07.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Video, Late Night Shows, Daily Show, John Boehner, Silvio Berlusconi, Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Comedy News

Stephen Colbert proclaimed Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi his Alpha Dog this week for being romantically linked to a teenager: "Since she's...

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Republicans: "We Abandon the Troops"

Scott Payne | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Republican Hypocrisy, Tom Cole, John Boehner, National Security, Eric Cantor, War Supplemental, Politics News

No one ever went broke betting on the hypocrisy of congressional Republicans.

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Ensign: Hours Spent on Tanning Bed "Fried My Judgment"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, John Ensign, John Boehner, Ensign, Comedy News

According to congressional insiders, fellow baked Republican John Boehner (R-OH) is considering breaking off from the G.O.P. along with Sen. Ensign and forming a so-called Orange Party.

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One Lesson from the 1930s: Financial Regulation Has to Be Bold

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Contrary to what John Boehner says, a big foot needs to be placed on the financial industry to make sure that last year's near collapse can never happen again.

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Boehner: 'We're Digging Ourselves Out Of A Deep Hole'

George's Bottom Line | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop Future, House Minority Leader, House GOP Leader, John Boehner, Digging Ourselves, Politics News

House GOP leader Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, invited me to his "smoke-filled room" in the Capitol this afternoon....

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"Terrorist Propaganda Photos:" GOP Unveils New Phrase For Detainee Torture Photos

The Plumline | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Detainee Interrogations, Terrorist Propoganda Photos, John Boehner, Terrorism, Guantanamo, Enhanced Interrogations, Gitmo, Politics News

Get ready to hear Republicans and conservative opinion-makers using a new phrase to describe the unreleased photos of detainees that are at the center...

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One Step Closer To Closing Gitmo

The Progress Report | Posted 07.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, John Boehner, New York, Eric Holder, Guantanamo Detainees, New York News

David Rivkin warned that because of Obama's actions to close Guantanamo, there will soon be "hundreds of terrorists walking around this country."

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World Does Not End as Gitmo Detainee Finally Brought to Face Justice

Adam Blickstein | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Bay, John Boehner, National Security, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News

With the transfer to American soil of Ahmed Ghailani, the Obama administration is doing something the Bush administration virtually failed to do for years: bring a dangerous terrorist to justice.

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TARP Recycling: Cut It Out, Says House GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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Republican leadership in the House of Representatives wants the Treasury Department to give taxpayers their money back when bailed-out firms repay gov...

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Gitmo: Suicide, Fundraising and Videogames

David Danzig | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suicide, Guantanamo Closure, Guantanamo, John Boehner, Guantanamo Detainees, Politics News

The stark contrast between real life at Guantanamo Bay, and the fantasy that has been built up around the so-called "hardened terrorists" who are housed there was brought into high relief this week.

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The Present And Future Of GM

The Progress Report | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Bankruptcy, Chrysler, General Motors, John Boehner, Barack Obama, United Auto Workers, Business News

Without the government financing its bankruptcy, GM "would have ended up in liquidation, shedding 60,000 hourly jobs instead of 20,000" and selling assets at firesale prices.

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With IMF Money, the War Supplemental Could Fail in the House

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Treasury Department, Congress, John Boehner, Pakistan, International Monetary Fund, Barney Frank, Afl-Cio, Iraq, Afghanistan, War Supplemental, Foreign Policy, World News

Why would Democrats vote to give $100 billion in U.S. tax dollars to the International Monetary Fund with no effective strings attached?

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Picking on Pelosi

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

For all of the suspicion and projection upon her, Speaker Pelosi is really like a mom making her kids behave politely at a fancy restaurant.

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Dickipedia: John Boehner

Dickipedia | Posted 06.25.2009 | Comedy

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John Andrew Boehner (born November 17, 1949) is an American Republican politician, United States Representative from Ohio, tanorexia sufferer, House M...

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Kerry: CIA Lied About Contra-Cocaine Connections

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

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House Minority Leader John Boehner pushed on Thursday for a bipartisan panel of lawmakers to investigate the veracity of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim ...

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House Rejects Pelosi Investigation Pushed For By GOP

AP | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pelosi-Cia, House of Representatives, Gop, John Boehner, Pelosi, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

House Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican push to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claims that the CIA misled her in 2002 about whethe...

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GOP Wants To Investigate Pelosi And Only Pelosi

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

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House Republicans aren't opposed to investigating what government officials knew about U.S. torture practices, as long as those officials are Nancy Pe...

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Boehner Rejects Fox News Call For Pelosi's Resignation

Think Progress | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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Fox News has been aggressively pushing for Pelosi's resignation. This morning, Fox and Friends host Brian Kilmeade tried to get House Minority Leader ...

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Criticism Of CIA Has Bipartisan Roots

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leon Panneta, Cia Intelligence Agency, Republicans Cia, Pat Roberts, John Boehner, Cia Criticism, Politics News

Sensing blood, Republican officials have turned the friction between Nancy Pelosi and the Central Intelligence Agency into significant political hay. ...

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Boehner On Obama's Color Jab: "You Only Tease The Ones You Love" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jokes, John Boehner, Fake-Tan, Barack Obama, Politics News

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) offered an almost suspiciously elaborate explanation for his fab tan on Sunday. President Obama had mocked...

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Boehner, McConnell Cheer Cheney's Public Role

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics

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On Sunday, the top Republicans in both the House and the Senate affirmed that they were pleased with former Vice President Dick Cheney for taking an a...

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