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Cantor, GOP Announce Summer Decision On Bush-Era Legislation

2012-05-25T16:02:12Z

WASHINGTON — The House will vote this summer on continuing wide-ranging tax cuts first enacted under President George W. Bush, House Majority Le...

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John Boehner's Weak Tip

2012-05-25T13:45:13Z

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) didn't do the best job of endearing himself to a California restaurant this week, where he and his cadre re...

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Romney Argues Big Spending Cuts Would Cause 'Depression,' Contrary To Tea Party Activists

2012-05-25T13:24:02Z

Republican House Speaker John Boehner and GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney have, in the course of the past week, pushed starkly different approach...

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Jared Bernstein: One Million Should Not Become the New $250K!

2012-05-24T11:58:43Z

Nancy Pelosi just moved the $250K tax threshold up to $1 million. That is, she wrote: "Democrats believe that tax cuts for those earning over a million dollars a year should expire..." That is a very big, very bad deal.

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Bill Schneider: Who's the Boss?

2012-05-23T17:12:58Z

When he spoke at the Reagan Library this week, Rep. Ryan defined the election as a referendum on the congressional Republican agenda. They don't need President Romney to lead the revolution. All they need is his consent.

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Obama's Cash Machine: President Visits Bay Area For Fundraising Jaunt

2012-05-23T13:45:52Z

For a place that isn't exactly in danger of falling to his Republican challenger, Barack Obama sure spends a lot of time in the Bay Area.

What San ...

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Boehner Trumps Pelosi In Top Spot

2012-05-23T08:43:17Z

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has raised more than $70 million for Republicans since winning the Speaker’s gavel, easily topping his fundraisi...

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

2012-05-22T14:14:07Z

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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Sen. Landrieu: Republicans Say 'In Private' They Support New Revenues In Debt Ceiling Deal

2012-05-21T19:26:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Republicans may publicly trash the idea of including new revenues in a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, but they say otherwise in pr...

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Glenn C. Altschuler: Pols Apart

2012-05-21T19:24:13Z

Strengthening the civic education of the next generation of Americans through exercises in which students have to agree on controversial issues might help. But that will take time. And we can't afford to wait.

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Steven Strauss: America: Slouching Towards Third World Status

2012-05-20T18:24:41Z

I defy anyone to name a single important health care metric where the U.S. is considered a best-practice example as a nation. The only thing we lead the world in... is cost of health care. We have the world's most expensive health care system.

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Boehner Refuses To Budge On Debt Position

2012-05-20T12:27:07Z

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats are refusing to budge when it comes to their already hardened positions on spending cuts versus tax incre...

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Pelosi Says Boehner 'Wants To Go Over The Edge'

2012-05-20T11:13:39Z

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday of "want[ing] to go over the edge" when it comes ...

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Boehner Goes After Eduardo Saverin, Backs Bill Banning Him From U.S.

2012-05-20T10:31:49Z

WASHINGTON -- Eduardo Saverin's decision to renounce his United States citizenship in order to avoid paying taxes on his Facebook stock was "absolutel...

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Pelosi Confident Of Taking Back House

2012-05-20T09:57:14Z

WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) struck a confident chord Sunday in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

"If t...

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Top Dems Suspect Political Sabotage By GOP Leaders

2012-05-19T14:50:02Z

By CHARLES BABINGTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- Are Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack ...

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Boehner: 'All Options Are On The Table' In Contentious Investigation

2012-05-19T10:45:11Z

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says "all options are on the table" in the ongoing congressional investigation into the "Fast and Furious" op...

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Ethan Rome: More Hypocrisy From GOP's Crack Team of Health Care Con Artists

2012-05-18T20:00:00Z

The Republican leaders in Congress have mostly defined themselves by what they're against, but now they've announced what they're for -- the most popular parts of the Affordable Care Act. I can only imagine the political identity crisis this is causing within the GOP.

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Sanjay Sanghoee: Capitalist Revolution: Forget the Deficit and Learn From Europe

2012-05-18T13:06:35Z

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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Pelosi, Boehner Trade Barbs Over Prospect Of Another Debt Limit Fight

2012-05-17T12:48:40Z

WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday slammed House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for sparking another potential sho...

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James Kwak: Because They Can

2012-05-17T08:30:23Z

It seems as if the Republicans are trying to turn the national debt back into a major political issue. Despite their abysmal record when it comes to fiscal responsibility, it could still turn out to be smart politics, for a few reasons.

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Domenick Scudera: Glass Houses

2012-05-16T19:42:00Z

Bristol Palin's child lives in a single-parent home, and she is about to exploit him for her own financial gain. Nevertheless, she is telling me that I cannot legalize my 16-year relationship with my partner because kids are better off with two parents.

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Obama, Boehner Begin Standoff Over Debt-Ceiling Hike

2012-05-16T15:23:07Z

WASHINGTON -- Apparently healed from the trauma caused by last summer's debt-ceiling showdown, House Republicans and the White House have begun an eig...

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Peter S. Goodman: Pander-Fest Rolls On As Republicans Vow No Tax Increases

2012-05-16T10:22:31Z

Just in case you had been suffering delusions that Republicans have improved on basic arithmetic or responsible governance, House Speaker John Boehner and presidential aspirant Mitt Romney on Tuesday made sure to disabuse you of that notion. As both men pandered to the base on deficit reduction while foreswearing tax increases, they reinforced the central Republican narrative of our age: Somebody else can pay for the mess we made.

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Richard (RJ) Eskow: Bill Clinton, Boehner and Some Other Rich White Guys Had a "Summit" and Agreed: It's Your Fault

2012-05-16T00:59:38Z

The Summiteers convened in a nation wracked by unemployment and filled with crumbling schools and bridges. There they concluded that our most urgent problem is ... government deficits. That's like preaching about water conservation when your house in on fire.

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