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Ding, Dong, the Bill is Dead!
USA TODAY has confirmed that Speaker of the House John Boehner has not only delayed a vote scheduled for Tuesday night, he has pulled the measure off the floor completely for lack of conservative support.
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House Speaker John Boehner rebuffed a proposed Senate deal that would have extended the debt ceiling until early February, funded the government through early January and establishes budget conference negotiations by mid-December.
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The New York Times has just reported that President Barack Obama has said "thanks, but no thanks" to Speaker John Boehner's offer of a temporary increase in the debt limit without opening the government.
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With the federal government shutdown now in its eighth day, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed his frustration with the House GOP request for negotiations.
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The posturing politicians, pundits, and poobahs in Washington who participated in this latest partial government shutdown once more prove the wisdom of a couple of political tenets: All politics is local, and agents will act in their own best interests.
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A poll released Tuesday morning, hours after the federal government in the US shut down because of the Republican party's unwillingness to pass a clean continuing resolution to fund the government, contains terrible news for the GOP.
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In future political science classes at future universities, the Great Republican Shutdown Debacle of 2013 will be taught as an example of how to take the flagging fortunes of a slumping president and give his legacy new life.
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President Obama outlined sweeping measures on Tuesday designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants and help local communities better prepare for devastating storms, fires, and drought.
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The final session of the 112th House of Representatives convened on Wednesday with a swirl of controversy and accusations of a lack of leadership on the part of House Speaker John Boehner.
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With the majority of attention being placed on the fiscal cliff negotiations, many around the United States may have forgotten that another key piece of legislation was awaiting a House vote.
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With only five days left to reach an agreement to avoid falling off the "fiscal cliff", House Speaker John Boehner and House leadership refused to return to Washington, instead insisting that the Senate pass a measure first.
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With regards to the fiscal cliff battle, it looks as if the future of GOP House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is uncertain. He said that the US House of Representatives has done its part and now it's time for President Barack Obama to do his part.
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Less than 24 hours after Speaker John Boehner was forced to pull his fiscal cliff bill from the House floor after he could not get enough Republican votes, House Republicans have yet to offer a new proposal to the White House.
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Just two weeks before the US arrives at the edge of the fiscal cliff, both President Obama and Republican house speaker John Boehner are making some compromises in signs that a deal may soon be possible.
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Tuesday, President Obama further indicated his re-election entitles him to dictate dangerous legislation when he rejected a Republican "Plan B" that would avert looming tax increases and severe spending cuts should negotiations stall.
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The House Republicans, led by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, seemingly gave their fiscal cliff proposal: permanent tax cuts for the top 2%. However, it comes to question if they're being serious or not.
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As the Democrats and Republicans continue their "chicken" match on the fiscal cliff, more people are coming out and giving their two cents on it. One analyst says that Congress should go off the fiscal cliff.
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As a growing number of Republicans become more shaky, the fiscal cliff confrontation still remains an unpredictable "Mexican standoff."
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After GOP House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and a few other Republicans gave their proposal, it was rejected by US President Obama. However, Boehner's plan is being criticized by other Republicans.
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Seven protesters, four men and three women, stormed the office of House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday, protesting a proposed $1.2 billion in cuts to HIV/AIDS funding.
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As President Obama faces the challenges of his second term, a critical issue remains unresolved from his first term; the dreaded “fiscal cliff” that could plunge it into further economic disarray if it is not addressed by the end of the year.
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The 112th Congress has gone through this entire year without passing one single piece of significant legislation, leaving uncertainty involving employment, taxes, the farm bill, the post office and most importantly the budget deficit and the Sequester.
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WASHINGTON — President Obama seems to have missed in his latest attempt to harpoon Republicans after spending days barnstorming battleground states campaigning against a hike in student loan interest rates.
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In his latest effort at acquiescing to the Republican party, President Barack Obama on Wednesday bowed to the demand of House Speaker John Boehner, who told the president to move his Joint Session of Congress speech to another night.
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File photo: President Barack Obama meets with the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the fiscal cliff and a balanced approach to the debt limit and deficit reduction, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 16, 2012
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