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The State of the Union: Obama Shares Feelings and John Boehner Claps Reluctantly

We'll preview the president's State of the Union speech and Republican agenda with John Boehner. Romney and Boehner only on "Fox News Sunday." Plus, with South Carolina in the rearview mirror and Florida coming fast, how much longer will the House Speaker John Boehner offered a show of support for Mitt Romney after the former [...]

Who is John Boehner?

As Congressman Boehner said yesterday on FOX News Sunday, “I know the president's worried about his next election. But my God, shouldn't we be worried about the country?” President Obama desperately wants a large debt July 26 (Bloomberg) — Al Hunt, executive editor at Bloomberg News, discusses President Barack Obama's and House Speaker John Boehner's [...]

Does John Boehner have the leverage in debt-ceiling crisis?

Both President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner set their hot rods on a collision course Monday evening, with neither side showing much interest in compromise even as the clock continues to tick. Both men appeared to center the thrust of his WASHINGTON — Minutes before House Speaker John Boehner delivered a prime-time address [...]

Obama, Boehner take cases to people

WASHINGTON — Minutes before House Speaker John Boehner delivered a prime-time address in which he framed his latest deficit-reduction deal as a silver bullet for the nation's economic uncertainty, reports surfaced that WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, introduced a new plan on Monday to approve an increase in [...]

John Boehner walks out of White House debt-ceiling talks. What now?

WASHINGTON (AP/The Huffington Post) — House Speaker John Boehner has broken off talks with President Barack Obama on getting a budget deal to avert a government default. The Ohio Republican says the president wants to Just yesterday, reports indicated that a deal between President Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner was imminent. They [...]