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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Bipartisan House group calls on Boehner, Pelosi to look again on Afghanistan

Six members of the House — three from each party — warned House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) earlier this month that the war in Afghanistan is not going as well as the Obama administration has said, and urged the leaders to instead read the government’s National Intelligence Estimate [...]

Boehner: "Damn time" for nat’l energy policy

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Obama, Boehner meet for first time in seven months

President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) broke political bread Wednesday for the first time in more than seven months, meeting face-to-face along with other congressional leaders to see what pieces of economic legislation might have a chance at passage before the election season completely consumes Washington. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, [...]

Boehner calls for passage of California water rights bill

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) made a rare appearance on the House floor Wednesday afternoon to urge passage of a bill aimed at re-establishing water access for thousands of California residents and farmers that was blocked by the Obama administration’s environmental regulations. The San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, H.R. 1837, is a GOP response [...]

Boehner to appear at fundraiser with Vern Buchanan

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will appear at a fundraising event with Rep. Vern Buchanan, the Florida Republican embroiled in ongoing ethics investigations. The March 3 event will benefit Boehner’s fundraising committee, according to an invitation obtained by The Hill, and will take place at a private residence in Sarasota, Fla., Buchanan’s hometown. Supporters will [...]

BOEHNER BACKFIRE, GRIDLOCK AFTER 2012, KERREY’S BACK IN, GAO ROLLS OUT …

(swong@politico.com or @scottwongDC) With an assist from Kevin Robillard BOEHNER BACKFIRE – Speaker John Boehner has repeatedly pledged to let the House “work its will.” But POLITICO’s Jonathan Allen and Jake Sherman see the stalled highway funding bill as “a case study in the perils of John Boehner’s bottom-up leadership style. The speaker of the [...]

GOP promotes plan to help small businesses – Austin American

By JIM ABRAMS The Associated Press E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a package of largely uncontroversial measures they said will help small businesses raise capital and create jobs while showing that Congress can put aside its partisan differences and act in the country’s economic interests. The White [...]

GOP promotes plan to help small businesses

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a package of largely uncontroversial measures they said will help small businesses raise capital and create jobs while showing that Congress can put aside its partisan differences and act in the country’s economic interests. The White House said it was encouraged by the GOP action, but House [...]

Boehner: ‘Damn time’ for national energy policy (0:48)

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Boehner raises heat on Obama in Keystone letter

U.S. House Speaker Boehner addresses the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington (Jonathan Ernst Reuters, REUTERS / February 28, 2012) Article source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-obama-keystone-boehnertre81r1n9-20120228,0,1080444.story