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Boehner Holding Press Conference
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 1:18pm | 38Read More...Majority Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) is going to hold press conference at 1:30 ET. No word on what the Speaker will be discussing, but it is presumably to discuss the debt ceiling and other fiscal issues.
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John Boehner Likes J.P. Morgan, Nancy Pelosi Likes Apple
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 10:36am | 110Read More...CNBC's Eamon Javers just reported on some of the holdings of members of the House of Representatives, and gave some insight into the wealth of them. Javers mentioned specifically John Boehner (R-OH), the Speaker of the House, and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the Minority Leader of the United States House...
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Republican Leadership: U.S. Will Meet Obligations
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 2:03pm | 167Read More...The Speaker of the House John Boehner stated on Thursday that the U.S. will meet its debt obligations. This echoes the statements Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made earlier in the week. The U.S. government hit the debt ceiling on May 16th, and the Treasury has had to take extreme measures to...
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Late Night Meeting Averts Government Shutdown
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 9:15am | 254Read More...President Obama met with Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and it looks like a government shutdown will be avoided. In this article from Bloomberg, Obama said, “We should be able to complete a deal and get it passed and avert a shutdown." Obama...
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John Boehner: We're Broke; Broke Going on Bankrupt
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 10:19am | 188Read More...Bloomberg is reporting this morning that bond prices do not support House Speaker John Boehner's a Feb. 28 diagnosis of the U.S.'s fiscal condition, where he said, “We're broke; Broke going on bankrupt.” The article, written by David J. Lynch, noted that the U.S. today is able to borrow at...
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Boehner Asked To Reconsider Repeal Health Care Reform
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 12:02pm | 260Read More...Now that he's the Speaker of the House, officials are asking John Boehner to reconsider repealing health care reform. White House officials have said that repealing it would put the country back on the course of skyrocketing healthcare costs. The House is planning a symbolic vote next week, but U.S...
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Top-10 Most Followed Congresspeople on Twitter
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 10:22am | 60Read More...A digital public affairs study published today by Burson-Marsteller ranks the most followed congresspeople on Twitter: 1 John McCain (R) 2 John Boehner (R) 3 Jim DeMint (R) 4 Claire McCaskill (D) 5 Scott Brown (R) 6 Eric Cantor (R) 7 Barbara Boxer (D) 8 Michele Bachmann (R) 9...
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Obama To Open Off-Shore Drilling; Republicans Criticize Decision They Agree With
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 4:48pm | 365Read More...Today, President Obama announced that his administration plans to open Atlantic and Gulf waters to oil and natural gas exploration and drilling, a move that was immediately condemned by Republican congressional leadership. Obama announced that his administration would permit companies to drill into...
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Health-Care Bill Version 2.0 Is Win-Win For Health Insurers (HUM, AET, CI, UNH)
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 11:55am | 451Read More...Earlier this week, in an attempt to bridge differences between House, Senate, and Republican health-care reform proposals, Pres. Obama released a proposed health-care bill drafted by his administration. The bill, largely a mixture of concepts proposed by Democrats in the Senate and House with a...
