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Alaska House passes bill challenging federal gun restrictions

85 days ago

"I am so offended by that, Mr. Speaker," Millett said.

Va. House speaker derails GOP redistricting plan

105 days ago

House speaker derails GOP redistricting plan

Boehner steadies GOP team, reframes deficit debate

108 days ago

The decision to put other deficit-reduction issues ahead of the debt ceiling decision, McKenna said, "is probably one of the most artful things the House Republicans have done in the last 12 years."

Tarrant takes a hit in state House committee assignments

111 days ago

And Goldman said his appointment to the House Committee on Land and Resource Management will give him oversight of the School Land Board, which generates $14.2 billion toward public education.

Simpson drops challenge to Texas House Speaker Straus

134 days ago

Simpson drops challenge to Texas House Speaker Straus

With money available, Texas lawmakers ready to spend

134 days ago

He also mentioned House Speaker Joe Straus' get-down-to-work agenda, laid out for House members Tuesday after a feeble Tea Party challenge to the speaker fizzled with no challenger or vote.

Two Tarrant Republicans plan to back challenger for House speaker's post

139 days ago

Geren said he told the new House members that "I supported the House speaker and I hoped they would all support Joe.

Boehner narrowly retains House speaker post

139 days ago

Republican John Boehner narrowly won re-election Thursday as House speaker as the 113th Congress convened in an atmosphere of uncertainty and turmoil.

Obama and Senate return to D.C., can't find a deal

145 days ago

The House previously had passed legislation to extend all the George W. Bush-era tax cuts that expire Tuesday and prevent $109 billion in automatic spending cuts that will take effect Wednesday.

White House meeting a last stab at a fiscal deal

145 days ago

Lawmakers and White House officials held out a slim hope for a deal before the new year, but it remained unclear whether congressional passage of legislation palatable to both sides was even...

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

145 days ago

Boehner tried to get the House to vote for higher taxes only on incomes above $1 million but dropped the effort when it became clear he didn't have the votes.

Over the fiscal cliff: What kind of landing?

147 days ago

Boehner tried to get the House to vote for higher taxes only on incomes above $1 million but dropped the effort when it became clear he didn't have the votes.

Bill might pass if Dems were included

148 days ago

By trying to pass his plan with GOP votes alone, Boehner could afford to lose only two dozen of the 241 House Republicans.

Some urge Boehner: let Dems pass fiscal cliff bill

148 days ago

He noted that Pelosi, as House speaker in 2006, violated the "majority of the majority" rule by letting Republicans provide most of the votes for an Iraq war funding measure she disliked.

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft landing or dizzy dive?

149 days ago

Boehner tried to get the House to vote for higher taxes only on incomes above $1 million but dropped the effort when it became clear he didn't have the votes.

`Fiscal cliff' leaves Boehner a wounded speaker

151 days ago

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for the job, a GOP effort to depose Boehner would have to occur internally and before the full House votes so Republicans - with 234 seats - elect one of their own as...

Boehner on averting fiscal cliff: 'God only knows'

152 days ago

Boehner and the White House differ on how to classify key elements of Obama's latest offer, particularly whether to count interest savings on the national debt as a spending cut.

Boehner says he's pushing ahead to fiscal cliff deal

152 days ago

"I'm interesting in solving the major problems facing this country," he said, adding that "House leaders, Senate leaders, the president will have to work together.

Hot rhetoric, tiny numbers separate Obama, Boehner

153 days ago

"With no quick resolution in sight, Boehner worked Thursday to push a backup bill through the House that would raise taxes on people earning at least $1 million but not on those earning less.

Boehner plan ends tax cuts for rich, poor

153 days ago

Taxpayers making more than $1 million would get hit with tax increases averaging $100,000 next year under House Speaker John Boehner's alternative tax bill, according to an independent analysis.

GOP letting hard feelings block compromise, Obama says

154 days ago

The House is expected to take up Plan B -- legislation to make permanent most of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts, except for those affecting millionaires -- today.

Obama, Boehner return to verbal fisticuffs on fiscal cliff

154 days ago

"Frankly up until about a couple of days ago, if you looked at it, the Republicans in the House and Speaker Boehner I think were in a position to say: 'We've gotten a fair deal,'" Obama said.

House GOP focusing on fiscal cliff backup plan

154 days ago

Even if it could survive in the House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., declared it dead in his chamber, and the White House rejected it as well.

As House Speaker John Boehner navigates 'cliff,' he's talking compromise, h...

155 days ago

"Republicans got the message emphatically on Election Day," explained Joe Brettell, a Republican strategist and former House staff member.

Obama, Boehner edge toward deal on fiscal cliff

155 days ago

Boehner told a closed-door meeting of House of Representatives Republicans on Tuesday he'll seek a vote later this week on a "Plan B" that would raise taxes on million-dollar earners.

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