Washington (Dec 15) In keeping with its top-down approach to the economy, the Obama White House is set to hold a day-long summit with the nation’s top CEOs while slapping higher taxes and job-killing mandates on small businesses, which create …
Washington (Dec 14) House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement urging President Obama to oppose a $1.1-trillion, pork-laden Senate omnibus spending bill: “ If President Obama is truly serious about ending …
Washington (Dec 14) House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) today announced that he will nominate The Honorable Wilson “Bill” Livingood for a ninth term as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives on January 5, 2011, the opening …
Washington (Dec 13) House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after a federal judge in Virginia ruled that the individual mandate at the heart of President Obama’s job-killing health care law is unconstitutional …
Washington (Dec 10) Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, Rep.-elect Kristi Noem (R-SD) says that while stopping all the tax hikes scheduled for January 1st is an important first step that will prevent American jobs from being destroyed, …
Washington (Dec 10) House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) today announced his first round of staffing decisions for the new Office of the Speaker in the 112th Congress. Brett Loper will join the Office of the Speaker in the 112th …
Washington (Dec 10) “The House Democratic Caucus threw a bit of a tantrum behind closed doors” yesterday, according to today’s POLITICO Huddle , breaking out into chants of “no we can’t” during a debate on stopping the tax hikes scheduled to …
Washington (Dec 9) Today, President Obama finally admitted that if the Democrats’ job-killing tax hikes are not stopped, “ Americans will see it in smaller paychecks that will have the effect of fewer jobs ,” just as Republicans have argued …
Washington (Dec 8) At an organizational meeting today, House Republicans, including members-elect, adopted new rules governing the GOP Conference, incorporating all of the reforms recommended last week by the Majority Transition Team. …
Washington (Dec 8) Chairman of the GOP Majority Transition Team Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement highlighting the 2011 House Calendar released today by incoming Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). With a working group led by …
Washington (Dec 7) Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement today after the House GOP Steering Committee made recommendations on committee chairmen for the 112 th Congress to the full House Republican Conference. …
Washington (Dec 6) House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) today announced he is supporting Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in his bid to be appointed by the Republican Steering Committee to a seat on the House Appropriations Committee, and said …
Washington (Dec 6) Even the good tidings of the holiday season do not appear enough to keep lame-duck Democrats from being downright grumpy over Republicans’ efforts to stop a job-killing tax hike on small businesses before it can take effect …
Washington (Dec 3) Today, the U.S. Department of Labor released yet another “ weak ,” “ disappointing ,” “ ugly ” jobs report showing that the unemployment rate ticked up to 9.8 percent in the month of November, leaving 15.1 million Americans …
Washington (Dec 3) House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform failed to secure the votes necessary to submit its recommendations …
Washington (Dec 3) Follow @GOPLeader for Twitter updates. House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) this morning called on the lame-duck Congress to cut spending and stop all the looming tax hikes after the Department of Labor …
Washington (Dec 2) House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the House voted to censure Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY): “ The American people have every right to expect the highest standards of ethical …
Washington (Dec 2) House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) today announced the appointment of Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) as Chairman of the House Administration Committee for the 112th Congress: “Throughout his tenure with the House …
Washington (Dec 2) At his weekly on-camera briefing today, Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH) urged Democratic leaders to focus on Americans’ top priority – creating jobs – by cutting spending and stopping all the job-killing tax hikes set …
Washington (Dec 2) This morning, as they bring tax legislation to the floor of the House, House Democratic leaders will attempt to force through a procedural motion (“rule”) that would prevent Republicans from offering a proposal to stop all …
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