Topic - John A. Boehner

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  Flap over Obama's speech date and time settled

  The White House dismissed Thursday the flap about the date of President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress as irrelevant "political gamesmanship," even as some Democrats said the president's advisers mishandled the episode.

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  Technology leads to end of House page program

  Citing high costs and limited duties, House Speaker John A. Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Monday that they are ending the page program that has seen both successes and its share of controversy in its near 200-year history.

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  GOP scrubs bill for $65 billion in new cuts

  After finding $65 billion in new spending cuts Wednesday, House Republican leaders braced for a floor showdown Thursday on their bill to raise the government's borrowing limit by $900 billion while cutting even more than that from future spending.

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  GOP says Obama resorting to scare tactics

  President Obama said Tuesday that he may have to halt Social Security benefit checks in August if he and congressional leaders can't agree to raise the government's debt limit.

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  Geithner: Economic doom without deal on deficit

  Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner on Sunday reiterated the Obama administration's position that a large-scale, long-term deficit-reduction package must be in place by early August or the nation risks economic doom.

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  Late-night spending talks make progress but yield no deal

  Racing a Friday deadline to avert a government shutdown, President Obama met late Wednesday with top congressional negotiators and said afterward that he is "confident" a spending deal can be finalized in time.

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  Obama: Budget deal close; shutdown disruptive

  President Obama, showing growing impatience, said Tuesday it would be "inexcusable" for lawmakers to fail to fund the government through the end of the year and cause a shutdown.

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  Obama, GOP agree to tax-cut task force

  Seeking to bridge a deep divide on tax cuts, President Obama and congressional Republicans said they will form a short-term task force to try to come up with a compromise on extending the Bush-era tax breaks, and to report back within several days.

• Political Scene

  The U.S. government has decided not to appeal a judge's decision to ban a key prosecution witness from testifying at the first civilian trial for a Guantanamo Bay detainee, saying it would cause a delay.

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  Boehner asserts leadership of House GOP

  House Minority Leader John A. Boehner continued his attacks against President Obama and other Democrats last week for their "job killing" policies while pressing his case that Republicans have earned another shot at running Congress - further elevating his status as the party's point man in the run-up to the Nov. 2 congressional elections.

• Emily's List leader spurs women to halt GOP

  A Democratic women's group is warning voters that a Republican takeover of Congress would mean "a dangerous world."

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  Boehner attacks Obama, Dems over economy

  House Minority Leader John A. Boehner on Friday hammered President Obama and Democrats for what he called their "job-killing policies," saying that next month's midterm elections would be a "referendum" on the nation's economy and a chance for a fresh start.

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  HACKETT: Gridlock is good

  Some observers are warning that if Republicans win one or both houses of Congress, the result will be gridlock. They just don't get it. Gridlock can be good. It can

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  Congress hopefuls vow to be pork-free

  The anti-pork brigade in Congress is poised to receive massive reinforcements next year, with nearly every non-incumbent GOP Senate candidate and hordes of House hopefuls swearing off earmarks themselves or even ready to consider an outright ban for all lawmakers.

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