Topic - John Boehner

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  Six House members recuse themselves from Waters' case

  Six members of the House Ethics Committee including its chairman have recused themselves from any matter involving Rep. Maxine Waters, including an internal investigation looking into whether the panel mishandled a two-year conflict-of-interest case against the California Democrat.

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  Congressional leaders sign off on payroll-tax deal

  Congressional leaders signed off on a final deal Thursday to extend the payroll-tax cuts and enhanced unemployment benefits through the rest of this year, setting up fights in both chambers as they struggle to convince rank-and-file lawmakers in both parties to support an agreement few like.

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  Boehner says payroll-tax bill won't add jobs

  A compromise bill extending a payroll-tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed should be enacted, but it's not going to help the economy very much, House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday.

• Inside Politics

  Republican Mitt Romney is faltering with white working-class voters crucial to his party's drive to capture the White House. That's a problem because rising GOP challenger, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, appeals strongly to that group.

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  Boehner must sell payroll-tax cut deal

  House Republican leaders spent Wednesday trying to finalize a payroll-tax cut deal with Democrats and also sell the agreement to reluctant members of their own party, hoping to avoid the embarrassment of losing a large chunk of their caucus in an eventual floor vote.

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  Inside Politics

  Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and an allied independent group have launched a TV ad blitz aimed at undercutting his GOP rivals.

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  House leaders praise emerging payroll tax cut deal

  Congressional leaders of both parties praised an emerging deal Wednesday to extend a payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, but cautioned that bargainers still had to nail down final details.

• Transportation bill divides House GOP

  House Republican leaders have scrambled to repackage their transportation bill after a hard push by Speaker John A. Boehner failed to sell the measure to many reluctant members of his party.

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  House GOP has backup plan to extend payroll-tax cut

  As the clock winds down before the payroll-tax holiday expires at the end of the month, House Republicans on Monday introduced a backup plan in case a congressional committee that is supposed to broker a deal fails to meet its deadline.

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  Boehner: Congress will undo contraception rule

  House Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday his fellow Republicans are already working on legislation to undo President Obama's new health care rule forcing religiously affiliated institutions to provide insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization and other procedures they may morally oppose.

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  MILLER: Harry's dirty tactics

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will do anything to score political points. A congressional conference committee has been brought to a standstill because the top Democrat in Congress refuses to allow his own members to negotiate a deal that includes spending cuts. With little else on the Hill's agenda this year, the Nevada Democrat is looking to blame the delay on Republicans.

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  Closed-door payroll-tax holiday deals now the norm

  Bitterly divided Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill aren't making much progress publicly on a legislative deal that would extend the national payroll-tax holiday, continue unemployment benefits to the long-term jobless and grant full payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.

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  Inside the Beltway

  While magnifying Republican gaffes and infighting, the mainstream press also delights in political cliffhangers, speculating on which presidential hopeful will finally blink and drop out of the race, who's flirting with a surprise announcement, who faces the impending doom of scandal.

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  Obama pushes agenda at prayer breakfast

  Speaking at the traditionally nonpartisan National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama on Thursday cited his Christian faith in offering a vigorous defense of his political agenda of tax increases for the wealthy, universal health care and greater regulation of Wall Street.

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  MILLER: Tea Party on the Hill

  House Republican freshmen have been in Washington for a year, but they haven't become part of the established order. A group of these members gathered at the Capitol Wednesday to announce they would do their share to pay down the nation's crippling $15.4 trillion debt. They believe fiscal responsibility begins with their own office budget.

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