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  • **FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 16, 2013. (Associated Press)

    Boehner: Obama administration will get what it needs for Oklahoma

    House Speaker John A. Boehner said repeatedly on Tuesday that he will work with the Obama administration to make sure that it has the resources it needs to support Oklahoma in the wake of the deadly tornado that swept through the state Monday.

  • A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as half a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (Associated Press)

    Obama approves major disaster declaration for Oklahoma

    President Obama continued to receive updates overnight on the devastating tornadoes that blew across Moore, Okla., Monday, and he will deliver a statement in the State Dining Room at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

  • House Majority Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican (Associated Press)

    Cantor: $100 million from presidential campaigns should go to curing childhood diseases

    House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has proposed that the nearly $100 million taxpayers spend on presidential campaigns would be better spent on fighting autism and other childhood diseases.

  • Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (Associated Press)

    EDITORIAL: Not dead yet

    Reports of the death of the Republican Party are greatly exaggerated, notwithstanding the release Monday of the details of an "autopsy" figuring out what went wrong in the 2012 elections.

  • Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

    House reaffirms sequesters in latest funding measure

    With deadline fatigue setting in, a bipartisan House voted Wednesday to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, which would head off the potential for a government shutdown later this month.

  • ** FILE ** House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    House OKs funding to run federal government; vote will keep workers on job till Oct. 1

    With deadline fatigue setting in, a bipartisan House voted Wednesday to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, which would head off the potential for a government shutdown later this month.

  • Sen. Richard J. Durbin (Associated Press)

    Lawmakers urge oversight of drone program

    President Obama's use of unmanned drones to kill Americans who are suspected of being al Qaeda allies deserves closer inspection, lawmakers said Sunday, as even some of the president's allies suggested an uneasiness about the program.

  • Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma Republican. (Associated Press)

    Obama threatens severe cuts if no agreement

    The White House on Sunday stepped up pressure on Republicans to adopt a short-term budget patch that would cancel the $85 billion in spending "sequesters" due on March 1, saying that government spending is still needed to prop up a stubbornly sluggish economy.

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  • **FILE** Eric Cantor (Associated Press)

    Senate loads up renewal of act to protect women

    The Senate is plowing this week toward passage of a bill aimed at domestic abuse for the second time in two years — but with provisions involving gay partners, illegal immigrants and jurisdictional disputes on Indian lands, the legislation faces an uncertain future in the Republican-run House.

  • House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left) and Speaker John A. Boehner enter a GOP meeting Wednesday, showing solidarity. (Associated Press)

    Grumbling on Boehner’s speakership not a mutiny

    A rough two-month stretch has left Speaker John A. Boehner facing a nascent rebellion within his party ahead of a vote on whether he will continue to lead the House when the 113th Congress convenes Thursday.

  • Reporters pursue Speaker of the House John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, as he walks to a closed-door meeting with GOP members of the House as Congress in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as Senate and House leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    ‘Conversation’ on deficit falls on deaf ears

    House Speaker John A. Boehner kicked off the 112th Congress by saying Americans are ready for an adult conversation on spending and deficits. Two years later, that broader conversation has yet to happen.

  • For conservatives, tax increase is in eye of beholder

    President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner are squabbling over the "fiscal cliff," but an even bigger fight is going on within conservative circles over Mr. Boehner’s latest offer to extend tax cuts for all but millionaires, who would see their taxes increase.

  • Obama, Boehner grapple near ‘fiscal cliff’

    Racing to find common ground in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner are backing off what were once ironclad positions on taxes and spending — though not enough to reach an agreement just yet, as both men continue to demand additional concessions before signing off on a year-end deal.

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