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Dave Boyer

Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Dave Boyer

Buds of skepticism on Obama’s olive branch

Republicans on Sunday said they welcome the White House's new "charm offensive" — even if they are skeptical of the motives behind President Obama's renewed effort to schmooze with some of his administration's harshest critics.

March 10, 2013

Senate vote will reignite battles over judiciary nominees

President Obama's effort to reshape the federal judiciary will enter a new phase of open warfare with Republican lawmakers Wednesday when the Senate votes on whether to break the filibuster of Caitlin Halligan's nomination for a seat on the prestigious D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

March 5, 2013

Obama taps budget chief, two for climate-change roles

President Obama on Monday announced nominees for three administration posts likely to be in the thick of the environmental and budget wars of his second term.

March 3, 2013

Obama signs sequester order, blames Republicans over budget impasse

President Obama signed an order Friday night to begin automatic budget cuts across most federal departments. The White House released a copy of the order at 8:31 p.m. Friday, directing federal agencies to reduce spending in various accounts by percentages calculated by the Office on Management and Budget.

March 1, 2013

Little expected from Obama meeting with congressional leaders

It's the kind of risky procrastination that any teenager facing a book-report deadline would recognize.

February 28, 2013

Friday’s sequester meeting to provide cover for Obama, lawmakers

With $85 billion in mandatory budget cuts due to start kicking in at midnight, President Obama will sit down with congressional leaders at the White House Friday morning to discuss ways to avoid those cuts. It will be their first face-to-face meeting on the subject, although they've known for two months that the deadline was approaching.

February 28, 2013

Obama says sequesters might not be felt right away

After warning the public for weeks of the dire consequences of automatic budget cuts, President Obama told business leaders Wednesday night that many people won't feel the impact immediately.

February 28, 2013

Republican leaders’ sequester ‘meeting’ with Obama: Seven minutes

Never let it be said that President Obama has failed to spend time with Republican leaders in seeking an alternative to automatic budget cuts that are due to hit most federal departments Friday. On Wednesday, for example, the president gave GOP lawmakers as much as seven minutes, a rare face-to-face encounter that the White House described as a "meeting."

February 27, 2013

Federal court blocks Fla. law requiring drug testing for welfare recipients

A federal appeals court Tuesday agreed to block enforcement of a Florida law that requires people who apply for welfare to submit to drug testing, calling it an unreasonable search.

February 26, 2013

Obama goes politicking against spending cuts

Employing campaign-style tactics, President Obama told shipyard workers in Newport News, Va., on Tuesday that Republican lawmakers and their opposition to higher taxes are to blame for looming economy-damaging budget cuts.

February 26, 2013

No open door: White House denies selling access to President Obama to wealthy supporters

The White House refuted a report Monday that President Obama's former campaign team is selling access to him for wealthy donors who contribute at least $500,000 to a newly organized advocacy group pushing his liberal agenda.

February 25, 2013

White House raises terror threat, warns illegals could flood borders after sequester cuts

The Obama administration on Monday warned the nation to expect an increase in illegal immigration if the automatic budget cuts go into effect Friday — the latest caution from a White House determined to raise the heat on congressional Republicans.

February 25, 2013

Obama pushes new tax revenues to avoid sequester cuts

Seeking to avoid $85 billion in automatic budget cuts that begin to kick in Friday, President Obama urged the nation's governors Monday to lean on congressional Republicans to accept more tax increases as part of a deal that he said would save Americans from economic harm.

February 25, 2013