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Dave Boyer

dboyer@washingtontimes.com

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

Vice President Joseph R. Biden addresses the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

At NAACP, Biden hits Romney adviser Bork over civil rights

Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Thursday attacked former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, an adviser to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, for plotting to roll back civil rights gains if Mr. Romney defeats President Obama in November.

July 12, 2012
FILE - In this June 28, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses while speaking about the Supreme Court's health care ruling in Washington. High unemployment threatens not only President Barack Obama's re-election prospects. It will also bedevil whoever occupies the White House for the next four years. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Millions of dollars spent in clash over jobs records

With four months to go until Election Day, President Obama's well-funded campaign on the airwaves is focusing on two broad themes: that he is a fighter for the middle class who needs more time to finish the job, and that Republican rival Mitt Romney is obsessed with corporate profits to the point of being borderline unpatriotic.

July 4, 2012
**FILE** Voter Salema Dahdah steps out the voting booth at Saint Monica Lanes in Philadelphia on Nov. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)

ID law could impact 10 percent of Pennsylvania voters

Nearly 10 percent of Pennsylvania's registered voters do not have photo identification cards from the state transportation department, and could be ineligible to vote in November under the state's new Republican-backed voter ID law.

July 4, 2012
**FILE** President Obama speaks June 28, 2012, at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

White House payroll costs up 2 percent over previous year

Despite a pay freeze imposed by President Obama two years ago, payroll at the White House rose about 2 percent in the past year and there are 14 more employees than a year ago, according to an administration report to Congress.

July 2, 2012
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

White House: ‘Penalty’ for not having insurance

Disputing the Supreme Court's characterization of the individual mandate in the health-care law as a tax, the White House Friday still chose to call it a "penalty" that people would be required to pay for not carrying insurance.

June 29, 2012

Obama hails ruling as win for ‘middle class’

The Supreme Court handed President Obama a major political victory on his signature health care issue Thursday, but the justices also provided Republicans with a sharper campaign issue by defining the law's individual mandate as a tax.

June 28, 2012
President Obama will make his acceptance speech from a stage to be set up at Bank of America Stadium during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. in September. Fundraising shortfalls, labor boycotts and scheduling problems have snarled convention plans. (Associated Press)

Democratic convention plagued

The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., is shaping up to be a rickety display of party unity, with labor boycotts, fundraising shortfalls, scheduling changes, official snubs, a major gay-rights embarrassment, a sex scandal and a Republican resurgence in the host state.

June 27, 2012
White House press secretary Jay Carney pauses during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House lobbies House to scrub Holder contempt vote

President Obama's spokesman urged House Republicans on Wednesday to cancel a planned vote to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress, saying most Americans don't care about the separation-of-powers struggle.

June 27, 2012
**FILE** President Obama, with Education Secretary Arne Duncan (second from right) at his side, looks back June 21, 2012, at a group of students during a news conference at the White House as he calls on Congress to stop interest rates on student loans from doubling. (Associated Press)

Obama again calls for action on student loans

With loan rates set to rise in 10 days for more than 7 million students, President Obama took to the bully pulpit again Thursday to blame congressional Republicans for inaction.

June 21, 2012
White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks June 21, 2012, during his daily news briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)

Two sides circle warily in legal clash over Fast and Furious

As the House of Representatives moved closer to a vote to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt in the clash over the probe into the Fast and Furious affair, the two sides Thursday were still seeking a deal short of all-out constitutional warfare.

June 21, 2012
Commerce Secretary John E. Bryson (Associated Press)

Bryson steps down as Commerce head after seizures

President Obama's beleaguered economic team took another blow Thursday with the announcement that Commerce Secretary John Bryson has resigned, ending a brief tenure that came to a close after he got into a series of car accidents in Southern California two weeks ago.

June 21, 2012
**FILE** President Obama speaks April 30, 2012, in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama raises legal eyebrows with executive privilege claim

President Obama could be on shaky legal ground with his assertion of executive privilege in a congressional investigation that has been going on for a year, according to scholars who study the limits of presidential power.

June 20, 2012
**FILE** President Obama (left) speaks Feb. 9, 2012, in Washington about a settlement with the nation's five largest banks over foreclosures. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is in the background. (Associated Press)

Scholars doubt White House privilege claim

President Obama could be on shaky legal ground with his assertion of executive privilege in a congressional investigation that has been going on for a year, according to scholars who study the limits of presidential power.

June 20, 2012
President Obama speaks during a press conference at the G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Obama: Russia, China aren’t on board with ousting Assad

President Obama said Tuesday he failed to persuade the presidents of Russia and China to support the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and laid part of the blame with them for the Syrian regime's ongoing slayings of pro-democracy civilian protesters.

June 19, 2012
**FILE** President Obama talks June 8, 2012, about the economy at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama threatens veto of GOP energy bill

The Obama administration Tuesday threatened to veto a House Republican bill that would link expanded oil and gas production to drawdowns in the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

June 19, 2012
** FILE ** President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Associated Press)

Obama, Putin tiptoe on ‘Syrian affair’

In their first meeting following renewed tensions between the U.S. and Russia, President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin called Monday for an end to the violence in Syria and said there's still time for diplomacy to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

June 18, 2012