WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner faced an embarrassing setback on Thursday when he failed to unite his Republican lawmakers behind an effort designed to extract concessions from President Barack Obama in year-end &... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended losses on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Industrials briefly at session lows after House Speaker John Boehner said the House of Representatives will pass a budget proposal that President Barack Obama... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The differences over how to resolve the "fiscal cliff" narrowed significantly Monday night as President Barack Obama made a counter-offer to Republicans that included a major change in position on tax hikes for the we... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) returns to his office after the vote on debt relief legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files... [Full Article]
(AFP) - US Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks during a press conference with House Republican leadership at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. With barely a day to act, a polarized US House of Representatives on Monday approved a massive austeri... [Full Article]
(AFP) - US Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) speaks with staff members before going to the House chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Three days before a critical deadline, US President Barack Obama pressed polarized lawmakers Saturday to... [Full Article]
(AFP/Getty Images) - US Speaker of the House John Boehner gives a thumbs up as he passes members of the media after a vote on the Budget Control Act in Washington, DC. Spurred on by President Barack Obama, US lawmakers on Saturday began a frantic bea... [Full Article]
(AFP/Getty Images) - US Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) attends a news conference on the debt limit impasse at the U.S. Capitol July 28, 2011 in Washington, DC. Republican leaders in Congress delayed until Friday a vote on their bill to prev... [Full Article]
(AFPTV/US POOL) - Speaker of the House John Boehner said on Thursday his party has presented a bill to raise the debt ceiling that is as "large a step" as Republicans can take that "is doable and signable into becoming law." Durat... [Full Article]
(AFP) - US Speaker of the House of Representative John Boehner speaks with a television crew at the Capitol. A debt crisis in the world's largest economy deepened as Republican leaders scrambled to keep their own members in line in a showdown ove... [Full Article]