John Boehner

For Columbus Day, a Fond 'Arrivederci'

P resident Bush has hosted a parade of friendly foreign leaders at the White House over the past month, but today he welcomes perhaps one of his closest overseas buddies: Italian Prime Minister Silvio ....... read more
Sun,
12 Oct 2008
House Gives Thumbs-Up To Members' Web Videos

Members of the House, relax. You will still be allowed to post YouTube videos of yourself on your official congressional Web sites, so all your interested constituents can click and see you pounding t ....... read more
Mon,
06 Oct 2008
'Stolen Vote' Count Was Wrong

More than a year after the "stolen vote" controversy erupted in the House, a report published yesterday concluded that the official final result of Roll Call 814 was wrong. However, the select committ ....... read more
Thu,
25 Sep 2008
Official Rangel Probe Appears Likely

Rep. Gene Green (D-Tex.), the acting chairman of the House ethics committee, said yesterday that he will recommend launching a probe of Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), who has asked the panel to exam ....... read more
Thu,
18 Sep 2008
Rangel Says He Regrets 'Errors,' Rejects Calls to Cede Panel Post

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) acknowledged yesterday that he had not lived up to the "higher standard" expected of members of Congress, but he maintained that he should not be punished politically f ....... read more
Wed,
10 Sep 2008
Rangel Says He Will Pay Back Taxes; GOP Wants Him Out of Chairmanship

As House GOP leaders called for his removal from the powerful chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) announced yesterday that he will repay an unspecified ....... read more
Tue,
09 Sep 2008
Who's Who at the Parties' Parties

A few members of Congress will play important roles at the national party nominating conventions in Denver and the Twin Cities the next two weeks, serving as everything from official bosses of the con ....... read more
Wed,
20 Aug 2008
Agreement on Drilling Doesn't Yet Mean Action

Republicans are in their third week of House floor protests on the energy issue, and the political terrain appears to have shifted significantly since they launched their efforts Aug. 1. ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008
House Tables Resolution To Censure Rep. Rangel

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) had a tough July, and yesterday he had to scramble to keep it from ending on another down note. ....... read more
Thu,
31 Jul 2008
Lawmakers to Honor Officers Slain in Capitol in 1998

A simple moment of silence today on Capitol Hill will mark one of the most somber moments in recent congressional history -- and serve as another reminder of the fortress that Congress has become. ....... read more
Wed,
23 Jul 2008
The Bad News Donkeys?

Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) has the toughest job in Washington: manager of the lowly Democratic congressional baseball team. ....... read more
Wed,
16 Jul 2008
A House Seat Won, a House Lost, and a House Leader Divided

Every once in a while, events move fast in the nation's capital. ....... read more
Mon,
23 Jun 2008
Good Money After Bad at the NRCC?

As if the spring hasn't been tough enough on House Republicans, there is also the issue of bills piling up from the investigations into the alleged embezzlement scheme at the National Republican Congr ....... read more
Wed,
21 May 2008
One Palestinian State, Hold the Swiss

President Bush took off last night for the Middle East and another round of peace chats. With Israel's prime minister weakened by scandal and the Palestinian half-president rumored to be resigning, it ....... read more
Tue,
13 May 2008
Special House Committee to Begin Hearing on 'Stolen' Vote in 2007

Nine months after Democrats allegedly stole a parliamentary vote in the House, the long-running "Select Committee to Investigate the Voting Irregularities of August 2, 2007" will haul House Majority L ....... read more
Mon,
12 May 2008
An Excused Absence (Note From Holy Father Not Required)

P ope Benedict XVI will achieve a rare double filibuster today, closing down both the Senate and the House as more than 100 members of Congress flock to the papal Mass scheduled for this morning at Na ....... read more
Wed,
16 Apr 2008
'Wynn-Win' for K Street, Loss for the Public?

Rep. Albert R. Wynn is the new envy of K Street. The eight-term Democrat shocked the Washington establishment last week by announcing that he will quit Congress early to become a partner in a major lo ....... read more
Mon,
31 Mar 2008
Probe of Disputed House Vote Turns Into Long and Costly Saga

It was supposed to be a last-ditch parliamentary maneuver by House Republicans on an Agriculture Department appropriation bill, a routine "gotcha" amendment designed to expose Democrats to political p ....... read more
Mon,
17 Mar 2008
Singular Unease for Michigan's Power Couple

If the angst of a superdelegate were a portrait, it would look just like Debbie Dingell, the wife of Rep. John Dingell (D- Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. ....... read more
Wed,
27 Feb 2008
Stark's Latest Gaffe Is Just One In a Long Line

Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) apologized to Congress, President Bush and the Bush family yesterday for saying last week that Republicans were sending the nation's youth to Iraq "to get their heads blown ....... read more
Tue,
23 Oct 2007