John Boehner

Congress, the tea party and the IRS: Sentence first, then the trial

2013-05-21 03:00:00

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged "targeting" of conservative political groups by the IRS. Mr. Obama declared, "Americans are right to be angry...

Benghazi questions asked and answered

2013-05-16 10:30:00

In response to The Sun editorial claiming that "Benghazi deserves a real review," (May 10), all I can say is, no, it does not! What we need to do is stop the political charade concerning this issue. The Accountability Review Board asked and answered all...

Scandals put presidential credibility on the line

2013-05-17 00:00:00

When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...

Andy Harris to deliver Republican address on Obamacare

2013-05-17 10:11:00

Days after voting again to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, congressional Republicans have tapped Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland to deliver their weekly address. “As a physician for nearly thirty years who helped mothers...

Benghazi deserves real review

2013-05-09 10:27:00

Whether the House investigation into the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is a political witch hunt aimed at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her possible run for president in 2016, as Democrats allege, or a principled...

Newtown tragedy brings bipartisanship back to Congress

2013-04-12 00:00:00

They started out with a lot in common -- Joe Manchin and Patrick Toomey. Sure, one's a Democrat and one's a Republican, but they're both conservatives, both longtime gun owners and both sport an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association. But now...

Can Obama sell 'chained CPI'?

2013-04-11 00:00:00

President Barack Obama didn't release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and the AARP have been howling all week about something they expected to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters?...

Obama's balanced plan to create jobs, cut deficit

2013-04-15 05:00:00

President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget is a concrete plan to create jobs and cut the deficit. We do not need to choose between these two priorities. The president's balanced, compromise plan proves we can do both. The guiding principle...

At least one thing in Washington works: the Nationals

2013-04-05 03:00:00

Karl Marx is credited with saying that religion is "the opium of the people." But here in the nation's capital, baseball is the drug of choice that rescues political junkies from the unpleasant realities around them. Currently providing relief from...

Democrats riding high for now, but beware a midterm crash

2013-03-10 00:00:00

My columnist and television pundit gigs have me thinking a great deal about the relative positions of the two parties heading into the midterm election cycle. For starters, the Democrats are ahead. Last November's elections gave the president a...

Sequester debate hides the cold facts of our budget crisis

2013-03-04 09:00:00

Federal deficits are too large, and mounting national debt threatens future generations. But as Democrats and Republicans squabble over the mandatory spending cuts known as sequestration that went into effect Friday night, they are failing to face the...

Md. military bases brace for reductions

2013-02-26 18:33:00

Midshipmen at the Naval Academy could spend less time training at sea, some gates into Fort Meade could be shut down and routine maintenance at military installations across the state could be delayed under federal budget cuts set to begin Friday....

House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) stands next to a printed version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act during a news conference on Capitol Hill as the House prepares to vote on repealing the law.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, greets Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., during a swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol on the day she was sworn in on the House floor.

2013-04-11 00:00:00

Why: Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama�s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said.

2013-03-13 00:00:00