House Speaker John Boehner said today that he wouldn't bring an immigration bill to the floor if it doesn't have the backing of a majority of the Republican conference. But he only committed to follow that guideline, commonly referred to as the "Hast

WASHINGTON -- Eight LGBT activists were arrested on Thursday after staging a protest outside House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) office to demand a House vote...

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says he will vote for a wide-ranging farm bill headed to the House floor this month, a major boost...

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says it is "inconceivable" that top White House officials didn't tell President Barack Obama once they learned the Internal...

In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulous that aired Tuesday morning, House Speaker John Boehner hinted that he would clear a significant hurdle to immigration reform passing through the House of Representatives. During the interview, Stephan

Edward Snowden is a "traitor" for releasing classified information about National Security Agency surveillance programs to two media outlets, House Speaker John Boehner said in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos that aired Tuesday. "The Pr

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama should explain to Americans why the U.S. government's collection of phone records from Verizoncustomers is necessary, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday. Boehner at a press briefing said it's i

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday his chamber would chart its own path on immigration rather than simply considering a Senate-passed measure, quashing hopes some Democrats had for quick

House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that it is "inconceivable" President Barack Obama wasn't informed of the investigation into the IRS' targeting of conservative groups before news broke earlier this month. "It's pretty inconceivable to me tha

 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has just sent the following letter to John Boehner and other leaders on the debt ceiling. The whole thing is below the dotted line. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said he doubts that only low-level employees in the Cincinnati field office of the Internal Revenue Service are responsible for the targeting of conservative groups by the agency. Spe

House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that he is looking for a strong response to the IRS scandal that would go beyond firings at the agency. "My question isn't about who is going to resign. My question is, who's going to jail over this scandal?"

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner raised the possibility of jail time on Wednesday for law violations in the growing scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner raised the possibility of jail time on Wednesday for law violations in the growing scandal involving the Internal...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Speaking about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups, House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday said "clearly someone violated the law" and questioned who would be put in prison for the ag

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has been increasingly adopting one of President Barack Obama's key economic talking points on austerity, and he did...

BLOOMBERG VIEW: This week, in an interview with Bloomberg Television, House Speaker John Boehner warned that the U.S. government must balance its budget. After all,...

John Boehner knows the government has run budget deficits for 55 of the last 60 years, but somehow doesn't realize that shows that deficits are sustainable.

Democrats are seizing on an admission from House Speaker John Boehner that a Republican-led bill to prioritize debt payments would pay China before U.S. troops.  During an interview with Bloomberg TV on Tuesday, Boehner was asked about the Full

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John A. Boehner said holders of U.S. government bonds should be paid first if the nation's debt limit is breached, even if that means that China would get preference over the salaries of U.S. troops.    

Boehner's comments and others signal that momentum from easy passage of the sales tax bill in the Senate won't lead to quick House action on the issue. WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowi

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday essentially agreed with Democrats' arguments that a Republican bill to prioritize debt payments would put China...

After John Boehner was electedleader of the House Republicans in 2006, Fox News host ChrisWallace asked him what was, at the time, an obvious question:“Medicare prescription drug benefit,” Wallace said. “How do youthink it’s w

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- House committee chairmen are looking at gun violence proposals but no decisions have been made about legislation, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday. "When we have a decision to announce, we'll announce it," Boehner

On Tuesday afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, stood in the same room as House Speaker John Boehner.  Together, they dedicated a room in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center to Ga

House Speaker John Boehner's office sends over this photo of the Speaker's phone call with President Barack Obama about the Boston marathon explosions Monday.  Obama will deliver remarks about the incident at 6:10 p.m. this evening, and Boehner

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is meeting on Capitol Hill Friday with House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The Treasury...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner is rejecting a colleague's criticism of a White House proposal to slow the growth of Social Security. Boehner told...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget is "just not serious," House Speaker John Boehner charged on Thursday, a day after Obama released his latest tax and spending plans. Boehner said he was "encouraged" by Obama's p

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama deserves some credit for what Boehner calls incremental entitlement reforms in his budget proposal. But...

Next week, Obama will announce his budget plan. And while the headlines suggest the plan will represent a bold move to the "center", the proposal may actually undermine his goals. Obama's budget will include lowered cost of living adjustments in vari

Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican Majority Whip, may have the hardest job in Washington. As the House GOP's No. 3 leader, behind Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, McCarthy is responsible for wrangling the Republican caucus &mda

Costs to defend the Defense of Marriage Act have spiraled out of control over the past two years, as the case wound its way to the Supreme Court. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is paying the legal bills, which have accumulated to

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow Republicans say they are preparing to use the next debt limit deadline to fight for further spending cuts and major changes...

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow Republicans say they are preparing to use the next debt limit deadline to fight for further spending cuts and major changes to federal healthcare and retirement programs.

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow Republicans say they are preparing to use the next debt limit deadline to fight for further spending cuts and major changes...

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow Republicans say they are preparing to use the next debt limit deadline to fight for further spending cuts and major changes to federal healthcare and retirement programs.

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow Republicans say they are preparing to use the next debt limit deadline to fight for further spending cuts and major changes...

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow Republicans say they are preparing to use the next debt limit deadline to fight for further spending cuts and major changes to federal healthcare and retirement programs.

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow Republicans say they are preparing to use the next debt limit deadline to fight for further spending cuts and major changes...

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner and his fellow Republicans say they are preparing to use the next debt limit deadline to fight for further spending cuts and major changes to federal healthcare and retirement programs.

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) laid down a tough requirement for raising the debt ceiling Thursday, all but ensuring a reprise of the...

House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday insisted on spending cuts before raising the U.S. debt limit, saying that the ratio must be "dollar for dollar." Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Boehner said the House hasn't had any "big discussions" yet

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday insisted on spending cuts before raising the U.S. debt limit, saying that the ratio must be "dollar for dollar." Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Boehner said the House hasn't h

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner says he "absolutely" trusts President Barack Obama – not that they don't have their differences....

Everyone in Washington celebratestax reform. President Barack Obama embraced it in his State ofthe Union address. House Speaker John Boehner called it a toplegislative priority. The House Ways and Means and SenateFinance committees are convening bipa

House Speaker John Boehner agreed with President Barack Obama on Sunday that the U.S. does not have an "immediate" debt crisis — but that's where the agreement ends between the two leaders on how to reduce the deficit. "We do not have an immedi

House Republican leader John Boehner said Wednesday there was a good tone in a closed-door meeting between House Republicans and President Barack Obama and it was a "good start" in an effort to find common ground.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- House Republican leader John Boehner said Wednesday there was a good tone in a closed-door meeting between House Republicans and President Barack Obama and it was a "good start" in an effort to find common ground. "I thoug

Count House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) among the Republicans who think their party could do a better job attracting voters. In an interview with CQ...