by Jane Richey | Jul 26, 2013 | Health Care
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday said Republicans will do “everything we can” so Americans are not put through the “horrific experience” of Obamacare but would not say if that includes blocking its funding in the continuing resolution, the surest way to...
by Jane Richey | Jun 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The House is debating its farm bill this week—and now Democrats are saying it doesn’t spend enough on food stamps. The “farm” bill, which isn’t how we picture farms at all, is actually 80 percent food stamps. Don’t forget that the food stamp program has doubled under...
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Politics
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is signaling that at least one thing will change about his leadership during the 113th Congress: he’s telling Republicans he is done with private, one-on-one negotiations with President Obama. During both 2011 and 2012, the Speaker spent...
by Jane Richey | Jan 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The House voted late Tuesday evening, in a rare holiday session, to pass a fiscal cliff bill brokered without the involvement of the GOP majority and with far less than half of their votes. The bill (HR 8) was amended by the Senate in the early morning hours on an...
by Jane Richey | Dec 21, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Lacking votes from his own party, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called off consideration of “Plan B” last night, sending lawmakers home for Christmas instead. When the dust settled, conservatives stuck to their principles: to cut spending without raising taxes. When...
