From Boehner, a Salty Demand That the Senate Act on Spending Cuts
House Speaker John A. Boehner used colorful language as he pressed Senate Democrats to pass some sort of alternative to the $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts set to go into effect on Friday.
View ArticleFight Over Spending Cuts a Prelude to Budget Battles Ahead
It may be hard to believe, given the intense partisan strafing ignited by the automatic government spending cuts set to begin on Friday, but this year’s budget wars have yet to fully get under way.
View ArticleBipartisan House Group Nearing Agreement on Immigration Blueprint
The bipartisan group of House members that has been meeting quietly for nearly four years to discuss an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system is nearing agreement on a framework, and is briefing...
View ArticleAs Congress Votes to Avert One Fiscal Crisis, Boehner Moves On to Another
Just as Congress passed legislation to finance the government through the end of the fiscal year, Speaker John A. Boehner made a statement suggesting the House would not increase the debt limit without...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Describe Cordial, if Not Convincing, Dinner With Obama
Senate Republicans described the dinner Wednesday with President Obama as casual, but most said they came away unmoved by his arguments.
View ArticleRepublicans Object to Reid’s Call for Budget Negotiating Committee
Congressional Republicans objected to Senator Harry Reid's call for a conference committee on the budget, instead arguing that the heads of the Senate and House budget committees should be given time...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Call on White House to Release Benghazi E-Mails
House Republicans on Thursday called on the Obama administration to release a new batch of e-mails that they believe will shed more light on how the White House and the State Department responded in...
View ArticleDebt Reckoning: The Fiscal Deadline in Washington
The Times is starting a new online feature Monday to follow the talks between President Obama and Congressional leaders over the so-called fiscal cliff.
View ArticleGeithner Urges Congress to Act ‘as Early as Possible’ on Debt Ceiling
The Treasury Department has officially set a deadline for raising the debt ceiling, albeit a loose one: Congress needs to act by mid-February or early March, or the country will face an unprecedented...
View ArticleObama Tells House Democrats He Will Confront Republicans on Taxes
President Obama vowed Thursday to confront Republicans over the issue of closing tax loopholes, saying that he would relish a debate with those who insist Congress has done all it should to get more...
View ArticleCritical Differences Belie Hopes for a Grand Bargain
As the latest fiscal deadline approaches the White House is signaling that it is still interested in a big deficit-reduction deal and as evidence of good faith has left on the table proposed Medicare...
View ArticleBucking the Speaker, and Crossing the Line
Tensions flared among Republicans when a House staff member sent out a note encouraging conservative interest groups to work against Speaker John A. Boehner's debt-limit legislation.
View ArticleSunday Breakfast Menu, Oct. 6
Speaker John A. Boehner and Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew discuss raising the debt ceiling as the deadline approaches and Congress remains in a deadlock over the budget.
View ArticleWhat’s News in Washington: Boehner Moves Ahead With Plan to Sue Obama
A House Rules Committee will debate the merits of a lawsuit proposed by Speaker John A. Boehner over the president's use of executive powers.
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