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The Republican Strategy: Be the Party of 'Hell No'

Inside the GOP's 2-year plan to harass and unseat Democrats

(Newser) - In January 2009, when Democrats were high on hope and change, House Republicans held a strategy meeting. “If the goal of the majority is to govern, what is the purpose of the minority?” John Boehner and Eric Cantor asked. “The purpose of the minority, is to become the...

Shake Off the Hangover, Dems
 Shake Off the 
 Hangover, Dems 
GAIL COLLINS
Nov 4, 2010 8:19 AM CDT

Shake Off the Hangover, Dems

You've still got Harry Reid ... and a lot of work to do, writes Gail Collins

(Newser) - It's the morning after the morning after, and it's time for dazed Dems to "lift up your little liberal heads and shout," because after all, you still have ... well, you've still got Harry Reid, writes Gail Collins in a rambling New York Times trot through some of the...

Nancy Pelosi: 'No Regrets'
 Nancy Pelosi: 'No Regrets'  
Nov 4, 2010 7:39 AM CDT

Nancy Pelosi: 'No Regrets'

Speaker says she hasn't decided on next move

(Newser) - The first female speaker of the House of Representatives says she has "no regrets" after the Republican landslide that will force her to hand the gavel over to John Boehner. Nancy Pelosi told ABC 's Diane Sawyer that America's high unemployment rate is to blame for the Democrat's drubbing....

Critics Poke at Boehner's Blubbing

Weepy election night speech invites a lot of snark

(Newser) - John Boehner is known for getting emotional, and last night was no exception: He choked up during his speech acknowledging that he will soon become speaker of the House (watch it in the gallery). Analysis of the waterworks swiftly followed:
  • The MSNBC election team mocked Boehner’s “weeping” in
...

Congratulations, Boehner. Now Move Mountains
Congratulations, Boehner. Now Move Mountains
ANALYSIS
Nov 3, 2010 9:05 AM CDT

Congratulations, Boehner. Now Move Mountains

Our next speaker has just two years to prove Republicans are the answer

(Newser) - John Boehner , you’re the next speaker of the House: Now what? The Republican leader faces no shortage of seemingly impossible challenges, notes Jennifer Steinhauer in the New York Times . The voters who helped his party to triumph yesterday know what they don’t want—more of the same—...

GOP Beats Incumbents in Virginia, Florida

 GOP Will 
 Take Over 
 House 
the house
Nov 2, 2010 8:52 PM CDT

GOP Will Take Over House

Perriello loses in Virginia, Grayson in Florida

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi's reign as House speaker will soon be over. Republicans will easily take control of the House of Representatives by night's end, say both CNN and NBC . The GOP entered the evening needing to gain 39 seats, and they'll likely end up with about 60, a development that will...

Rosanne Cash to John Boehner: You're an 'A**hat'

An a**hat who needs to stop talking about Johnny Cash, no less

(Newser) - Rosanne Cash is not happy that John Boehner has been invoking her dad’s name. At campaign stops, Boehner has taken to making this joke: “Remember when Ronald Reagan was president? We had Bob Hope. We had Johnny Cash … [Now] we have got President Obama. But we have...

Boehner's Wall-Street Cash Bolsters Tea Party Hopefuls

House Minority Leader spreads business-backed wealth

(Newser) - John Boehner typically gets a healthy dose of campaign cash from Wall Street and blue-chip corporations, and this election season, he’s doling it out to tea party-backed hopefuls. The House Minority Leader has distributed $320,000 to 39 such candidates, suggesting a GOP “stamp of approval” for a...

Big Donors Bank on Boehner Over Pelosi

He's pulled in more than double her campaign donations

(Newser) - John Boehner stands a decent chance of being the next House speaker, and he's got some deep-pocketed friends trying to improve the odds. Boehner has pulled in $7.1 million for his campaign and leadership committees, way ahead of Nancy Pelosi's $2.9 million. And that's not counting another $2...

GOP's 'Pledge' Written by Former Oil, Pharma Lobbyist

Boehner aide lobbied for AIG, Exxon, Pfizer, Chamber of Commerce

(Newser) - The new “ Pledge to America ” the GOP intends to unveil today, as a kind of sequel to the "Contract with America" of old, was written by a guy who was, until a few months ago, a lobbyist for insurance giant AIG, along with big oil and pharma...

GOP 'Pledge': We'll Repeal Health Care Law

House Republicans roll out their manifesto tomorrow

(Newser) - House Republicans will head to a hardware store in Virginia tomorrow to unveil their Pledge to America, billed as a comprehensive set of reforms along the lines of Newt Gingrich's Contract With America in 1994. Democrats already say it's the same-old, same-old. Politico and the Wall Street Journal hit some...

McConnell: Freeze All Tax Rates


 McConnell: 
 Freeze All 
 Tax Rates 
NEVER MIND THAT JOHN BOEHNER
Sep 13, 2010 6:56 PM CDT

McConnell: Freeze All Tax Rates

Says Americans have 'had it' with Dems' '2-year adventure in expanded gov't'

(Newser) - John Boehner might vote to extend middle-class tax cuts while letting those on the top 2% expire, but Mitch McConnell wants them frozen—across the board, no ifs, ands, or buts. Saying Americans have "had it" with Dems' "fiscal recklessness," the Senate majority leader today introduced legislation...

John Boehner Really, Really Loves Lobbyists

GOP star is proud to back corporate America

(Newser) - Rep. John Boehner , would-be speaker of the House , has an unusually close relationship with lobbyists, finds the New York Times . The "perpetually tanned, sharply tailored, chain-smoking golfer" from Ohio cultivates an inner circle tied to some of America's most powerful companies, particularly tobacco and financial services firms.

Boehner: Speaker in the Wings
 Boehner: 
 Speaker in 
 the Wings 


PROFILE
Sep 5, 2010 3:39 PM CDT

Boehner: Speaker in the Wings

The man who would unseat Nancy Pelosi has a tough task

(Newser) - John Boehner's mainly known for his dogged resistance to Barack Obama's agenda and the perpetual tan that would suggest he represents sunnier climes than Ohio, reports the AP in an in-depth look at the man you might soon know as speaker of the House. But which Boehner will show up,...

GOP's Policies Are Cheap, Incoherent

 GOP's 
 Policies 
 Are Cheap, 
 Incoherent 
Ruth Marcus
Aug 25, 2010 11:03 AM CDT

GOP's Policies Are Cheap, Incoherent

John Boehner isn't the kind of opposition leader we need

(Newser) - Sometimes, Ruth Marcus thinks it would be nice if the country had a divided government. It would force the GOP to quit posturing and start governing, and allow Democrats to make hard choices on entitlement spending. “That’s the theory. Then there’s John Boehner,” she laments in...

Boehner: Fire Geithner, Summers

GOP minority leader says they've done enough damage

(Newser) - John Boehner—the House minority leader who could be House speaker if things go right for Republicans in the midterms—is generating headlines today for one of his economic prescriptions: Obama must fire Tim Geithner and Larry Summers.The duo must "see the handwriting on the wall" after the...

GOP's New Health Reform Trick: Don't Fund It

Boehner and Co. know a repeal's impossible

(Newser) - Republicans threatening to repeal health reform is nothing new, but the GOP is realizing the futility of that and moving on to a new tactic: denying funding to pieces of the bill. "Clearly, with the president’s veto pen, we’re going to have to take interim steps,”...

Republicans Scolded for Partying With Lady Lobbyists

Boehner tells off Hunter, Graves, Terry, others

(Newser) - John Boehner has warned several Republican congressmen to stop flirting, dining, partying, and otherwise hanging out with female lobbyists. Boehner told the reps to “knock it off,” sources tell the New York Post , which dutifully tracked down the perpetrators. It caught Lee Terry, for example, chatting up an...

Boehner: Raise Retirement Age to 70
Boehner: Raise Retirement Age to 70
Jun 29, 2010 3:18 PM CDT

Boehner: Raise Retirement Age to 70

American people need to know 'we're broke'

(Newser) - House Republican leader John Boehner thinks the retirement age should be raised to 70 for those who still have at least 20 years to go in the work force. "We need to look at the American people and explain to them that we're broke," he tells the Pittsburgh ...

GOP Leaders Ordered Barton to Apologize, 'Immediately'

Boehner, Cantor laid down the law

(Newser) - So what prompted Joe Barton's quick retraction of his apology to BP ? A sincere change of heart, maybe. Or it could have been the meeting with House GOP leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor, who told him, "Apologize, immediately. Or you will lose your (committee) position, immediately,"...

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