Debt talks dissolve into acrimony

Instead, the four-term senator is telling political supporters back home to give House Speaker John Boehner a bad time. Murray. “Click here to tell Speaker of the House John Boehner to tell his extreme base to cool it,”

As I figured would happen, Rep. John Boehner has pulled out of negotiations with Obama over the debt ceiling talks because..revenues and safety net cuts. What a shock. House Speaker John Boehner has broken off talks

As the White House demanded Congress reach a deficit deal to avert default on Friday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) sent a crystal clear message to Democrats and the Obama administration: It's the GOP's

By Peter Nicholas and Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau President Obama believed that a deal was in sight when he spoke to House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday afternoon to work through some sticking points in the tense negotiations over raising the

ABC News' Sunlen Miller (@SunlenMiller) reports: Taking to the Senate floor with a bit of a bruised ego this morning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said that he wishes both President Obama and Speaker of the

View the original article here

John Boehner walks out of White House debt-ceiling talks. What now?

WASHINGTON (AP/The Huffington Post) — House Speaker John Boehner has broken off talks with President Barack Obama on getting a budget deal to avert a government default. The Ohio Republican says the president wants to

There was John Boehner, declaiming on the House floor, channeling Winston Churchill to express his party's opposition to raising taxes on the rich ("whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds,

There was John Boehner, declaiming on the House floor, channeling Winston Churchill to express his party's opposition to raising taxes on the rich ("whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds,

On an extraordinary night of political theater, President Obama railed on House Republicans for walking away from a debt-ceiling deal, only to see House Speaker John Boehner offer a rebuttal. Congress now seems eager to ignore the White House and do

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner broke off talks with President Barack Obama on Friday and said he will begin negotiations with Senate leaders aimed at meeting an August 2 deadline to avert an unprecedented US debt

View the original article here