Category: U.S. House of Representatives

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Don’t Believe GOP Criticism – Donald Trump Speaks For The Party And The Base

Donald Trump’s truly vicious remarks targeting Hispanic immigrants exposed conservative racism that permeates the Republican base

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It Is Time For Americans To Declare Their Independence From GOP Religious Oligarchy

Americans should take time today to reflect on just how far the nation has drifted from the Founders’ “we the people” sentiment.

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Business Leaders Turn On Republicans And Blast Them For Having No Idea What They’re Doing

A business leader enraged by House Republicans letting the Ex-Im bank charter expire for the first time in 81 years said, “They really don’t have a clue what they’re doing or the damage they’re going to inflict on small businesses in America by closing the Ex-Im bank.”

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Religious House Republicans Plan To Deny Contraception Access to 4.6 Million Women

There is no other reason for Republicans to try defunding Title X than denying family planning services and contraception from women.

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Fast Track Stuck At The Station As Pelosi Leads Charge To Kill Controversial Trade Bill

The U.S. House derailed President Obama’s trade bill on Friday. The chamber rejected an amendment designed to save the trade bill 302-126. That measure would have granted financial aid to workers displaced as a result of the trade agreement. However, skeptical members of both parties struck down that amendment, leaving Obama’s controversial trade bill “stuck at the station”, according…

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House Democrats Challenge GOP Voter Suppression With Automatic Voter Registration Bill

Rep. David Cicilline introduced a bill to automatically register voters when they provide information to a state’s motor vehicle authority.

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61 House Democrats Are Taking A Stand Against Corporate America

The 61 House Democrats led by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva are demanding a new funding mechanism for the cost of TAA for displaced workers; but they did not call for a corporate tax hike to cover the cost. Why? Because this is America and corporations get a free ride which is precisely why Washington politicians let corporations write the trade agreement in secret.

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Sister of Victim Steps Forward And Reveals Her Brother Was Sexually Abused By Hastert

In an ABC News interview, Steve Reinboldt’s sister identified her brother as one of Hastert’s teen victims of sex abuse.

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Former GOP US House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted For Violating Federal Banking Laws

Former Republican U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday for violating federal banking laws and for lying to the FBI. Hastert, the longest serving GOP House Speaker in U.S. history, was charged with one count of structuring currency transactions to evade Currency Transaction Reports and a single count of making a false statement…

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Republicans And Local Media Turn On GOP Congressman Over Illegal Campaign Donations

After the FEC ruled Guinta accepted over 300K in illegal donations, NH Republicans and prominent newspapers called for his resignation.

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House Republicans Pass Measure To Prevent DREAMers From Serving In The Military

The U.S. House voted to block a measure permitting considering letting immigrants who arrived here illegally to serve in the military.

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This Is A Republican Elected Official’s Version Of Welcoming Refugees To America

Take heart my Hispanic and Latino brothers and sisters. You’re not the only ones whose presence in the U.S. makes Republican’s skin crawl. At least if the parsed bigotry of South Carolina Republican Representative Trey Gowdy and some of his colleagues and constituents is any indication.

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Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert Latches Onto Loopy Jade Helm Conspiracy Theory

Texas GOP Congressman Louie Gohmert issued a statement on May 5, 2015, that gives voice to the bizarre Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theory.

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After Voting to Strip it From DC Residents, Boehner Claims to Champion Religious Freedom

“America was founded on the principle of religious freedom.” It’s just a shame he thinks only corporations have that freedom

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House Judiciary Holds Hearings On Racist Republican Bill To End Birthright Citizenship

The House held hearings on a GOP sponsored bill to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to a non-American parent.

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Boehner Attempts to Undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Republicans are more than willing to waste money to help the rich and corporations, but money spent protecting the rest of us is “wasteful”

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Republicans Lay the Groundwork for the Baseless Impeachment of President Obama

Rep. Ted Yoho has authored a resolution in high hopes of using it to begin impeachment proceedings against President Obama for acting like a President. It is allegedly supposed to take aim at the President for his immigration actions.

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Boehner Tweets Hysteria over ISIL, Ignores Threats Closer to Home

John Boehner is worried about the threat of ISIL in Syria and Iraq. About the global warming-driven drought in California? Not so much

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GOP Solicits Obamacare “Horror Stories” But Gets Bombarded With Positive ACA Testimonials

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers solicited Obamacare “horror stories” on Facebook, but instead got bombarded with positive ACA testimonials.

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Boehner and Netanyahu Prove to be Inept Saboteurs in Iran Talks

The fallout from Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before congress continues as new details emerge about the means by which he tried to sabotage President Obama’s talks with Iran.

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Right-wing Congressman Steve King Bashes Jews Who Are “Democrats First And Jewish Second”

During a radio interview, Iowa GOP Congressman Steve King blasted liberal American Jews for being Democrats first, and Jewish second.

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U.S. Justice Department and FBI Investigating Republican Congressman Aaron Shock

On Friday, the Associated Press reported that the Justice Department has initiated a criminal investigation against GOP Rep. Aaron Shock.

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Obama’s Cleveland Appearance Leaves Boehner No Other Option but to Lie – Again

Eviscerated by President Obama in Cleveland, Speaker Boehner had no option but to try to bury Obama’s budget in well-tried but obvious lies

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House GOP Budget: More Money For War, Repeal Obamacare, Cut Food Stamps and Medicaid

House Republicans have once again shown that they have little regard for the average American family or the typical American worker.

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Congressional Republicans Are Still Angry They Are Not The President

The latest outrage, the open letter signed by 47 Republican senators, is the greatest sign to date that the spoiled little children are throwing a fit and are furious they are not allowed to be president and control foreign policy.

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Bibi’s Speech To Congress Backfires As Netanyahu’s Popularity Crashes In US And Israel

Polls in the U.S. and Israel show Netanyahu’s popularity has declined after his speech addressing the U.S. Congress.

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House Speaker Boehner Skipped Selma Anniversary For California Resort Town Fundraisers

John Boehner missed the Selma 50th Anniversary commemoration because he was attending two fundraising events in California resort towns.

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Koch-Funded Professor Publicly Calls For Less Democracy

A university professor heavily funded by the Koch brothers has very publicly and openly called for less democracy to reduce the power of the majority.

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Alaska GOP Rep Don Young Wisecracks That Wolves Can Solve Homeless Problem

During a committee hearing, Alaska Representative Don Young (R), suggested that wolves could cure the homeless problem in some districts.

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Speaker John Boehner Caves And Plans To Allow Clean Funding Bill For Homeland Security

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced that he would allow for a clean funding bill for Homeland Security on Tuesday.

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Republican Congressman Peter King Slams Self-Righteous Delusional Wing Of His Party

Appearing on Luke Russert’s online MSNBC TV program, Shift, New York Congressman Peter King (R) slammed fellow House Republicans for not simply banding together to pass a clean funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. King made it clear that he was fed up with Tea Party Republicans playing politics with Homeland Security funding….

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5 Big Whoppers from Speaker Boehner

Unwilling to do anything to help Americans, John Boehner concocts some more self-serving lies to blame Obama for his own failings

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DC Mayor Defiantly Stands Up To House Republicans, Legalizes Pot In Nation’s Capital

Ignoring warnings from House Republicans, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser enacted the city’s new law legalizing marijuana possession on Thursday.

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Legislative Paralysis Strikes Capitol Hill Under New Republican Congress

The new Republican-dominated Congress has proven unable to pass significant legislation. So far they have passed just two bills into law.

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John Boehner Shares his Scott Walker-Like Delusions About Foreign Policy

You might remember how John Boehner went all Stepford-like on Fox News Sunday and screamed that he was going to shutdown Homeland Security, and oh by the way it’s all Obama’s fault? If you didn’t watch the entire interview, you missed a few other Boehner nuggets. This is what Boehner is saying, that his interview…

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Boehner Plucks OK Gov. Mary Fallin to Repeat his Keystone XL Lies in Weekly Address

In the final analysis this is government of, by, and for the people, not a group of oil-drenched Koch-whores in Congress

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GOP Congressman Distorts Obama Speech, Says President Defends ISIL

In a speech where President Obama condemned ISIS as a “death cult”, Congressman Fleming interprets Obama’s words to be supportive of ISIS.

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House Republican Steve King Doubles Down On Poutrage By Tweeting Racist Obama Cartoon

Poutraged over President Obama speaking the truth, GOP Rep Steve King tweeted a racist image of the President in a turban.

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John Boehner Falsely Claims House Focused Squarely on Jobs and the Economy

John Boehner continues to pretend he cares about jobs while pushing his Keystone XL get rich quick scheme on the American people

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Another GOP Staffer Loses His Job Over Racist Comments

Republican Congressman Aaron Shock accepted the resignation of staffer Benjamin Cole, over racist comments Cole made on social media.

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Israeli Ambassador Throws John Boehner Under The Bus After Disrespect Of Obama Backfires

In an attempt to justify and mitigate Prime Minister Netanyahu’s acceptance of an invitation to speak to Congress, Ron Dermer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ambassador to the U.S., basically threw Speaker Boehner (R-OH) under the bus.

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Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to Recognize Voting As A Fundamental Right

It’s remarkable that our right to vote is vulnerable to the whims of lawmakers looking for new ways to rig elections in their favor.

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Obama’s Tax Plan Forces Republicans To Choose Main Street Or Wall Street

President Obama’s proposal to give middle class and working class Americans a tax break has the GOP on the defensive.

House GOP Doubles Down On Bigotry With Vote To Stop Obama’s Immigration Executive Order

On a 237-190 vote, the Republican controlled U.S. House has voted to undo president Obama’s executive order on immigration.

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GOP House Budget Chair Tom Price Is Itching To Cut Social Security

The current Republican congress wants to cut social security benefits. The House Budget Chair made that clear again during a Monday speech.

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GOP Civil War: Tea Party Congressman Rips Speaker John Boehner For Poor Leadership

Continuing GOP civil war, Rep. Richard Nugent of Florida vents Tea Party dissatisfaction with John Boehner’s leadership and competence.

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Thieving Republicans Robbed Americans In Their First Week Controlling Congress

It is amazing that Republicans who could not pass any legislation last year, spent the first four days of the 114th Congress stealing from women, retired and disabled Americas, large corporations’ employees, and various government departments and the Executive Branch.

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GOP’s First Step To Inflict Kansas Economic Woes On America

There is nothing as evil, mean-spirited, and pathetic as a mature adult who sees firsthand that something is inherently dangerous to other human beings and should be prevented at all costs, and yet wishes they could do the same thing. Last year, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, like all Republicans, witnessed the complete economic devastation…

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Bishops Join GOP Drive To Make Women Celibate Or Birth Machines

American Catholic bishops are taking advantage of the power bestowed on them by the conservative Catholics on the Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby ruling. As is typical of the bishops, their aim is controlling American women and forcing them to either become celibate or perpetual birthing machines.

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Speaker John Boehner Declares Himself Anti-Establishment Rebel And Not A Squish

Just two days after orchestrating the removal of two disloyal Florida GOP Congressmen (Daniel Webster and Rich Nugent), from the House Rules Committee, John Boehner is continuing his fight against recalcitrant Republicans. Today, Boehner tried to make the case that he was not “spineless or a squish”. In a press conference, he told NBC News that he was the…

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Corrupt John Boehner Conspires With Foreigners Against America’s Best Interests

Boehner has enlisted a foreign corporation (TransCanada), the Canadian Prime Minister, and a foreign energy department to put pressure on America, and particularly its President, to approve construction of a pipeline Canada is well aware is an environmental and ecological disaster.

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Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin’s Coup Against John Boehner Gets Just Three Votes

Despite the backing of Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, Louie Gohmert received just three votes in his bid to unseat House Speaker Boehner.

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According to Republicans The 114th Koch Congress Is Focused On Koch Priorities

Republicans are beginning the 114th Congress with the mindset that “nothing is going to get in the way of our team’s focus on the Koch brothers’ priorities” in quickly passing two bills the Koch brothers demand be acted on.

The Forces of Nullification Behind Opposition to Boehner

This is really about opposition to Obama, and in violation of the Constitution, forcing him into the role of a compliant puppet of Congress

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Which Republicans Hate Boehner Enough To Vote Against Him For Speaker

John Boehner faces a challenge from his right for Speaker. However, most GOP members of Congress are still expected to support Boehner.

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Tea Baggers Go Coo Coo for Louie Gohmert

Tea Baggers love Louie Gohmert, which may explain why the man sounds barely sane to the rest of us. McCain got it in one: the man is an idiot

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Louie Gohmert Announces Challenge To Boehner For Speaker Of The House

Grandstanding tea party Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has announced his intentions to dethrone John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House.

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Steve Scalise Voted Against Martin Luther King Holiday Twice

GOP Majority Whip Steve Scalise voted against making MLK. Day a state holiday twice while he was in the Louisiana state legislature.

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Tea Party Congressman Steve King Compares Embattled GOP Whip To Jesus Christ

As Steve Scalise struggles to distance himself from David Duke, EURO and his involvement with a racist conference twelve years ago, he has found at least one ally who will vouch for his character — Rep. Steve King (R-IA).

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Republican Congressman Michael Grimm To Resign From Office After Felony Conviction

New York Republican Congressman Michael Grimm is resigning, after pleading guilty to felony tax evasion.

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David Barton Disciple Joining U.S. House Next Year Vows Holy War on Nonbelievers

Barry Loudermilk says he will fight against people who think they have a right to ruin Christmas by not being Christians like everybody else

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113th Congress Produces 22% of “Do-Nothing” 1947-1948 Counterpart

Similar to overpaid NFL “star” Jay Cutler’s reign of terror as the starting quarterback for the Chicago Bears, the best thing we can say about the 113th session of Congress is that it’s over.

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Right-Wing Newspapers; Their Version And The True Version

Most of what passes for newspapers these days are embarrassingly partisan rags and feature, above all else, totally irresponsible right-wing opinion detritus hardly worth a second glance. U.S. dailies are little more than Republican propaganda sheets.

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Keystone XL: Some Americans Are About To Get Filthy; Some, Filthy Rich

Be assured of one thing. There will be a Keystone XL pipeline in your future; your very near future. The Republicans want it. The blue dogs want it. The State Department has blessed most of it.

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From One Republican Committee to Another; Your Charges Are A CROCK!

The report was declassified August 7, but not released in total until a couple of days ago, allegedly to give assorted intelligence agencies a chance to sign off on it. If you read the entire report, it shreds every critical issue brought forth by the absurd House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Hey NASCAR, Banging A Woman’s Head Against The Wall Is A Reason To Put The Car In Park

On Friday, Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) called NASCAR out on their hypocrisy, charging that they only seem to enforce the rules when the misconduct is caught on camera. She asked the organization, “How is it that NASCAR can take action when a reporter is threatened, and not when a woman is physically assaulted?”

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Tea Party Congressman Steve Stockman Subpoenaed By Grand Jury In Criminal Investigation

Outgoing Republican Congressman Steve Stockman and three of his aides have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury as part of a criminal investigation.

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A Final Look Back At An Odd Outcome And Maybe Some Mischief

Republicans blame Obama for not putting policies into effect that either (A) belonged in a fun house or (B) that the House wouldn’t pass, all while cloaked in the garb of wanting the best for their constituents.

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South Carolina Congressional Races. You’ll Recognize The Winners.

I recently assessed the governor’s race and the statewide races, all squarely in the Republican column unless all that voter fraud we’ve heard so much about comes rising to the fore. I’d like to limit my next observations to the seven races for the Congressional House Seats.

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John Boehner Blames the American People For Being Victims of Republican Policies

Speaker John Boehner feels entitled to not only be a complete failure as a legislator,but work fewer days while failing. For this he expects to be paid the same salary. But the unemployed are lazy and enjoy starving, in his opinion. What else can he possibly say, though, given the fact that he has to justify policies that require the death of compassion and the murder of empathy.

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House Republican Leader Defends Obama’s Comments Regarding Military Strategy In Syria

During Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), the Deputy Majority Whip in the House, spoke with host Chuck Todd regarding President Obama’s comments during a Thursday press conference where he said that there isn’t a strategy yet when it comes to bombing ISIS in Syria.

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NRA Reacts To Nine Year Old With Uzi Shooting Her Instructor: Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

Every day the headlines contain a few stories about gun related deaths.

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As Congress Leaves Workers Behind, Corporate Profits Hit a New High

Corporate profit margins are getting ever fatter and just officially hit a new high. They have done this on the backs of workers, from whom they have squeezed more and more productivity in order to cut costs.

Suing Boehner Would Give Him Grief, But The Case Would Be Laughed Out Of Court

In other words, while there is a bounty of evidence to prove that Boehner’s actions were malicious in the name of making the President look bad and out of general contempt for Americans who are not part of the 1%, because of who he is, the law protects him legal accountability.

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Separation Anxiety: Darrell Issa, the IRS and the Future of Church and State

Another consequence of Darrell Issa’s IRS witch hunt? The inability of the IRS to monitor church politicking despite a recent agreement to do just that.

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Democratic Congressman Says That GOP Senator Ted Cruz Is Essentially Speaker Of The House

On Thursday afternoon, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) appeared on MSNBC’s NOW with Alex Wagner to discuss the recent decision by Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) to pull the Republicans’ own border crisis bill from the floor.

GOP Self Destructs As Boehner Won’t Let Republicans Leave Until They Pass Border Bill

The Republican Party is again self destructing in front of the entire country as John Boehner is refusing to let House Republicans go on vacation until after they pass the border bill.

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MSNBC’s Ari Melber Calls John Boehner’s Lawsuit Against Obama An ‘Expensive Nothingburger’

During Thursday’s broadcast of Morning Joe, MSNBC contributor Ari Melber explained that the House Republicans’ lawsuit against President Obama has very little merit and is really just a law administration case, which is as boring as it gets.

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Steve Stockman Says Fellow Republicans Call Lois Lerner is a “Word That Rhymes with Witch”

“Well, they said some things about jail and a word that rhymes with witch sometimes to me.”

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House Republicans End Their Day of Disgrace By Passing Resolution To Sue Obama

House Republicans embarrassed the entire country today by voting to sue President Obama. The good news is that five House Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the resolution.

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Democrat Slams ‘Petulance’ of House Republicans and Says a Toddler is More Adult

“Words fail me in describing the petulance of the Republican lawsuit against the President. This toddler is more adult than some of my colleagues.

Republican Congressman Accuses Boehner of Wasting Taxpayer Money with Lawsuit

Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) insisted that Boehner should stop the “theater”, calling his lawsuit a “show”, and instead he should just impeach.

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Morning Joe’s GOP Cheerleaders Upset That Top Republican Won’t Dismiss Impeachment Talk

During a discussion on Monday’s broadcast of Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough and NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd both lamented over recent comments from the #3 Republican in the House.

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Republican Congressman Thinks Senior State Department Officials Are Visitors From India

On Thursday, during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Curt Clawson (R-FL) spoke to two senior officials from the State and Commerce Departments as if they were government representatives from India.

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House Republican Hearing On The Harmful Impact of Obamacare Completely Backfires

A House Republican hearing on the harmful impact of Obamacare on Medicare Advantage completely backfired when the expert witnesses that Republicans invited disagreed with them.

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House Republicans Behave Like Criminals While Advancing Obama Lawsuit

Republicans on the House Rules Committee behaved like common criminals as they advanced the lawsuit against President Obama while voting down every amendment related to disclosing the cost of the lawsuit.

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John Boehner Feuds With Reality During a Dishonest Press Conference Blaming Obama

Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) opened his presser asking “Where are the jobs?” as if he expected an alternate Speaker John Boehner to appear and explain himself. No such apparition did appear.

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Darrell Issa Begs President Obama To Send Adviser To Testify At Hearing

Rep. Darrell Issa is getting desperate. Today, he sent a letter to the White House offering to give administration adviser David Simas a second chance to testify after the Obama administration told the California Republican that Simas has executive branch immunity.

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John Boehner Sent Reeling As Democrats Demand To Know How Much Obama Lawsuit Will Cost

Democrats on the House Rules Committee sent a letter today demanding that Republicans tell taxpayers how much of their money John Boehner is going to spend on suing President Obama.

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John Boehner Runs Away From His Unpopular Lawsuit Against Obama by Blaming Democrats

Speaker of the House John Boehner tried to distance himself from his unpopular lawsuit against President Obama by blaming Democrats for his decision to sue the president.

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The White House Smacks Down Darrell Issa By Refusing To Send Adviser To Testify

The White House is fighting back against Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) abuse of his subpoena power by refusing to send an administration adviser to testify at his hearing that is designed to drum up another Obama scandal. Issa has been claiming for days that the White House is misusing taxpayer funds for partisan political purposes….

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Boehner’s Lawsuit Against Obama Backfires as Democrats Trounce Republicans In Fundraising

John Boehner’s lawsuit against the president is seriously wounding Republicans. The DCCC announced that they had outraised Republicans in June, $25.3 million to $10.9 million.

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Busted: Florida Republicans’ 2012 Redistricting Plan Thrown Out By Federal Judge

Republicans thought they could successfully finagle the state’s congressional districts in 2012. On Thursday, a federal judge proved them wrong.

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Really? House GOP Whines About Border Crisis While Killing Its Own Immigration Reform Plan

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) was tasked with coming up with the House’s alternative immigration reform bill. He informed reporters on Thursday that Republican leadership had told him that immigration reform was officially dead in the House, and they wouldn’t be moving on it at all.

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