John Boehner

John Boehner Kills ENDA by Claiming Preventing Workplace Discrimination Kills Jobs

John Boehner Kills ENDA by Claiming Preventing Workplace Discrimination Kills Jobs

Harry Reid may get ENDA passed in the Senate today, but John Boehner has killed the bill by opposing it…

11 years ago

All Pay, No Work House Republicans Plan to be In Session for Only 113 Days Next Year

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is rewarding the least popular House in history by cutting their number of scheduled work…

11 years ago

Republicans Won’t Admit that Cutting Social Security Is Stealing From the American People

What Republicans, and some Democrats, refuse to tell the American people is that cutting Social Security is stealing from the…

11 years ago

The Vile Koch Scheme to Make $100 Billion Destroying The Environment With KeystoneXL

The dirty energy fascist Koch Brothers are planning to make tens of billions of dollars off the KeystoneXL pipeline before…

11 years ago

John Boehner Sees Obamacare Pink Elephants After House Republicans Kill 120,000 Jobs

The government shutdown caused by the House Republicans has killed 120,000 jobs, but John Boehner spent a press conference today…

11 years ago

Alan Grayson, ‘John Boehner has got to go.’

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) spoke for the nation when he declared that John Boehner is useless, and he has got…

11 years ago

Republicans Have Put America in Distress Because They Refuse to Do Their Jobs

Every one of America's fiscal crises over the past three-and-a-half years is because Republicans refuse to do their jobs of…

11 years ago

Eric Cantor Has Rigged The Rules of the House So That The Government Stays Shut Down

Majority Leader Eric Cantor changed House procedural rules to guarantee Republicans could keep the government closed even if a bipartisan…

11 years ago

Bernie Sanders Blasts Boehner, ‘He Is Trying to Hoodwink The American People.’

Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted John Boehner's debt ceiling proposal, and warned that, 'He is trying to hoodwink the American people.'

11 years ago

A Terrified John Boehner Warns House Republicans, ‘Democrats Want to Annihilate Us’

In a private meeting with House Republicans a terrified Speaker John Boehner warned his House Republicans that the Democrats, 'want…

11 years ago

Republicans Have Made America Into a Global Laughingstock With Their Government Shutdown

It is a sad commentary indeed that a group of anti-government terrorists have, in two years brought shame on a…

11 years ago

John Boehner Loses It When He’s Caught In Several Shutdown and Debt Ceiling Lies

When caught several lies about the government shutdown and debt ceiling on ABC's This Week, John Boehner lost it and…

11 years ago

John Boehner Threatens to Destroy the Economy If Obama Won’t Give Him What He Wants

On ABC's This Week, Speaker of the House John Boehner issued threatened President Obama and the country with default on…

11 years ago

John Boehner Urges Congress to Unite to Open Government and Destroy the ACA

Having learned nothing during the ongoing government shutdown, Speaker of the House John Boehner urged Congress to come together to…

11 years ago

Boehner the Lost Clown

"We are locked in an epic battle," the speaker told his rank and file, those who attended the meeting said,…

11 years ago

Blinders On: How The Tea Party Led Republicans Straight To Political Suicide

With no end goal in mind, the Tea Party blindly led Republicans over a political cliff that will ultimately undermine…

11 years ago

Who Died and Made Ted Cruz Speaker of the House?

People for the American Way wants to know why "House Republicans are taking their marching orders from a Texas Senator."

11 years ago

As Obamacare Sign Up Begins Tea Partiers Are Fighting A Battle They’ve Already Lost

Americans can begin signing up to buy affordable healthcare insurance, and it is unlikely that reality will sink in to…

11 years ago

John Boehner Warns Republicans Government Shutdown Could Cost Them The House in 2014

John Boehner is privately warning House Republicans that the government shutdown could cost them control of the House in 2014.

11 years ago

Boehner Refuses To Allow Vote on Popular Democratic Bill That Would Avoid Government Shutdown

House Republicans are admitting that the clean Continuing Resolution that passed the Senate would pass the House, but Speaker John…

11 years ago

Treasonous House Republicans Are Giddy With Joy Over Shutting Down The Government

The Republicans lust to shut down the government is for reasons typical of traitors unwilling to accept they do not…

11 years ago

Republicans are Violating The Constitution Because They Fear the Black President

The idea of a president having to negotiate with Congress before they do their Constitutional duty of paying the debt…

11 years ago

Harry Reid Warns Boehner Get Some Courage because, ‘We’re not going to be extorted.’

Sen. Harry Reid slammed John Boehner and warned him that the Senate is going to be extorted. He told Boehner…

11 years ago

It Looks Like The Republican Debt Ceiling Demands Came Straight From The Koch Brothers

The GOP's debt ceiling demands are a composite Ryan budget, Koch policy meeting demands,"and ALEC social policy reform package all…

11 years ago

Rabid Dog Ted Cruz Urges The GOP to Defund the Military in Order to Stop Obamacare

The depth of Republican madness was revealed when Sen. Ted Cruz suggested shutting down the military if President Obama and…

11 years ago

Osama Bin Boehner and the Republican Party Are The Real Terror Threat To America

It is safe to say most Americans expect Islamic extremists to launch terror attacks against innocent American citizens, but it…

11 years ago

66% of Republicans Want Their Representatives to Cause an Economic Catastrophe

One would think that the idea of deliberately crashing the economy would not garner much support, but an overwhelming majority…

11 years ago

Looking Like A Hostage Reading a Ransom Note, Boehner Knows He Has Lost on Obamacare

Looking like a hostage reading the demands of his captors, Speaker John Boehner promised to win the already lost fight…

11 years ago

Consumed By Hunger Lust, House Republicans Are Literally Trying To Starve The Needy

What House Republicans are doing has nothing whatsoever to do with politics and everything to do with increasing hunger for…

11 years ago

John Boehner Promises To Protect American Families By Taking Away Their Healthcare

In a speakership that has been full of blunders, this one takes the cake. At a press conference today, Speaker…

11 years ago

Boehner Angry GOP Did Not Get Free Pass on Day of Navy Yard Shooting

Republicans using the cover of the crisis to plot against Obama and the country itself, whine "no fair!" when Obama…

11 years ago

Americans Are About to Discover That the GOP Not the ACA is Hazardous To Their Health

Americans will discover in the next week the only hazard to their health is Republicans on a crusade to see…

11 years ago

Obamacare Lies Dealt a Death Blow By Study that Finds Full Time Job Growth Expected

Instead of killing jobs, employers expect to increase the number of full-time employees by nearly 2% over the next year…

11 years ago

John Boehner is Under Federal Investigation for Campaign Finance Violations

The FEC has announced that they are investigating Speaker of the House John Boehner for accepting dozens of illegal donations…

11 years ago

John Boehner’s Answer on Syria is to Hold More Votes To Kill Obamacare

With the nation facing a vote on the authorization of military force in Syria, Rep. John Boehner is already planning…

11 years ago

Not Their (De)fault: House Republicans Think Tanking The Economy Will Make It Stronger

A group of House Republicans are arguing that that the nation's credit rating would actually be better if the United…

11 years ago

Deadbeat Republicans Demand a Bribe Before They Will Agree to Pay Their Debts

Most Americans would love a situation where a financial institution paid them handsomely for repaying their debts, but that is…

11 years ago

John Boehner Claims He Is Saving America by Destroying It

John Boehner boasts about the sequester saving America but he cannot and will not explain how withholding food from seniors…

11 years ago

President Obama Slams Republicans For Not Having an Economic Plan

The President told the audience that the Republican plans to shut down the government unless the Affordable Care Act is…

11 years ago

Prozac Needing John Boehner Tells Interns You Are Not Here To Change The World

A drunk House Republican intern left their manual at a house party, and now the world learns that John Boehner's…

11 years ago

Republicans Want To Impeach Obama For the Crime of Being President While Black

For the record, being twice-elected is not an impeachable offense, and being Black while President does not qualify as high…

11 years ago

Darrell Issa, John Boehner, Clarence Thomas Lead the Republican Culture of Corruption

The level of political corruption in Republican and conservative ranks has gotten so blatant that they are finally being targeted…

11 years ago

Republicans Are In a Full Blown Panic as the Affordable Care Act Grows More Successful

It is the health law's success stories that have Republicans in a panic and it is the third reason they…

11 years ago

Republicans Are Behaving Like Unhinged Tyrants Who Realize Their Policies are Failing

Republicans are behaving like evil tyrants who realize their policies are failing and instead of changing course, they have adopted…

11 years ago

Republicans Go On a Nationwide Rampage Of Eliminating Laws That Protect Americans

Republicans are on a tear to disable the federal government's ability to serve the people much like Republican-controlled states like…

11 years ago

Republicans Use Extortion In Their Latest Attempt to Transform America

The conservative movement has called for war on government to transform the nation to fit their vision, and they have…

11 years ago

President Obama Ruptures John Boehner’s Pipeline of Keystone XL Lies

President Obama went on the offensive in a New York Times interview, and appeared to argue against Keystone XL by…

11 years ago

John Boehner Lies And Won’t Tell America About His Personal Investment in Keystone XL

John Boehner continues using his position to lie to the American people to profit himself,and the oil industry that contributes…

11 years ago

It’s Time to Investigate Boehner, Issa, and the Republican Criminal Conspiracy

It is high time to demand an investigation into Republicans in Congress and take appropriate action to remove them from…

11 years ago

John Boehner Claims The American People Don’t Want A Congress That Passes Laws

Speaker John Boehner tried to justify the House Republicans' lousy record of not passing legislation by claiming that American people…

11 years ago

Republicans Are Wearing Driving Millions Into Poverty as a Badge of Honor

One might be inclined to believe politicians would be repulsed that the richest nation in the history of the world…

11 years ago

Speaker Boehner and House Republicans Deploy Desperate Stall Tactics

Conservatism has been described as the belief that no one should be the first person to do anything ... and…

11 years ago

Stupid Linings Playbook: Boehner & Ryan Cook Up A Plan That Hands Dems the 2014 Election

John Boehner and Paul Ryan have cooked up a debt ceiling plan that is so unpopular that it hands the…

11 years ago

President Obama’s Obamacare Shocker Has Left John Boehner Punching At Air

Republicans are not only shocked after President Obama took the air out of their balloon, but the president has left…

11 years ago

Democrats Stand Up For The Poor and Humiliate Boehner By Defeating The Farm Bill

After Republicans tried to push beyond the $20 billion in food stamp cuts already in the Farm Bill, Democrats pulled…

11 years ago

Rand Paul Represents the GOP Vision of an America That Was Never Meant to Be

Paul's vision of America has nothing to do with the United States Constitution and democracy and everything to do with…

11 years ago

John Boehner Kills the Obama Verizongate Scandal Before It Even Starts

Speaker John Boehner said that President Obama must explain why the NSA program is important, but that he was sure…

11 years ago

John Boehner Confirms That It is Completely Pointless To Talk to John Boehner

Speaker of the House John Boehner confirmed his ineptitude today by admitting that he has given up. Boehner's leadership has…

11 years ago

Reeking of Desperation, John Boehner Claims Obama Witch Hunt is All About Jobs

Referencing 1998, when the GOP lost five seats after trying to kill the Clinton presidency with never-ending investigations, a reporter…

11 years ago

John Boehner Jumps The Shark By Demanding Imprisonment For The IRS

Republicans are doing anything they can to turn the IRS into a real scandal, including Speaker John Boehner calling for…

11 years ago

Tongue Tied Republicans Redefine ‘Act of Terror’ and Prove Obama Right On Benghazi

As Republicans try to justify their Benghazi email distortions, they use the word 'terrorist' as interchangeable with 'extremist', which only…

11 years ago

Boehner Would Have Had Those Benghazi Emails If He Hadn’t Skipped the Briefing

The emails Republicans have been accusing the White House of not releasing were actually released two months ago, but House…

11 years ago

Boehner Goes Democrat, Admits ‘We Can’t Cut Our Way to Prosperity’

Things are so bad for Speaker Boehner that he's touting Democratic talking points in his desperation to deal with his…

11 years ago

Obama Proven Right as CBO Finds GOP Backed Spending Cuts Don’t Reduce Debt

The CBO reported that the nation's debt is $231 billion less than last year, and they highlighted the fact the…

11 years ago

John Boehner Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot, and Insults The Troops In Spectacular Fashion

John Boehner opened mouth and inserted foot in a spectacular fashion when he told Bloomberg that paying back China was…

11 years ago

The Abject Failure of Republican Economic Policy Is Driving Millions Into Poverty

As economic stewards, Republicans have shown themselves to be abject failures on every front whether it is driving millions of…

11 years ago

House Republicans Are Planning to Eliminate Food Assistance for 13 Million Americans

House Republicans have a ten year plan to eliminate food assistance for 13 million more hungry working Americans and seniors…

11 years ago

House of Cards: Plots Against Obama Have Morphed Into Total Republican Self-Destruction

The plots Republicans laid against President Obama have created a lot of turmoil, civil unrest, and obstruction. They didn't bring…

11 years ago

Republican Refusal to Fix the Sequester Has Created a Death Panel For the Poor

Republicans have assumed the power of life and death over Americans in need of basic sustenance, shelter, and healthcare.

11 years ago

John Boehner Tries to Blame Obama For The Sequester Flight Delays That He Caused

Speaker of the House John Boehner put a statement that blaming Obama for the fight delays that he caused that…

11 years ago

FreedomWorks Gloats after ‘Embarrassed’ Boehner and Cantor are Forced to Pull GOP Bill

FreedomWorks gloated over 'embarrassed House leadership' after Republicans were forced to pull a bill designed to repeal and replace ObamaCare,…

11 years ago

Hypocrite John Boehner Praises Law Enforcement for Boston While Cutting Their Funding

John Boehner praised the response of federal, state, and local law enforcement in the Boston area, while his House budget…

11 years ago

Catch Me if You Can: Paul Ryan Runs Away from His Own Budget Process

If you keep your eye on Paul Ryan, you'll note that he's running as fast as he can from the…

11 years ago

House Republicans Warn That They Will Obstruct Guns and Immigration Bills

John Boehner's conservative caucus is ready to obstruct immigration reform and gun safety legislation because it is contrary to their…

11 years ago

John Boehner Calls for Tax Fairness Via a $200,000 Tax Cut for Millionaires

Speaker of the House John Boehner showed who he really sympathizes with by calling for more 'tax fairness' for millionaires…

11 years ago

House Republicans Try to Hijack Obama’s Constitutional Authority on Keystone XL

House Republicans have taken another step to relieve President Obama of his constitutional responsibility to approve a permit authorizing construction…

11 years ago

The Right Dissolves Into Hysteria Because Boehner May Allow Votes on Guns and Immigration

After Speaker John Boehner suggested that he may allow the House to vote on gun and immigration reform bills, the…

11 years ago

Behind the Chained CPI Outrage Is an Obama Budget That Is a Democratic Wish List

The President's budget proposals contain a great deal of Democrats' long-cherished wishes and few are paying any attention.

11 years ago

House Republicans Dig In Their Heels and Refuse To Create Middle Class Jobs

The House Democrats plan is founded on creating jobs and a thriving middle class that will never see the light…

11 years ago

There Must be a Better Way to Compromise Than By Bringing Fiscal Harm to Seniors

POTUS Obama has revived a plan that will cost those who can least afford it, money. Elderly seniors could lose…

11 years ago

Obama Adviser Schools GOP: The President Won Re-election, Won’t Enact Romney Budget

President Obama's senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer was on ABC's 'This Week' Sunday, taking aim at the Republicans' attempt to force…

11 years ago

GOP Hijacked the Budget Over Chained CPI in December, Now It’s Not Enough

In December of 2012, Speaker John Boehner said he had to have chained CPI. Mitch McConnell used chained CPI as…

11 years ago

Republicans Celebrate as Americans Face Losing Their Jobs

Republicans will have plenty to celebrate as more Americans lose their jobs, people drop out of the workforce thanks to…

11 years ago

John Boehner Confesses That He Rejected Obama’s Budget Offer Without Reading It

Speaker John Boehner admitted that rejected Obama's budget proposals immediately, and revealed that he did not have time to read…

11 years ago

Jobs Report Proves Obama Correct About The Sequester Killing Jobs

The best thing about the March jobs numbers is they prove that President Obama was right when he said the…

11 years ago

Republican Economic Ignorance Is Pushing America Off The Austerity Cliff

For the past two years under Republican rule, America relinquished its leadership position to Europe and became a devotee of…

11 years ago

Senate Oil Whores Think American Exceptionalism Will Protect Us From a Keystone XL Disaster

It is unfortunate, but Republicans and some Democrats are plodding ahead as if America's exceptionalism will protect it from catastrophes…

11 years ago

Republicans Won’t Fund Roads or Schools But Funded Two Wars to Benefit the Rich

Most Americans do not object to debt when they receive something in return such as road or schools, but a…

11 years ago

States’ Rights Bites the GOP In the Ass With DOMA’s Bad Day In Court

DOMA's day in court went from bad to worse, when the GOP's favorite argument: states' rights came back to bite…

11 years ago

John Boehner Secretly Forces Taxpayers to Spend Millions of Dollars Defending DOMA

John Boehner has skimmed $742,000 in House funds to defend DOMA, but his cap on the defense fund is actually…

11 years ago

John Boehner Promises To Take Healthcare Away from 30-40 Million People

John Boehner has promised that he will scrap the ACA , and take healthcare coverage away from 30-40 million Americans.

11 years ago

The GOP’s Cure For its Messaging Problem (Humor)

Republicans blame the media for their messaging problem, but they have a plan to fix that.

11 years ago

McCain Shoots Boehner’s Argument Out of the Water by Urging GOP to Raise Revenue

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) praised President Obama for reaching across the aisle and said Republicans should compromise on the budget…

11 years ago

John Boehner: The Corporate Dummy Who Mouths The Message Of His Masters

John Boehner is nothing more than a dummy mouthing the message of his corporate ventriloquist.

11 years ago

Republicans Return to the Scene of the Crime and Threaten to Hold The Debt Limit Hostage

Republicans are threatening to hold the debt limit increase hostage and they can hardly wait to present their ransom demands…

11 years ago

Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor Are Trying to Con You Into Paying Their Debts

Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan have purposely created crisis after crisis in an attempt to get middle class and poor…

11 years ago

John Boehner Admits President Obama Didn’t Want the Sequester Cuts

In an exclusive interview with Jake Tapper's The Lead on CNN, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) replied to a question about…

11 years ago

House Republicans Vote to Keep Millions in Poverty by Refusing to Raise the Minimum Wage

House Republicans effectively guaranteed that the working poor will continue falling deeper into poverty, and giant retailers will continue posting…

11 years ago

Boehner Admits There is No Immediate Debt Crisis; Wants to Gut Social Security and Medicare Anyway

On ABC's This Week, Speaker John Boehner admitted that there is no immediate debt crisis, but in the next breath…

11 years ago

14 Senators Decide the Oil Industry, Not Obama, Should Make the Keystone XL Decision

A bipartisan group of Senators decided that the oil industry should makes decisions reserved for the Executive Branch and they…

11 years ago