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Boehner: Good Chance Immigration Bill Can Be Signed Into Law ‘By End Of The Year’

House Speaker John Boehner says he thinks there’s a good chance that legislation overhauling America’s immigration system can be signed into law “by the end of the year.”

2013/06/11

House GOP Leaders Vow To Fix US Immigration System

The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives are pledging to act to fix the nation’s immigration system but making clear that they will not simply accept legislation passed by the Senate.

2013/05/23

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Some Say Immigration Bill Is Bad Deal For GOP

Some feisty Republicans are challenging the claim, widely held among GOP leaders, that the party must support more liberal immigration laws if it’s to be more competitive in presidential elections.

2013/04/27

File photo of former Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (Photo credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Capitol Room Dedicated to Slain Giffords Staffer

Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker John Boehner and former Rep. Gabby Giffords were on hand to dedicate a room in the Capitol Visitor Center to a congressional staffer killed two years ago in the attack on Giffords that took six lives.

2013/04/16

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Obama: Proposed Budget Not His ‘Ideal Plan’

Confronting bipartisan criticism, President Barack Obama conceded Saturday his proposed budget is not his “ideal plan” but said it offers “tough reforms” to the nation’s benefit programs while closing loopholes for the wealthy, a mix that he argued will provide long-term deficit reduction without harming the economy.

2013/04/06

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House Members Nearing Deal On Immigration Bill

A bipartisan group of House members working in secret on a comprehensive immigration bill is nearing completion and has met with party leaders to brief them.

2013/03/15

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Boehner: Book Accusations Of Drinking More Than Making Policy Are ‘Baseless’

House Speaker John Boehner says former Republican colleague Bob Ney is a disgraced congressman who went to jail and that Ney’s criticisms of Boehner in a new book are “baseless and false.”

2013/03/07

Republican leaders differed on their views of this past weekend's sequester budget cuts. (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

GOP Leadership Views Sequester Differently, Boehner Calls Them ‘Silly’

Top Republican congressional leaders differ on their views of the sequester cuts.

2013/03/03

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, takes a reporter's question during a press conference following a meeting of the Republican Conference at RNC headquarters on Feb. 26, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Boehner: Obama Using Military As ‘Prop’ To Support Tax Hikes

No progress to report in negotiations with Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday singled out for praise the few Republicans who say they’re open to aspects of his approach to averting looming government-wide spending cuts, seeking to turn up the heat on GOP leaders ahead of Friday’s deadline.

2013/02/26