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Boehner: House Needs Renovation
By JANET HOOK The U.S. House of Representatives would have to spend a whole lot more time scrutinizing appropriations bills, if Republicans win control in November and Rep. John Boehner (R., Ohio) has his way as Speaker. In a Speech outlining far-reaching changes he would like to make in the way the House operates, Mr. Boehner took aim Thursday at time-honored legislative practices prized by members of both parties. Mr. Boehner, who is likely to be Speaker if Republicans take control of the...

Boehner: House is 'broken'
Taking a swipe at fellow Republicans as well as Democrats , John Boehner said “this institution is broken” and earned its reputation for “fiscal recklessness.” Boehner, in line to become House Speaker if Republicans win control of the chamber in the November 2 election, said “congressional rules are rigged” to make it easy to increase Spending and nearly impossible to Cut Spending. “We should … consider developing a ‘cut-as-you-go...

Conservative House Dem Features Boehner in Ad
In perhaps the most striking example of a vulnerable Democrat racing away from the national party as the Midterm Elections near, Rep. Bobby Bright (D-Ala.) is running a TV ad that features side-by-side photos of him and Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio). The spot touts that he "votes 80 percent with the Republican Leader." Several House Democrats have run ads that speak out against Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) by name, but Bright appears to be the first Incumbent to feature Boehner, her...

Boehner: Here is how I would run the House
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday laid out a detailed blueprint for how he would run the House if Republicans win back control this fall. In a Speech notably free of attacks against Democrats or President Obama, Boehner outlined his wish-list of reforms for the chamber, which he said is broken, dysfunctional and unable to solve problems. The mission of the United States Congress is to serve the American People and today, due in part to institutional...

Boehner Urges Congressional Reform as Vote Nears
Thursday, September 30, 2010 By David Espo, Associated Press Washington (AP) - Jettisoning partisan campaign-season Rhetoric, if only for a moment, House Republican Leader John Boehner said Thursday that both parties bear the blame for "dysfunction in Congress" and urged lawmakers to adopt a Cut-as-you-go-rule to curb their appetite for spending on new federal programs. The Ohio Republican spoke hours after engineering a final partisan, pre-election showdown on the House floor, and one...

At least they're gone
Democrats have lefttown without passing a Budget or any appropriations bills, nor have they answered the questionAmericansin every Tax bracket are asking: What will my taxrate be comeJanuary 2011? The focus for Democrats now is not on legislating, nor on touting their unpopular accomplishments, but rather on Attack Ads calling into question the personal records of their Republican opponents taxes, business dealings, Divorce proceedings. It isn't likely to be so effective,...

Insiders Find Pelosi And Palin Lacking Compared To Other Surrogates
By James A. Barnes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) may have guided Democrats to their majority in the House of Representatives, but according the latest National Journal Congressional Insiders Poll, many of her colleagues are not looking to her to help them win their own races this year. This week, 35 Democratic Members of Congress responded to the poll. They were asked whom they would like to have campaign for them in the fall and given a list of 6 options: Joe Biden , Bill Clinton , ...

House Minority Leader Boehner Declares 'State of Emergency,' Promises Reform if GOP Wins Control
ABC News Devin Dwyer reports:    House Minority Leader John Boehner today decried what he called the collapse of the 111th Congress that has led to adjournment of the House for the November recess without passing a Budget, leaving the body in a State of Emergency. Ive been here nearly 20 years. Ive seen the good, the bad and the ugly. And lately, theres been a lot of ugly, Boehner told a friendly crowd at the conservative American...

John Boehner, would-be Speaker, pitches his roadmap to fix Congress
Rep. John Boehner, who would be first in line to become Speaker if Republicans retake the House in Election 2010, forwards his plan for how to curb spending and ease gridlock in Congress.

Postal Service Expects $6 Billion Loss This Year
Washington (AP) The Postal Service expects to lose about $6 Billion this year because of steep declines in mail volume. The announcement comes a day after Regulators refused to allow the post office to raise the cost of mailing a letter by 2 cents. Postmaster General John Potter says the post office is still considering whether to appeal that decision or make a new Rate Hike request. The latest loss is a bit less than the $7 Billion the post office had been expecting. But its on top of...

Someone Please Tell John Boehner That Cutting Earmarks Doesn't Reduce Spending
House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) yesterday made one of those statements on the federal Budget that is nonsensical both in substance and style.  As reported by Steven Dennis in Roll Call , Boehner said "the GOP would 'end earmarking as we know it' if Republicans take the Majority in November.  Later in the day, Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) said that Earmarks were "emblematic of the culture of spending that has dominated Washington for far...

Pence Supports Boehner Call to End Earmarking As We Know It
“It’s past time for Congress to make the hard choices that are necessary to break Washington’s spending Addiction.” Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, released the following statement after House Republican Leader John Boehner said, in a Speech today at the American Enterprise Institute, that it is time to “end earmarking as we know it and bring fundamental change to the way in which Washington spends...

Michelle Obama's Child Nutrition Bill Stalls In House
Child nutrition bill stalls in House Washington AP First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign for healthier School lunches has stalled in Congress after anti-hunger groups and more than 100 Democrats protested the use of Food Stamp dollars to pay for it. Passage of the child nutrition bill, which would improve lunches in Schools and expand feeding programs for Low-income Students, has been a priority for Democrats and Hunger groups for years. But the groups and many members of the House switched...

Pelosi defiant on keeping the House
And what about the conventional wisdom that the Democratic Base will stay at home because it is disappointed in Obama? "I am the Base," she said, recalling her days as chair of the California Democratic party, making the point that Democratic Candidates "will own the ground on our races." Translation: Democrats will turn out to vote. In a way, it's not surprising that the House Speaker refuses to allow that she might not have her job back next year. But it's also in character: she's a focused,...

Boehner pledges overhaul of House spending rules
34 Days until Socialism dies in the United States I want a CAP on spending PERIOD. Federal spending should be capped at 90% of the PREVIOUS years Tax Revenues. Taxes need to be limited to 30% PEAK with EVERYBODY PAYING SOMETHING. Even if the lower Tax brackets pay only 5%, they should be paying SOMETHING if they live in this country. NO MORE FREE RIDES! September 30, 2010 03:29 pm at 3:29 pm |

Regular order
When Denny Hastert started as Speaker of the House, he promised, after four tumultuous years of Newt Gingrich, to bring regular order back to the lower chamber. To Hastert, regular order meant that the House would do its business in the right order. First, it would do a Budget. Then it would work on its 13 appropriations bills, and if there were Reconciliation instructions, that too would come after the Budget was completed. For Hastert, regular order was all about sticking to the Budget...

John Boehner's 'Pale,' 'Pudgy' Chief of Staff vs. Obama's 'Low-Key and Lumbering,' Yet Soothing, One
A tale of two chiefs of staff? One works for Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner, the other for Democratic President Barack Obama. Two men who shun the limelight and share similar physical features. But while Republican Leader John Boehner’s chief-of-staff Barry Jackson was called "dough-faced," "pale" and "pudgy" in a recent Times profile, President Barack Obama’s new Chief of Staff Pete Rouse is at worst merely “low-key and lumbering." The White House announced...

Boehner: U.S. House is in a 'State of Emergency'
Friday, October 01, 2010 By Chris Neefus House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio addresses the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) Washington (CNSNews.com) House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that the House of Representatives is in a State of Emergency due to rules that discourage debate and foster Corruption. In a policy Speech at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., Boehner...

Boehner calls for spending reform on Hill
Congress must fundamentally rethink the way it spends Taxpayer money, including getting rid of massive multi-agency spending bills and forcing lawmakers who want to add new government programs to first cut an existing one, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner said Thursday. Mr. Boehner , who could become House Speaker if Republicans win the chamber in November, also said he personally will continue to reject Earmarks and challenged colleagues to "end earmarking as we know it" — filling...

In House, bipartisanship is in eye of the beholder
A top Democrat is fed up with House Republican Leader John Boehner citing their work together years ago as an example of Boehner’s commitment to Bipartisanship. Representative George Miller says Boehner — in line to become House Speaker if Republicans win the chamber in the Nov. 2 election — is long-time partisan and everyone should know it. “The fact is, the only Bipartisan moment Representative Boehner can point to is working with me nine years ago” on an...

Video: Boxer's non-English-speaking day labor protesters
Hey, remember last summer, when Nancy Pelosi came to my home state of Colorado and the Dems hired non-English-speaking day laborers who didn’t have a clue about what was going on to Protest for ObamaCare? Well, Pelosi’s fellow Californian, Sen. Barbara Boxer, borrowed a page from the House Speaker in recruiting day labor stooges to hold up anti-Carly Fiorina signs (h/t Flap ): Open-borders apathy: It’s a Bipartisan virus.

Vulnerable Dems " including Kosmas " running away from Pelosi
| Digg it CQPolitics has an interesting piece this morning about how vulnerable Democratic House members are avoiding as much as possible being associated with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , who’s become a target of a lot of Republican commercials this fall. Here’s what it says about U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas of New Smyrna Beach. Asked whether she would like Pelosi to come to her district prior to the Midterms, freshman Rep. Suzanne M. Kosmas would say only, I pretty much...

Wicked Witch of Washington Says Demonrats Hitting Campaign Trail With 'Spirit of Optimism'...
Does she really believe the BS she spouts?… (The Hill) — House Democratic leaders on Thursday defended their move to cut the legislative session short so lawmakers could return to the Campaign Trail. In the wake of Republican attacks, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her top lieutenants stood firmly behind their overhauls of healthcare, Wall Street Regulation and Student Loan policies as both historic and fiscally sound. After a flurry of votes on Wednesday and a Campaign...

And They're Out! Congress Flees DC to Campaign
Thursday, September 30, 2010 By Laurie Kellman, Jim Abrams, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Washington (AP) - Battle-weary members of Congress are coming soon to neighborhoods near you to Press for re-election, more willing to campaign before angry constituents than to Compromise in Washington on Tax Cuts, child nutrition or a federal...

US House Whip-Up, Thu 9/30/10: Goodbye
Posted by Clyde Middleton on Sep 30 2010 Filed under News & Opinion , Politics . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry Last night we finished business in the People’s House without protecting American families and small businesses from one of the largest Tax Increases in history. Speaker Pelosi personally cast the deciding vote to send the House home - solidifying her as the most Out of...