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Paul Ryan Elected as New Speaker of House of Representatives

Paul Ryan has been elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. Hesitant to run at first, the…

9 years ago

Paul Ryan Willing to Be House Speaker with Conditions

Paul Ryan has said he will run for House Speaker if Republicans in the chamber unite behind his candidacy. The…

9 years ago

John Boehner to Resign as House Speaker at the End of October

John Boehner will resign from his position as speaker of the House and give up his seat at the end…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Addresses Joint Meeting of US Congress

Pope Francis has made a historic address to US Congress, where he received a warm welcome from more than 500…

9 years ago

John Boehner to visit Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel

House Speaker John Boehner plans to visit Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel next month. Republicans have been highly critical…

10 years ago

John Boehner re-elected as House speaker as Republicans take control of Congress

John Boehner has survived a House rebellion by winning a third term as House speaker after Republicans took control of…

10 years ago

Midterm elections 2014: Barack Obama joins House and Senate leaders for cross-party talks

President Barack Obama was joined by the House and Senate leaders in holding cross-party talks aimed at ending political gridlock…

10 years ago

John Boehner sues Barack Obama over executive actions

House Speaker John Boehner has confirmed he will file a lawsuit against the Obama administration for its use of executive…

10 years ago

Trey Radel to resign from Congress

Florida Republican congressman Trey Radel who was convicted on cocaine possession charges, will resign from Congress on Monday. Trey Radel's…

11 years ago

US shutdown: Democrats reject House Republicans proposal to reopen government

Democrats have rejected a proposal from House of Representatives Republicans to extend the debt limit and reopen the federal government.…

11 years ago

House of Representatives Republicans meet Barack Obama amid looming debt crisis

Republicans in the House of Representatives have met President Barack Obama amid renewed efforts to avert a looming debt crisis.…

11 years ago

Barack Obama accuses Republicans of using extortion on debt limit

President Barack Obama has announced he is willing to hold budget talks with Republicans, but not until they agree to…

11 years ago

Syria intervention: Barack Obama wins key backing for military strike

President Barack Obama’s plans for a military strike on Syria have won backing from key US political figures. Barack Obama…

11 years ago

US to reach debt ceiling in October, warns Treasury Secretary Jack Lew

US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has warned that the government will reach its debt limit by mid-October unless Congress acts…

11 years ago

US Senate passes immigration reform bill 68-32

The US Senate has passed a broad immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship for an estimated 11…

11 years ago

Lindsay Marie Boehner marries Dominic Lakhan at Sundy House in Delray Beach

Lindsay Marie Boehner, the daughter of House Speaker John Boehner, has tied the knot with her Jamaican-born love Dominic Lakhan…

11 years ago

Dominic Lakhan: Lindsay Marie Boehner’s fiancé is a Jamaican-born construction worker once arrested for possessing marijuana

Dominic Lakhan, the Jamaican-born fiancé of House Speaker John Boehner's daughter, Lindsay Marie, pictured just weeks before their upcoming nuptials…

12 years ago

Barack Obama takes stand on debt fight

America is "not a deadbeat nation", President Barack Obama has said, as he warned Republicans unconditionally to approve a rise…

12 years ago

Republicans cancel vote on John Boehner’s fiscal cliff “Plan B”

Republicans have cancelled a tax vote in the US Congress, less than two weeks before a deadline for budget reform.…

12 years ago

Barack Obama weekly address: he won’t back down on taxes as Republicans in the House block cuts for middle-class

Republicans in the US House of Representatives are blocking a bill that would prevent a tax increase on the first…

12 years ago

Timothy Geithner and John Boehner in fiscal cliff talks stalemate

Timothy Geithner, the US treasury Secretary, has said there will be no deal to avert a "fiscal cliff" unless Republicans…

12 years ago

Republican John Boehner calls for action against White House contraception rule

Top US Republican John Boehner has called in Congress for action against a White House contraception rule that has angered…

13 years ago