John Boehner

House approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid

More than two months after Superstorm Sandy struck, the House on Friday overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and... Read more »

Jan. 4, 2013

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A budget deal will do nothing to fix America's unemployment rate

Friday, forecasters expect the Labor Department to report the economy added 155,000 jobs in December ?— substantially less than is needed to pull unemployment... Read more »

Jan. 4, 2013

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Easing pain, but not fixing long-term problems

In the "fiscal cliff" agreement, President Barack Obama secured his vanishingly narrow electoral mandate to raise tax rates on a sliver of the wealthiest. Read more »

Jan. 4, 2013

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More fiscal clashes loom for new Congress

A new Congress opened for business Thursday to confront long-festering national problems, deficits and immigration among them, in an intensely partisan and... Read more »

Jan. 3, 2013

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New Congress: Boehner re-elected Speaker, Sen. Kirk returns after stroke

The House and Senate ushered in a new Congress Thursday, re-electing embattled Republican John Boehner as speaker and hailing one of their own who returned a year... Read more »

Jan. 3, 2013

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