Tag: House of Representatives

House Speaker John Boehner's resignation, together withÂ the seeming peace between his heir apparent Kevin McCarthy and the Tea Partiers, marks a new era in the House Republican Party. (AP Photo)Â

The speaker’s job in the Tea Party’s Washington

Timothy P. Carney · September 29, 2015 9:30 pm

If your goal is holding down spending, then the sequester has been very effective, and so has John Boehner. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

How effective was John Boehner as speaker?

Michael Barone · September 29, 2015 4:41 pm

The thorny issue Boehner won’t touch

The thorny issue Boehner won’t touch

Susan Ferrechio · September 29, 2015 3:21 pm

McMorris Rodgers won’t run for majority leader

Susan Ferrechio · September 29, 2015 12:50 pm

"It is estimated that under current law, more than threeÂ million employees will experience a double-digit percent increase in their health care premiums," said Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., in a statement.Â (APÂ File Photo)

House approves Obamacare small biz bill

Robert King · September 28, 2015 11:18 pm

"The RNC should not be in the business of winnowing down primary fields; in fact, the rules specifically forbid it without a vote of the committee," Lindsey Graham's campaign manager wrote in a recent letter toÂ the RNC.

Graham’s team latest to say RNC ‘winnowing down field’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 28, 2015 11:01 pm

Rep.Â Tom Price, left,Â may get the nod for House majority leader in exchange for Tea Partiers supporting Kevin McCarthy as speaker. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file photos)

Beltway Confidential

Tom Price for Kevin McCarthy: The possible grand bargain in the GOP

Timothy P. Carney · September 28, 2015 8:59 pm

Kevin McCarthy says he would ‘heal the divisions’ as speaker

Kevin McCarthy says he would ‘heal the divisions’ as speaker

Susan Ferrechio · September 28, 2015 7:39 pm

McCarthy Announces Speaker Run

Michael Warren · September 28, 2015 7:17 pm

Hensarling, R-Texas, was considered by many to be a viable and more conservative alternative to Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. (AP file)

Hensarling out of leadership race

Susan Ferrechio · September 28, 2015 3:49 pm

Boehner was never in a position to enact a sweeping, positive agenda. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Boehner an underappreciated speaker

Washington Examiner · September 28, 2015 4:01 am

Gingrich, who was speaker for nearly 4 years,Â said that he also faced a "minority of the partyÂ who were prepared to cause total chaos" before his resignation in 1999.Â (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)

Gingrich: Boehner retired to save allies from primary fight

Barbara Boland · September 27, 2015 5:29 pm