Tag: John Boehner

"The spread of radicalized Islam is a global epidemic and our national objective must be to defeat and destroy" the Islamic State, said a statement released by House Speaker John Boehner's office. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Boehner expresses support for ‘certain’ White House options to combat Islamic State

Sean Lengell · September 9, 2014 10:46 pm

McConnell and other congressional leaders met with President Obama in July to discuss foreign affairs. (Getty images/Chip Somodevilla)

National Security

McConnell: President should ask Congress before bombing Islamic State

Sean Lengell · September 9, 2014 8:17 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House ‘heartened’ by likely extension for Export-Import Bank

Brian Hughes · September 9, 2014 6:10 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday. Boehner said Tuesday that Islamic State militants pose a serious threat that must be dealt with in Iraq, Syria or wherever they exist as he pressed President Obama to spell out the U.S. strategy to destroy the militants. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House will wait for Obama on Islamic State strategy

Susan Ferrechio · September 9, 2014 3:29 pm

National Security

John Boehner: We need a plan for ISIS

Ed Sykes · September 9, 2014 3:05 pm

It's not quite the Contract with America, but House Speaker John Boehner is preparing to unveil a five-point agenda for the fall elections that includes reforming the tax code and reducing regulations.ÃÂ (AP)

John Boehner unveils midterms agenda

David M. Drucker · September 5, 2014 4:33 pm

Immigration reform won't happen until next year, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday on Hugh Hewitt's radio show. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner: No immigration reform until 2015

Kelly Cohen · September 4, 2014 1:58 pm

John Boehner: Obama ‘sowed seeds’ of current foreign policy crises

David M. Drucker · September 3, 2014 12:28 pm

Bill Clinton and Rudy Giuliani attend the 2008 Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation Golf Classic at Trump National Golf Club on July 14, 2008 in Briarcliff Manor, New York. (Photo by Rick Odell/Getty Images)

The president who is uninterested in other people

Michael Barone · August 31, 2014 10:06 pm

Republican aides on Capitol Hill say there is no chance of a government shutdown this fall, pushing back against a common Democratic argument heading into the midterms. (AP Photo)

Another government shutdown? Not gonna happen

Byron York · August 28, 2014 10:26 pm

Voters leave a polling place on election day in Nashville, Tenn. (AP/Mark Humphrey)

No Republican wave in November election

Susan Ferrechio · August 28, 2014 9:00 am

Customers dine at a Burger King restaurant in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty images)

Congress should crack down on itself, not on Burger King

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 9:03 pm