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Showing posts with label John Boehner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Boehner. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Alan Pyke — The weed business is now sufficiently corporate for John Boehner

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The retired conservative leader is taking a potentially lucrative board seat at Acreage Holdings, a company that exemplifies the shockingly...
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Monday, March 16, 2015

Here was my prediction on the debt ceiling back in November. Let's see what happens.

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Back on November 7th of last year, right after the midterm elections, I made the prediction that the Republicans won't raise the debt ce...
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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Debt limit watch

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Boehner to give a press conference on the debt limit at 11:30am. Debt-limit watch: Boehner has press conference at 11:30, will be interes...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Republican hostage taking options on the debt ceiling said to be blowing up

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According to Brett Logiurotto over at Business Insider , the Republicans don't have enough votes to go with debt cei...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Joe Weisenthal — What John Boehner Is Saying In Private May Be More Ominous Than The Public Comments

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Chicken update. In private, Boehner has told his allies that he won’t bring up a clean CR, and he’s hopeful that as the deadline nears, Pre...
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Friday, October 4, 2013

Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan — The government shutdown could end today. All it would cost is John Boehner’s speakership.

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There are currently 19 House Republicans on the record in support of a “clean” continuing resolution, meaning one without any other extrane...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

AFP — Obama slams John Boehner: Take a vote, stop this farce.

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“Speaker John Boehner won’t even let the bill get a yes or no vote, because he doesnt want to anger the extremists in his party,” Obama sai...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

David Lightman — Reid makes offer to Boehner to end shutdown

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered Wednesday to engage in negotiations over a long-term budget plan if House Speaker John Boehner al...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Ryan Grim and Jennifer Bendrey — Ted Cruz Tells House Conservatives To Oppose John Boehner

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There goes Ronald Reagan's Eleventh Commandment. HuffPo front page headline: Civil War! Cross-chamber alliances tend to be rare on Ca...
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Friday, July 12, 2013

Obama Administration is completely inept at countering out of control spending claims

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Here is a chart that I constructed from the Treasury's own data that looks at Federal spending. It goes all the way back to 2001, whic...
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Thursday, January 3, 2013

This could be the real reason Boehner cancelled the vote on Hurricane Sandy aid

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Hat tip to Matt Franko, a MNE contributor, on this one. Matt does some great analytical work. Anyway, he brought to my attention the fact ...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Eliot Spitzer — Boehner Wants To Hold Obama Hostage on the Debt Ceiling Again. Here’s How to Stop Him

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It is time to take the debt ceiling off the table as a negotiating ploy, time to call their bluff, recognize that time is on our side, and ...
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Monday, July 9, 2012

Sorry, but it's time to raise taxes on $250k and up. It shouldn't only be the middle class and poor who get tax increases!

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Obama is calling for the extension of the Bush Tax Cut, but only for those with incomes below $250,000 and of course the Republicans are sa...
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