WASHINGTON (WABC) -- With Congress in turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner abruptly informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, stepping aside in the ...

The revolt by conservatives to push out House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) may have the opposite effect, some Republicans are suggesting. With House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) shocking ...

Having finally brought a Pope to address Congress after decades of trying, John Boehner called it quits Friday as speaker of the House. That crowning achievement was, of course, not the only reason he ...

Responding to charges made by President Obama last Sunday that the number one agenda for Congressional Republicans has been to oppose everything he favors, Speaker John Boehner denied this was the ...

Today rang in a new era in Washington as the Republican majority settled into their places in the House of Representatives and their leader, House Speaker John Boehner, took the gavel away from ...

If gas is more than $5/gallon, Obama "certainly isn't going to win," he says. April 25, 2011 -- At a time of skyrocketing gas prices and near-record profits for oil companies, House Speaker John ...

House Speaker John Boehner says he’s as unlucky as some other people in the nation when it comes to signing up for Obamacare on the HealthCare.gov website. According to the New York Post, Boehner says ...

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WASHINGTON—Republicans clashed with President Barack Obama and among themselves when they assumed full control of Congress Tuesday, as the White House threatened to veto two top GOP legislative ...

Successful rebellions require leaders. That’s why the recent talk about some House conservatives conniving to wrest the Speaker’s gavel from John Boehner now appears headed nowhere--and why even ...

Republican control of the U.S. House means end to Nancy Pelosi's historic reign. Nov. 3, 2010— -- In his 2007 State of the Union address just days after voters handed control of the House to the ...

Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama handed Republicans an early Christmas present this week, announcing on Tuesday he was switching parties and joining the GOP. And while President Obama’s ...