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Those differences will become more pronounced with new House leadership eager to take on President Barack Obama and their Senate counterparts, setting up high-profile fiscal showdowns over the debt limit and budget.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she has done all she can to be transparent over her revelations about use of a private email server while she served as secretary of state. “I thought this would be decided by now, and therefore I could tell you whether...

During the interview, which was the first following his shocking resignation on Friday (25 September), Boehner said he “absolutely” believed that the more conservative members of the GOP had been unrealistic. But if he wins, he is likely to face the same pressure that...

Planned Parenthood refused to provide budget information for the Vienna Center, including how much it receives from the state.

Boehner himself lashed out at “false prophets” in the right’s ranks, blaming them for political strategies that “never had a chance” even while taking the government into fiscal crises.

The agency noted it had not received anything from Planned Parenthood, which must pay a $7,500 penalty.

One reason for the timing is that Republicans hope the Pontiff will notice how fastidious Republicans are on abortion and contraception. The Times said that the campaign against the reproductive health organization is based on deceptive smear videos, and ultimately comes down to...

The warning came ahead of a Senate procedural vote on the measure.

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke on the Senate floor after Senate Democrats filibustered a government funding bill that would have redirected money from Planned Parenthood to Community Health Centers. Not so much that a shutdown over the spending bill was in the offing, but...

North country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is calling for Congress to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, a position that places her at odds with the most conservative members of her own Republican party.

Planned Parenthood, a non-profit group, has been under fire for weeks after secretly taped videos produced by an anti-abortion group recorded Planned Parenthood officials discussing the use of fetal tissue harvested from abortions.

Appearing Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation, Boehner was asked by host John Dickerson whether some in his party were “unrealistic about what can be done in government”.

Just two days after announcing he was quitting Congress, House Speaker John Boehner yelled and cried through an interview – focusing his ire on the “false prophets” in the right-wing of the Republican Party.

Boehner attributed his resignation to the brewing conservative rebellion and said it was inspired by Pope Francis’ visit.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, who has repeatedly been challenged by the conservative wing of his Republican Party, plans to resign from the House at the end of October.