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If a Symbolic Gesture Doesn’t Convince You That John Boehner Is Serious About Tax Reform, Then Nothing Will
If there's one thing that members of Congress love to pretend to be serious about, […]
John Boehner Is the Most Reasonable, Responsible Person in Washington, Says John Boehner
The other day, Speaker of the Hizzous John Boehner got a lot of people got […]
Chuck Schumer Is Willing to Give John Boehner a Few Days to Warm Up to Higher Taxes
“You can’t expect the Speaker to turn on a dime in 24 hours and embrace […]
Hold the Phone, John Boehner Didn’t Say Anything About Taxes Going Up
Admittedly, The Speaker sounds like he's ready to deal but you'd be a damn fool […]
Did John Boehner Stutter?
Let's try this again: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday dismissed suggestions […]
Casey Poking Boehner to Like the Ex-PATRIOT Act
After the world discovered that Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin had high-tailed it for Singapore and […]
Barack Obama and John Boehner walk into a bar…
…and Howard Gleckman asks that you imagine they're a couple of bros in their 20s: […]
Congressional Leader Clearly Knows Nothing About Congress’ Capabilities
The Hill reports that jolly orange giant John Boehner is speaking at the Peter G. […]
Another Festivus Miracle! Payroll Tax Compromise Reached
The Speaker of the Hizzous just finished speaking to reporters. "Sometimes it's hard to do the […]
It Appears That Both John Boehner and President Obama Are Prepared to Ruin Christmas for the Payroll Tax Cut
Speaker of the House John Boehner and President Obama spoke on the phone earlier today and […]
Speaker of the House John Boehner Isn’t Sure Why You Would Bring Up ‘Random Person’ Grover Norquist
And this after GGN said such nice things about the Speaker.
Thursday, when NBC News’ Luke Russert asked Boehner if Norquist makes a positive impact on the party, Boehner thought it over for five seconds, The Washington Post’s Felicia Sonmez reports, before responding, “Our focus here is on jobs. We’re doing everything I can to get our economy going, to get people back to work. It’s not often I’m asked about some random person.”
I’m not sure how a person could bounce back from such an outright snub but it appears the Godfather of Tax Policy is taking it in stride and standing by his man.
[via AtlanticWire]