Topic - John Boehner

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  Congress staring over edge of 'fiscal cliff'

  For Congress, the outlines of the pending fiscal crisis are clear: Don't do a thing, and watch the economy slip into a double-dip recession early next year. Or cancel the looming tax increases and spending cuts, watch the deficit rise, and push the government ever closer to a European-style debt crisis.

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  Four GOP lawmakers hit Holder on guns operation

  Four senior House Republicans say Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has not fully cooperated with a congressional subpoena seeking information on the botched "Fast and Furious" gunrunning operation and suggested the nation's top prosecutor comply with a 7-month-old subpoena or face the consequences.

• Inside Politics: Illinois GOP picks Davis for ballot to replace Rep. Johnson

  Illinois Republican leaders have chosen a November ballot replacement for longtime Republican Rep. Timothy V. Johnson after he abruptly announced his retirement last month.

• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

  Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

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  EDITORIAL: Small businesses sweat it out

  The arrival of summer in the nation's capital is always heralded by humidity and resulting citywide lethargy. Unfortunately for small-business owners perspiring over what taxes they'll owe Uncle Sam for the year, this season is no different.

• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

  Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

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  House GOP leaders order Holder to cooperate on gun-running probe

  House Republican leaders on Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. demanding he comply with the GOP's official investigation into Obama administration gun-running operation Fast & Furious, which allowed hundreds of guns to be sneaked across the border to Mexican cartels.

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  LAMBRO: Obama campaign theme: Spend more

  President Obama's budget deficit this year will hit $1.2 trillion, following three previous monster deficits of $1.3 trillion, $1.3 trillion and $1.4 trillion.

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  Inside the Beltway: Mood swings

  Oh woe is us: "The national mood is a drag on President Obama's re-election prospects," according to Gallup poll analyst Lydia Saad, who says that several indicators could prove "troublesome" come November.

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  MILLER: Jumping off the fiscal cliff

  President Obama on Wednesday found out what congressional leaders thought of his gimmicky "to-do" list. The country is headed over a fiscal cliff, and House Speaker John A. Boehner said the only list worth discussing would address the troubles that are going to hit by year's end.

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  Boehner digs in for next battle on debt

  House Speaker John A. Boehner on Tuesday set the stage for an end-of-year debt showdown, saying he will once again insist any increase in the federal borrowing limit be matched dollar-for-dollar with spending cuts elsewhere.

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  Boehner sets up new debt-ceiling showdown

  House Speaker John A. Boehner vowed Tuesday to draw "a line in the sand" by insisting the next federal debt-limit increase, due later this year, will have to be met with real spending cuts — setting up another showdown like last August's deficit brinkmanship.

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  Obama will urge lawmakers to act on his economic to-do list

  Wielding a lengthy "to-do list" of economic proposals, President Obama is bringing the bipartisan congressional leadership to the White House on Wednesday to urge them to act on his proposals or risk being portrayed as a do-nothing Congress heading into November.

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  EDITORIAL: Hold Holder in contempt

  Justice has waited long enough. It's time to pull the trigger on contempt charges against Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. for withholding documents from Congress in the Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal.

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  Gay marriage gives Romney chance to fire up base

  While many Republicans consider the sudden emergence of gay marriage as an issue in the 2012 presidential campaign an unhelpful distraction, social conservatives Sunday insisted the Obama administration has given presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney an opportunity.

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