Darrell Issa, John Boehner not “taking the bait” with current White House scandals.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 18th at 11:00 AM  | 

(H/T: Hot Air Headlines) This is not going to end up being a windmill joust against Barack Obama. Much to the Democrats’ secret displeasure. GOP leaders will help coordinate various House investigations into controversies involving the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the State Department. But the key Republican lawmaker with jurisdiction on all these matters said that a rerun of | Read More »

Republicans and Democrats in Washington Conspire to Exempt Themselves from Obamacare

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 25th at 04:30 AM  | 

If this happens, the nation needs to collectively march on Washington, DC, burn it to the ground, and spread salt over the ground. According to the Politico, in super secret “high-level, confidential talks”, Harry Reid, John Boehner, the Obama administration, and other lawmakers are working to exempt themselves and their staffs from Obamacare. They want to rush it through, probably sneaking it through on some | Read More »

John Boehner, Mitch McConnell should attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  April 16th at 12:00 PM  | 

The President can’t be bothered to go himself, you see. Or – and this is the actually offensive part – send anybody currently from the administration. Whitehall sources have revealed that the US delegation at tomorrow’s service in St Paul’s Cathedral will be led by two Reagan era secretaries of state: James Baker and George Shultz. Though President Obama himself had not been expected to | Read More »

GOP Autopsy: Change the Politicians Not the Policies

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 19th at 06:42 AM  | 

Amidst the soul-searching being conducted by party leaders in pursuit of the solution to the GOP’s electoral problems, everyone is missing the obvious culprit.  Whenever a private entity goes through a period of lethargic growth and management failures, it seeks new leadership.  Yet, immediately following the election, Republicans reelected Mitch McConnell and John Boehner to be the face of the GOP in Washington.  Talk about | Read More »

Mitch McConnell Declares Surrender on Obamacare

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 18th at 03:30 AM  | 

Joining Eric Cantor, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, and Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell is declaring surrender on Obamacare. He will no longer fight it. You’d never know that if you paid attention to his preferred words about Obamacare at CPAC. McConnell told the crowd that “Obamacare should be repealed root and branch.” He also told the crowd that those who think he’s given up the fight | Read More »

The Williamsburg Accord: A Conservative Folly

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  March 14th at 06:53 AM  | 

Do you want to know why the Ryan budget is a waste of time?  Worse, do you want to know why the entire House majority is a waste of time?  Look no further than John Boehner’s comments to Sean Hannity regarding fighting Obamacare in the debt ceiling: “There will be opportunities ahead, but do you want to risk the full faith and credit of the | Read More »

Obama’s Cowardly Mendacity Over Sequestration

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 20th at 11:54 AM  | 

In August 2011, Obama hatched a deal to grant himself a free $2.1 trillion increase in debt, which would take him past the 2012 elections, thereby sparing him the embarrassment of another debt limit request during the campaign season.  He knew that such a request was so bold it needed to be ensconced in a deal that would give voters the impression he was committed | Read More »

The Trouble For Conservatives

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 7th at 04:30 AM  | 

Jim Bridenstine may get a primary challenge. You may not know who he is, but Jim Bridenstine is a brand new member of Congress, a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Reserves, a fighter pilot from the Iraq and Afghan Wars, and a strong fiscal conservative. He should be a hero to any and all Republicans. He’s a genuine bad ass. And on Day 1, he | Read More »

Our Task Going Forward

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  January 3rd at 03:43 PM  | 

With much drama and suspense, John Boehner was reelected as Speaker of the House today by the slimmest of margins.  The entire focus of the vote was centered on the brewing conservative rebellion.  Ultimately, only 12 Republicans either declined to vote or voted for someone other than Boehner (Garrett, Bachmann, and Blackburn initially declined to vote, but voted for Boehner upon the second call), just | Read More »

‘House GOP in Disarray’ Isn’t Just Liberal Media Spin

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 2nd at 09:17 AM  | 

Many Republicans are trying ton convince themselves that they will make up ground on the spending side of the equation come the debt ceiling fight. Mr. Obama says he will not negotiate, but he is going to have to. The problem for the GOP is that its House leadership is working at cross purposes and really is in the disarray the “liberal media” keeps saying. | Read More »

The McConnell Tax Hike

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 1st at 08:38 PM  | 

The McConnell Tax Hike will become law of the land. Mitch McConnell can and should take responsibility for it. The McConnell Tax Hike raises taxes on people making over $400,000.00, but it also raises taxes on the middle class. “More than 80 percent of households with incomes between $50,000 and $200,000 would pay higher taxes.” Not only does the McConnell Tax Hike stick it to | Read More »

The House Must Act Now

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  January 1st at 02:59 PM  | 

Well, we really stuck it to the rich at 1:39 in the morning.  Whew, now we can breathe a sigh of relief.  The 40 Republicans who voted for Obama’s stimulus bill had to swallow hard voting for over $100 billion in new spending just in 2013, but at least those of us who are not super rich won’t see our taxes increase this year. Oh | Read More »

Just How Badly John Boehner Played His Hand

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 21st at 09:06 AM  | 

I talked to two congressmen who were not involved in the purge or victims of it. They both said that seeing House leaders back “squishes” during the primaries including against some incumbents and then seeing them throw conservatives off committees was all they needed to strengthen their spines against the Speaker. They said they’re happy to be team players, but they think conservatives in the | Read More »

Stop Pretending We Can’t Disagree on This

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 21st at 08:27 AM  | 

Not a day goes by that I am not forced to confront the idea that I could be wrong about a lot, including the notion of going over the fiscal cliff. The problem is that a lot of Republicans, including most of the conservative press out there jockeying for access in the Speaker’s Lobby, have so thoroughly drunk the kool-aid (yes, I know it’s flavor-aide | Read More »

Plan B Aborted

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 21st at 12:59 AM  | 

John Boehner proceeded with Plan B and gave neither assurances nor reassurances that he would fight for meaningful spending cuts or entitlement reforms. He asked Republicans to give up the last plank in their party they had not surrendered in the name of big government without getting anything meaningful from the Democrats. In short, John Boehner has spent two weeks negotiating with himself, ending what | Read More »