'Zombie Obama': A GOP group's 'disgusting' email
Virginia Republicans apologize after sending a mailer depicting the president as a zombie with a bullet hole in his head. What were they thinking?
The image: A Halloween-themed mailer from Virginia's Loudon County Republican Committee sparked bipartisan outrage this week for its gruesome rendering of President Obama as a zombie with a bullet hole in his head. (See the image at right and below.) The email... More
Will John Boehner ever be able to control his caucus?
The Republican speaker pushes through a stopgap spending bill — but only after bowing to conservatives who embarrassed him earlier this week
Early Friday, the House narrowly passed a temporary spending plan designed to prevent a looming government shutdown — but only after Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) added more spending cuts to win over 48 fellow Republicans who voted against the GOP legislation... More
No rebuttal: Is the GOP dissing Obama's jobs speech?
Nancy Pelosi labels House Speaker John Boehner "disrespectful" for opting not to respond to the president's big speech on Thursday
Silence, anyone? President Obama will address a joint session of Congress Thursday night on his new job-creation proposals — and, in a surprise move, Republicans have decided not to make a formal rebuttal. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner says... More
Is the GOP really being 'cold-hearted' about Irene relief?
House Republicans insist that Congress must cut spending before paying to help victims — and, arguably, conservatives have a point
It is too early to say exactly how much Hurricane Irene relief efforts will cost, but the bill is expected to run in the billions. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Congress will provide for those in need, but that the aid money will have to be offset with... More
Debt ceiling vote: A referendum on Boehner?
Fiscal conservatives who rode the Tea Party wave into Congress can't decide whether to fall in behind the House speaker, or reject his leadership
The House of Representatives will vote Thursday evening on Speaker John Boehner's plan to raise the debt ceiling in two phases and cut more than $2 trillion from the next decade's federal deficits. (In an apparent attempt to avoid spooking the financial markets... More
Debt crisis: The Tea Party vs. John Boehner
Many Tea Party Republicans reject the House speaker's debt plan. Will they get the deeper cuts they want, or just weaken their own hand?
Democrats aren't the only ones fighting House Speaker John Boehner over the debt ceiling — he's facing withering attacks from the Tea Party wing of the GOP, too. On Wednesday, Boehner bluntly told reluctant members of his party to "get your ass in line" and... More
The GOP's Minnesota shutdown victory: Did Dems totally surrender?
State lawmakers tentatively agree on a budget to get the state government up and running again — but only after the Democratic governor caves
Minnesota's Democratic governor Mark Dayton and top Republicans have struck a deal to end the longest state government shutdown in recent history. Dayton sent GOP leaders a letter Thursday, saying he would drop his insistence on a new tax on the state's millionaires... More
Will a 'blatantly racist' political ad backfire on the GOP?
A California congressional race has taken a nasty turn with a bigoted attack ad against Democrat Janice Hahn — but she may get the last laugh
The video: The sleepy special election to replace Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) has suddenly gone national, and viral, thanks to a web ad that's being called "shocking, blatantly racist," "Willie Horton on steroids," "the most offensive political ad ever made," and... More
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