Tag / Boehner
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Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Boehner’s Tenure In Review
The regular guy from Ohio is leaving Congress. Republican John Boehner announced on September 25 that he would be resigning from his position as Speaker of the House. Although some in his own party have been calling for a new Speaker since as early as 2013, Boehner’s announcement still caught the press and many politicians…
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Say What You Mean
I imagine the Obama administration and supporters of renewable energy wish the industry’s recent nightmare was more like one of the subpar horror movies I watched over Halloween weekend: amusingly terrifying but ultimately harmless. The financial collapse of the federally supported solar energy company Solyndra, however, is no Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
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Shut Down Watch: 1 Day Out
Per the WaPo: “Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday morning that the talks on a fiscal 2011 budget deal foundered over two Republican policy provisions on abortion and the environment and that the negotiators largely agreed to an amount of spending cuts. But House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) disputed that, saying…
