
The Republican congress is finally being forced to pay the piper. Governing is hard, and requires compromise and responsibility.

The Republican congress is finally being forced to pay the piper. Governing is hard, and requires compromise and responsibility.

Rep. Huelskamp was caught by Politico with a damning anti-Boehner document on his iPad and is now afraid he will face punishment.

Sensible people would realize they are being sandbagged, and would swallow their principles and pass the thing in the interest of national unity and legislative responsibility.

The House is now in recess until after Christmas and we get closer to that ‘fiscal cliff.’

When our elected representatives suffer no consequences from defying the will of the American people, democracy suffers as a result.

The GOP refuses to realize they’ve lost the 2012 election, and cannot continue shielding their wealthy benefactors from tax increases at the average American’s expense.

Faced with a recalcitrant congress and a hostile House Majority Leader, the President takes his case for middle class tax cuts directly to the public.

With Romney / Ryan trailing badly in nearly every major poll — as early voting begins across much of America — Republican Speaker John Boehner has adjourned the House.

A woman asked House Speaker John Boehner this question: ‘Can you make me love Mitt Romney?’ His answer: No. ‘The American people probably aren’t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney,’ he said.

Another federal judge has declared that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

Speaker John Boehner announced this evening that House Republicans would agree to the two month extension in payroll tax cuts.

Tea Party Republicans in the House of Representatives don’t like compromising with Democrats or Barack Obama on anything. Their ’cause’ isn’t the needs and rights of the American people; their cause is not participating in a democratic process that requires reasonable people to compromise.

So, here we are again with Boehner, reaching into his ‘bag of tricks’ for sake of placating his ‘Tea Party’ laden House. The Speaker has to offer up a cross-Continental pipeline with an added measure of ‘environment killing’ ‘pacifiers’ for his party.

Grover Norquist and the tea party have been busy of late, celebrating from the Super Committee failure to produce deficit compromises. Last August, the Republicans chalked up another win for their twisted devotion to governing for the nation’s upper class; or so they thought.

To hear most Republicans talk, class warfare is when the nasty politicians beat up on our country’s hapless, beleaguered millionaires who, if we’d just cut their taxes some more, would be vigorously creating more jobs.

There are many questions we should be asking Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, this list highlights the top 10 questions he needs to be asked.

Republicans claiming Social Security adds to the deficit is a lot like wayward youngster, to whom you loaned a couple trillion bucks on Friday, coming to you on Monday, all hung over, and griping that if he gives you twenty bucks for lunch, he’ll have to borrow from the credit card to pay his mortgage.