John Boehner

Rifts exposed on both sides as Congress readies for GOP majority – Part 1

By PBS News Hour

House narrowly passes spending bill after chaos on Capitol Hill

By Quinn Bowman

A massive spending bill to fund the federal government narrowly passed on the House floor Thursday evening after a chaotic day of vote counting and uncertainty, unfolding just hours before the government was set to run out of money. The…

A shutdown deal with extras: light bulbs, campaign finance and fishing tackle

By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Simone Pathe

Negotiators in the House and Senate unveiled a $1.012 trillion spending bill Tuesday night that would fund most of the government through September 2015. So what’s in the deal? We have a quick breakdown.

Lawmakers agree on $1 trillion spending bill

By David Espo, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle over President Barack Obama's new immigration policy until the new year.

House leaders move on plan to fund government past next week

By Erica Werner, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Sidestepping immigration hardliners, House Republican leaders are moving to make a deal with Democrats to pass a spending bill that would keep the government running past next week.

House Republicans sue Obama administration over health care law

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have sued the Obama administration over steps President Barack Obama took to put his health law into place.

Gwen’s Take: When a lame duck … just isn’t

By Gwen Ifill

I’ve spent so many years talking about lame ducks in the White House and Congress, and it’s never occurred to me to find out what the heck it means.

Members respond to Obama’s immigration action

By Colleen Shalby

Members of the Republican and Democratic parties responded to the president’s actions.

Boehner doesn’t rule out another government shutdown

By Quinn Bowman

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, left open the possibility Thursday that House Republicans might risk a lapse in government funding next month -- otherwise known as a shutdown -- in order to stop President Barack Obama from using his authority…

Gwen’s Take: The midterms’ message

By Gwen Ifill

I went back and re-watched our analysis of the 2010 midterm elections and was reminded that even political waves eventually crash on the shore. It’s a huge deal, until it’s not.