Gay group attacks Hagel, ignores GOP offenders

Jan. 3, 2013
Log Cabin Republicans spent $100,000 to attack Chuck Hagel's 14 year old comments, but stayed mum of John Boehner's move to continue defense of DOMA.

Boehner's district assesses his role in debt talks

Jul. 31, 2011
House Speaker John Boehner is playing a key role in the debt-ceiling negotiations. He's had to wrangle support from a divided caucus and from those across the aisle.

Debt debate puts GOP freshmen on strikingly different paths

Jul. 26, 2011
A group of conservative Republicans in the U.S. House has come out against a debt limit plan proposed by the party's leader, Speaker John Boehner. They include an outspoken freshman from Illinois, Rep. Joe Walsh.

Listeners weigh in on debt limit debate

Jul. 26, 2011
The deadline is fast approaching to get a deal done that will raise the U.S. debt limit. Last night, President Obama and John Boehner addressed the nation on the debt ceiling extension crisis.

Durbin hits GOP for debt limit 'brinkmanship'

Jul. 25, 2011
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says House Republicans are pushing the country to the brink of an economic disaster.

Dawn Of A New Congress

Jan. 5, 2011
Good morning.As Korva said earlier, the day's big story is the opening of the 112th Congress -- an event marked by the hand-off of control in the House of Representatives from the Democrats to the Republicans and a narrower majority for Democrats in the Senate.On Morning Edition, NPR's Andr

Finding compromise in the new congressional landscape

Nov. 18, 2010
If all had gone well, congressional leaders would have been sipping on Slurpees at the White House Thursday. President Obama called a meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders to discuss economic concerns, particularly the soon-to-expire Bush tax cuts.