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U.S. gay-rights bill clears Senate Republican hurdle; Boehner opposes measure

YoopyaNov 6, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – A White House-backed bill to ban workplace discrimination against gays narrowly cleared a Republican procedural roadblock in the U.S. Senate on Monday with

John Boehner: ‘I can’t imagine’ my position on gay marriage would ever change

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he can’t imagine his views on same-sex marriage ever changing. “I believe that

Scarred from political skirmishes, Boehner content to let Democratic proposals come to him

YoopyaFeb 14, 20130

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Boehner is pulling back. After two stressful years as Washington’s most powerful Republican and a pair of failed, high-profile rounds of

The sinking of “Plan B”; the U.S. “fiscal cliff” disaster of John Boehner

YoopyaDec 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Had there been a vote on Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” to avert the so-called U.S. fiscal cliff on Thursday night, it would

Analysis: Boehner has few options in fiscal cliff mess

YoopyaDec 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Now that House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” for addressing the “fiscal cliff” has crashed and burned, the top U.S. Republican appears to

Republicans see “jobs bills” as election winner

YoopyaFeb 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Tucked in his left breast-coat pocket where he can pull it out to wave before TV cameras is ammunition that House of Representatives

Congress reaches payroll tax-cut deal

YoopyaFeb 16, 20120

(Reuters) – A payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, set to expire at the end of this month, would be extended through December under