JOHN BOEHNER

This year’s debt ceiling debate has a different feel to it for some lawmakers.

Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders are hardly political allies.

Trump's Education Sec. Betsy DeVos, former House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP officials argued why they think student-debt relief is illegal.

Lawmakers no longer have to walk through metal detectors before gaining access to the House floor.

The GOP has largely failed to honor its commitment to small government.

Republican Kevin McCarthy is the new House speaker, but it took day and days, and 15 roll call votes, ending early Saturday.

Republican Kevin McCarthy has been elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks.

The House stalemate over choosing a new speaker has held firm through a long, excruciating third day and evening of voting with no conclusion.

The Republicans opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become the next House speaker generally have made their mark as part of the GOP’s ultra conservative wing.

Expect government shutdowns and other disruptions if the GOP’s extremist bloc succeeds in controlling the vote for House speaker.

You ask me why we didn’t vote for John Boehner, I could give you a list of 10 things,” Mulvaney said. Kevin McCarthy is getting ready to make Jim Jordan the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. I think a lot of these guys like to be famous and they can raise a lot more money by doing it,” Mulvaney said. Asked what the conservative faction would do with this money, Mulvaney replied, “Run for higher office. Buck agreed, saying the conservative refusal to fall in line seemed to be “just to embarrass Kevin McCarthy to death.”

Former Trump acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told Yahoo News Tuesday he could not wrap his head around the intransigence on display from nearly two dozen House Republicans who voted three times in a row to block Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from becoming the next House Speaker.

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy says there’s no scenario in which he’ll drop his bid to become House speaker despite failing to win multiple rounds of voting Tuesday.

Kevin McCarthy is set to face a case of deja vu come Tuesday. The political future of the 57-year-old will once again be at stake as Republican lawmakers decide if he should be elected as House speaker.

The political future of the 57-year-old will once again be at stake as Republican lawmakers decide if he should be elected as House speaker. Here’s what you need to know about how the House elects a speaker:___NO HOUSE WITHOUT A SPEAKERChoosing a speaker will be the first vote the House will take before new and returning lawmakers are even sworn into office on Tuesday. While it has been the tradition for the speaker candidate to be a member of the House, it is not required. In past years, President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and even a senator, Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, have received votes for House speaker. The candidate to become speaker needs a majority of the votes from House members who are present and voting.

The House will convene Tuesday to elect a speaker for the new Congress.

It’s the House speaker’s job to decide which bills should come up for a vote.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is floating a deal with conservatives that would make it easier to remove a House speaker in exchange for his ascension to the post.

The House Speaker should be remembered as Trump’s most formidable adversary.

A portrait was unveiled for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol Building Wednesday, which will be placed into the Speaker's Lobby alongside other previous Speaker portraits.

Outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s portrait was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, a traditional honor bestowed on a tradition-breaking leader.

Former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) got emotional as he relayed a message from his daughters to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at Pelosi’s portrait unveiling Wednesday. In his remarks he lauded Pelosi for her two decades atop the Democratic caucus. “You’ve been unfailingly gracious to me, to my family and, frankly, my team here in Washington.…

Former House speaker John Boehner (R) cried while speaking at a portrait unveiling event for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Dec. 14.

Rep. McCarthy is still likely to win the House Speaker role on January 3rd. However, managing the majority and achieving its legislative and political goals in another matter.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life as he seeks enough GOP backing to become the next speaker of the House.

One of the flaws of her historic tenure as House speaker and Democratic leader is that she leaves no experienced successor.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has cleared the first major step toward becoming House speaker.

With Republicans just one win away from gaining control of the House, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is maneuvering to lock up support to become the next House speaker.

Senior adviser to the president Anita Dunn, Sen. Tom Cotton, Rep. Jamie Raskin and more will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.

A substantial number of GOP members and the Republican base expect an impeachment of Mr. Biden; if McCarthy doesn’t perform, he could go the way of Liz Truss.

Spending bills and debt limit increases will be hard to pass if the current House minority leader becomes speaker next year.

It’s not just democracy that’s at stake this fall.

It doesn't control debt and Congress increasingly doesn't even pretend that it does.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is rolling out his party's Trump-like midterm election agenda.

As I retire after nearly four decades covering Capitol Hill, that contrast and the forces behind it illustrate why I’ve loved covering Congress — and why I've recently felt dispirited. Eight years later, I saw awe in the eyes of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, a Catholic, as he greeted Pope Francis, whom he'd invited to address Congress. Just hours after the mob was dispersed, more than half of House Republicans and eight GOP senators voted against certifying Democrat Joe Biden's victory. Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas wielded light-speed wit. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., just 48, announced in early 2018 that he would retire.

As I retire after nearly four decades covering Capitol Hill, that contrast and the forces behind it illustrate why I’ve loved covering Congress — and why I've recently felt dispirited. Eight years later, I saw awe in the eyes of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, a Catholic, as he greeted Pope Francis, whom he'd invited to address Congress. Just hours after the mob was dispersed, more than half of House Republicans and eight GOP senators voted against certifying Democrat Joe Biden's victory. Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas wielded light-speed wit. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., just 48, announced in early 2018 that he would retire.

How has Congress changed in the last four decades.

President Joe Biden has congratulated Democratic U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown of Ohio for her primary victory over former state Sen. Nina Turner.

The next House speaker could very well hail from California, but if Republicans take control, that leader won't come from the part of the state represented by the current speaker, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco.

"He's a good man and he has served his country well," the former speaker said of Biden, according to Owens, in advising against a White House bid.

Republican lawmakers gathered at a retreat in Florida this week to plot out strategy for this year's midterm elections.

Republican lawmakers gathered at a retreat in Florida this week to plot out strategy for this year's midterm elections.

Presidents and former colleagues are lauding longtime Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who died Tuesday.

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has died.

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is being remembered by Democrats as well as Republicans as a skilled dealmaker who was both strong and compassionate.

The grind of legislating is treacherous for some, a sport for others, and rarely successful in the slow-moving Congress.

Let Republicans complain that the Jan. 6 investigation is unfair. The facts will speak for themselves. The evidence and testimony will tell the story.

President Joe Biden’s sister, confidante and longtime political strategist, Valerie Biden Owens, has a book deal.

Former House Speaker John Boehner pointed blame toward former President Donald Trump for what happened during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Republican Kevin McCarthy is leading his party to an inflection point.

Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans with a test of how to handle a new breed of Trump-era, social media-savvy firebrands.

Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans with a test of how to handle a new breed of Trump-era, social media-savvy firebrands.

The former House speaker​ rose to his leadership position on a wave of Tea Party support in 2011 before resigning in 2015, and has been accused of opening the door to a new era of GOP extremism.

The former Speaker discusses his new memoir, "On the House," and why he says "crazies" have taken over the Republican Party.

In his new book "One the House: A Washington Memoir," Former Speaker of the House John Boehner condemns the modern GOP for its extremism and polarization and criticizes former President Donald Trump. Boehner joined CBSN to discuss his role in the GOP's devolution and what he sees as the future of the party.

Former House Speaker John Boehner joined “CBS This Morning” to discuss his new book, "On the House: A Washington Memoir." In it, he discusses the lawmakers he calls "political terrorists," and the future of the Republican Party.

Hosted by Lee Cowan. In our cover story, Erin Moriarty reports on the Sackler family, whose name has become a controversial flashpoint in the opioid epidemic. Also: John Dickerson sits down with former House Speaker John Boehner, who has written a scorching memoir, "On the House"; Mark Whitaker interviews documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about their PBS series on Ernest Hemingway; Lesley Stahl talks with Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty about her new biography of first lady Nancy Reagan; Michelle Miller interviews Jamie Foxx and his daughter, Corinne, who are collaborating on a new Netflix comedy series, "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!"; and Mark Phillips looks back on the life of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died this week at age 99.

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In a scorching new memoir, "On the House," the former House Speaker writes that "political terrorists" playing to the party base are hurting the country, and threaten the GOP's survival.

In 2015 House Speaker and 13-term Republican Congressman John Boehner decided to end his career on the Hill, his departure hastened by clashes with ideologues within his own party. Now, in a scorching new memoir, "On the House," Boehner writes that those forces are hurting the country, and threaten the GOP's survival. Boehner talks with "60 Minutes" correspondent John Dickerson about the January 6th insurrection, partisan media, and what he calls "political terrorists" who play to the party base.

Preview: In his first TV interview for his incendiary new memoir, "On the House," he shares with "CBS Sunday Morning" his emotions about the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

In this preview of an interview to be broadcast on “CBS Sunday Morning” April 11, former House Speaker John Boehner, author of the scorching memoir “On the House,” talks with CBS News’ John Dickerson about two Congressional Republicans he deems to be “political terrorists.”

The House has rejected an attempt to boot a Democrat from the House intelligence committee. Democrats scuttled a Republican effort to remove Swalwell from the intelligence panel. Democrats scuttled the effort from House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, 218-200, after he forced a vote. After the briefing, which was also attended by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, McCarthy said he thought Swalwell should be removed. The Republican resolution comes as the once-bipartisan intelligence panel deals with the raw feelings left by the investigations into former President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.

But the North Carolina Republican’s vote to convict former President Donald Trump should not have come as a shock. AdWith Burr retiring at the end of his term in 2022, it’s a vote that could end up defining his career. Exactly a year later, as the Russia investigation was wrapping up, Burr’s time leading the committee came to an abrupt end. He sided with most Republicans in a vote to dismiss the trial, creating an expectation he’d also vote to acquit. AdSo when Burr stood up to vote for Trump's conviction, many in the chamber wondered if there would be other surprises.

They bolstered their case with accounts from the rioters themselves, some of whom said they were acting on Trump's orders. The former president's defense team insists Trump's speech near the White House was protected under the First Amendment. And they argue he shouldn't be on trial in the Senate because he is no longer in office — an argument Democrats reject. To underscore their point, Democrats showed videos using rioters own words. Trump senior adviser Jason Miller said he expects the defense will wrap up in less than a day.

Now Biden’s central political identity faces the ultimate trial. Biden's answer follows two tracks: defending the fabric of society and institutions of government that Trump’s tenure has stressed and calling for sweeping legislative action. The outcome will determine the reach of Biden’s presidency and further test the lifetime politician’s ability to evolve and meet events. Biden’s longtime friend, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi, is the House speaker, but presides over a diminished Democratic majority and slim margin for error. “They believe in his compassion and they believe in, quite frankly, his leadership skills.”Anzalone loosely compared Biden's appeal to Ronald Reagan's.

With the Washington Monument in the background, people attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The announcement comes after thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol last week as legislators were meeting to vote to certify Biden’s electoral win. The State Department is investigating what appears to be a “prank” after its website suggested President Donald Trump’s term would end Monday evening. It comes days after thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the congressional certification of Biden’s victory. The National Park Service is shutting down public access to the Washington Monument until Jan. 24, citing threats surrounding Joe Biden’s inauguration.

For President-elect Joe Biden, his most defining congressional election is coming before he takes office. Both Georgia Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock must win Tuesday to split the Senate 50-50. To be sure, even a closely divided Democratic Senate wouldn’t give Biden everything he wants. While progressives say they've lowered their expectations of what's possible — even under a Democratic Senate — they still intend to push Biden. Besides misrepresenting Biden’s and most Democratic senators’ policy preferences, that characterization ignores the reality of the Senate’s roster.

Then he pivoted, privately warning Republican senators away from disputing the Electoral College tally when Congress convenes in a joint session Jan. 6 to confirm the results. “I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,” McConnell said as he opened the Senate. Some GOP lawmakers have vowed to carry the fight to Jan. 6 when Congress votes to accept or reject the Electoral College results. One House Republican, Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, is planning to challenge the Electoral College results when Congress convenes for the joint session. The GOP leaders further warned senators that forcing their colleagues into a vote on Electoral College challenges would prove difficult, especially for those facing their own reelections in 2022.

He said Monday’s Electoral College vote “was significant.”Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn said barring further legal challenges it appears Biden will be president. Others have said Trump's legal battles should continue toward resolution by inauguration day, Jan. 20. "Once the Electoral College has voted, most people are going to recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect." "Although I supported President Trump, the Electoral College vote today makes clear that Joe Biden is now President-Elect,” said Sen. Many Republicans are unwilling to declare Biden the winner for the same reasons they avoided standing up to Trump during his presidency.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks about House Republicans and the election, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. House Republicans are “the most united and energized” he's ever seen after their “historic political upset." McCarthy and his team are now among the remaining leaders from the tea party era, when House Republicans last controlled Congress. In the Trump era, House Republicans’ role receded as the White House often dominated the discussion and Republicans held the majority in the Senate. The House Republicans had to seek a waiver from the District of Columbia, which has restrictions on large gatherings.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks about House Republicans and the election, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. House Republicans are “the most united and energized” he's ever seen after their “historic political upset." McCarthy and his team are now among the remaining leaders from the tea party era, when House Republicans last controlled Congress. In the Trump era, House Republicans’ role receded as the White House often dominated the discussion and Republicans held the majority in the Senate. The House Republicans had to seek a waiver from the District of Columbia, which has restrictions on large gatherings.

By retaining the House, Democrats will control the chamber for four consecutive years for only the second time since 1995, when Republicans ended 40 years of Democratic dominance. As the bad news sunk in, Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., who led House Democrats' campaign committee, announced Monday she wouldn't seek another term leading that organization. Republicans have been heartened by the House results, which many believe position them for a strong run for the majority in the 2022 elections. Illustrating that, the Blue Dog Coalition of the most conservative House Democrats, whose membership has dwindled in recent years, lost at least six of its roughly two dozen members. On the Republican side, the conservative House Freedom Caucus was hoping to grow from its roughly 30 members.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump stood before a crowd in a state that had once been firmly in his grasp. That moment Wednesday in Iowa, a state Trump won comfortably four years ago but is now seen as competitive, underscored a fundamental challenge facing his reelection campaign: It’s not 2016. The president’s attempts to recycle attacks he used on Hillary Clinton that year have so far failed to effectively damage Democrat Joe Biden. “The president’s message is clear: he has accomplished more for America in 47 months than Joe Biden has in 47 years,” said Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh. “This boils down to a choice between a political outsider who has shaken up Washington and a failed career politician.”The Trump campaign believes it has a viable, if narrow path to victory.

In the Republican-leaning California 48th Congressional District in Orange County, Republican challenger Michelle Steel has talked about taxes, while Rouda has focused on health care and prescription drug costs. The pattern is similar outside Philadelphia, where GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick accuses Democratic challenger Christina Finelo of supporting police defunding. Wagner has voted for bills that would have ended the coverage that former President Barack Obama’s health care law guarantees people with preexisting conditions. Freitas has said he thinks government intrusion into health care doesn't help. Democrats have run health care themed ads against Republicans in numerous states including Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska and Texas.

Now as President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Meadows is an unorthodox pick for the White House role, trying to negotiate a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill. With talks stalemated, Trump has resorted to bypassing Congress, issuing the executive actions that Meadows warned would come if the White House failed to reach a deal. Meadows, with his Freedom Caucus roots, gives conservative Republicans who oppose such big spending some comfort that the White House won't yield too much to Democrats. Once Trump became the party's nominee, Meadows quickly set in motion to become a Trump confidant. In some ways, Meadows arrival at the White House can seem like he never really left Congress.

The Democratic leader has been here before, negotiating a deal with the White House to save the U.S. economy, and lessons from the Great Recession are now punctuating the coronavirus talks. Monday brought no new talks between Trump's team and negotiators on Capitol Hill as the president tries a go-it-alone strategy. Over the weekend, he launched a series of executive actions that give the appearance of a White House taking charge but may end up providing little help for ordinary Americans. Anytime they want to meet and theyre wiling to negotiate and have a new proposal were more than happy to meet, Mnuchin said later at the White House. Now, facing a far greater crisis the raging virus and economic shutdown Pelosi is standing firm.

Still, its not like Washington politicians to leave so much money on the table. Trump is eager for an agreement, much of the country expects one, and its not too difficult to sketch one out on paper. And Trumps team ultimately may have to make more concessions than they think since Republicans are split. Meadows has been understaffed during the talks, which can slow down the complicated horse-trading such a sweeping bill requires. Its clear that Pelosi recognizes shell have to go far lower than the $900-plus billion aid package that she built into the Democrats bill.

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON For a moment, Congress had a chance to act on policing reform, mobilized by a national trauma and overwhelming public support. There are other high-profile examples where public support has been unable to overcome hyper-partisanship in Congress most notably on gun control. The parties have also failed to make progress in overhauling the nations fractured immigration laws, despite broad public support. Murray said in an interview that there was little attempt to do that kind of behind-the-scenes work on policing reform. The feeling that you want to accomplish something, that you want to get something done ... is a very different feeling than we saw with policing reform."

Former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) exits federal court on October 1, 2019 in New York City. Federal prosecutors on Monday urged a judge to sentence former Rep. Chris Collins, a New York Republican, later this week to nearly five years in prison for an insider trading case, citing his lies to FBI agents and his apparent efforts to get others to cover up his crime. Both Cameron Collins and Stephen Zarsky pleaded guilty in the case, and are due to be sentenced next week. "Collins elected to speak with the agents, and to lie to them in order to divert law enforcement from the trail of evidence showing that he and Cameron had committed insider trading," prosecutors wrote. After lying to the FBI, Collins "almost immediately" called Dorothy Zarsky, the mother of Cameron's fiancee, "and left a lengthy voicemail for her," prosecutors wrote.

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress began. Former House Speaker John Boehner called disgraced former New York congressman Chris Collins a "good man" in a letter submitted by Collins' lawyer as part of a bid to win him a no-jail sentence in his insider-trading criminal case. The former Buffalo-area representative is due to be sentenced Jan. 17 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Collins "is a family man who has a passion for his country, his wife, his children and grandchildren," Boehner wrote. "I know this experience has been mortifying for him," Boehner wrote.

FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks at the unveiling of the congressional portrait of Former House Speaker John Boehner at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Erin ScottWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Senate have enough votes to proceed on rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump that would delay a decision on whether to allow witness testimony, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday. McConnell, speaking to reporters at a news conference, said the chamber first needed to receive the articles of impeachment from the House of Representatives, and he hoped House Democrats withholding of articles would end this week.

Floyd Yarmuth/CNN(CNN) - Former President George W. Bush painted a portrait of former House Speaker John Boehner as a gift for his retirement from Congress, according to The Washington Post. A spokesman for Boehner told the Post the portrait was a gift before he resigned from Congress in 2015 and that it will not be hung as an official portrait in the speaker's lobby located in the US Capitol. "When he was leaving the position of Speaker of the House, he asked President George W. Bush to paint his official portrait." The portrait adds to a collection of paintings by Bush, including portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Dalai Lama and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "Portraits of Courage," a collection of stories, 66 portraits and a four-panel mural that Bush painted to honor military veterans, was released in 2017.

Ted Cruz talked with CBS' "Face the Nation" to discuss his recent vice presidential pick, his chances against opponent Donald Trump, and former House Speaker John Boehner's recent remarks. This is an extended cut of an interview that aired May 1, 2016.

Ted Cruz talked with CBS' "Face the Nation" to discuss his recent vice presidential pick, his chances against opponent Donald Trump, and former House Speaker John Boehner's recent remarks. The interview aired May 1, 2016.

Former House Speaker John Boehner is getting vocal about the race for president. Boehner let loose on Ted Cruz, who is trying to turn the GOP against Donald Trump ahead of Indiana's crucial primary. CBSN political contributor Hogan Gidley joins CBSN with more on Boehner's remarks and if they will hurt Cruz's attempts to unite the Republican Party.

At a Stanford University forum, former House Speaker John Boehner didn't mince words about Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz. He referred to Cruz as "Lucifer," among other things. In Indiana, Cruz brushed off the insult. Julianna Goldman has more.

Former House Speaker John Boehner went after Republican candidate Ted Cruz, calling him "Lucifer in the flesh." Cruz slammed back, saying that Boehner is Trump's new "texting buddy." CBS News senior political editor Steve Chaggaris joins CBSN to discuss the newest GOP feud.

House Speaker Paul Ryan explains how his predecessor convinced him to take the job, and what advice Boehner gave him.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi praises outgoing House Speaker Rep. John Boehner as she welcomes incoming House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan.

During a September 27 appearance on "Face the Nation," now-former House Speaker John Boehner discussed what impact the visit from Pope Francis had on his decision to step down.

After nearly five years as House Speaker, Rep. John Boehner bids farewell to Congress. CBS News Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN to discuss.

House Speaker Rep. John Boehner bids farewell to the chamber he led for nearly five years, making way for Rep. Paul Ryan will become the next House speaker

Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner defended his cigarette smoking during a September 12, 2010 interview on "Face the Nation."