“John Boehner” on The Daily Caller

House Speaker John Boehner blamed “radical environmental groups” for high gas prices and said that it’s “just about damn time that we actually have a national energy policy and do something the American people want us to do.” (more)

Democratic Georgia Rep. John Lewis told The Daily Caller that voting for an unfunded extension of the payroll tax cut through 2012 at a cost of $93.2 billion was “the best decision to make.” (more)

House Speaker John Boehner told The Daily Caller in December that spending reductions should pay for a yearlong payroll tax cut extension. However, the bill that passed the GOP-controlled House Friday would add to the deficit by not funding the payroll tax cut. (more)

Speaker of the House John Boehner told The Daily Caller that he supports the “efforts” of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee in investigating the Fast and Furious operation but would not say if he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder should resign. (more)

On his Monday show, radio talk show host Mark Levin, author of “Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America,” said “what would happen if we were living in a functioning constitutional republic is articles of impeachment would be drawn up against the secretary of [Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius]” over a slew of charges, most recently the contraception mandate for Catholic institutions. (more)

The $260 billion House transportation bill could reach the House floor as early as next week. Republicans deserve some praise for producing it. After all, it contains zero earmarks. However, Republicans seem to have punted on the issue of eliminating duplicative transportation programs. (more)

Speaker of the House John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of attacking religious freedom in a rare speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday over the contraceptives brouhaha. (more)

House Speaker John Boehner is continuing to avoid questions from The Daily Caller about whether he supports the 103 members of the House of Representatives who want action to remove Attorney General Eric Holder over Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

As the House of Representatives concluded its stirring send-off of the now retired Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, House Speaker John Boehner took a moment to offer a nationally-televised reminder to members of how they should be dressed on the House floor. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The applause rolled through the big chamber, growing ever louder as hundreds of Republicans and Democrats suddenly realized Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was back in the House. But this time she had come to say goodbye. (more)

President Barack Obama might not be addressing his refusal to green-light the Keystone XL pipeline project during his State of the Union address, but House Speaker John Boehner is trying to keep the issue front and center — announcing Tuesday afternoon that his guests for the Tuesday night speech will be some of the people “hurt by” the president’s denial of the Keystone permit. (more)

BALTIMORE, Md. — During a House GOP retreat in Baltimore on Friday, press secretaries for Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor balked when asked if their bosses believe Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over Operation Fast and Furious. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to create jobs by rejecting a plan to build an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. (more)

Rep. Allen West said Friday morning that he’s steamed at how the House GOP leadership did not “stand against” what he calls the “pathetic policy” that came out of the payroll tax cut extension last month. (more)

The beginning of a new year is a time for resolutions and taking stock, and for members of Congress a lot of resolutions and stock-taking may be in order. (more)

This week’s deal to extend the payroll tax cut was seen as something of a political liability for Speaker of the House John Boehner, and some on Capitol Hill believe it has put his leadership post in jeopardy. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers. The breakthrough almost certainly spares workers an average $20 a week tax increase Jan. 1. (more)

Democratic Michigan Rep. Sander Levin told The Daily Caller that House Republicans are “blinded by a rigid ideology” and suggested that they “take the blinders off, come back here, see the light” and pass the Democratic-led Senate’s two-month payroll tax cut extension. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions of jobless, giving President Barack Obama a resounding victory over Republicans who control the House. The Senate approved the bill earlier Friday. The measure was passed by voice vote in a virtually empty House chamber despite lingering grumbling from tea party Republicans. It buys time for negotiations early next year on how to cover the costs of a yearlong extension of the two percentage point payroll tax cut, the centerpiece of Obama’s fall jobs agenda. (more)

On Wednesday, White House officials pushed to win a political victory, blaming House Republicans for the payroll tax fight. (more)