Tea Party Texan blames ‘failure to communicate’ for payroll tax debacle

Louie Gohmert

By Jonathan Easley, The Hill Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.), a member of the House Tea Party caucus, blamed Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for the fiasco over the payroll tax extension. “What we have here is a failure to communicate,” Gohmert said Monday on Fox News. House Republicans initially balked on passing a two-month extension after [...]

WH Blames “Tea Party Revolt” For Likely Rejection Of Payroll Tax Cut

Tea Party revolt

White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said it is a “Tea Party revolt” that would be responsible for the House rejecting a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. “Speaker Boehner’s position on Sunday was not the position that he had on Saturday when the 89 Senators came together to pass a two-month extension of [...]

Some in GOP Reject Payroll-Tax Cut Extension

John Boehner

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner will seek in the next week to persuade fellow Republicans to set aside their concerns and support a one-year extension of a payroll tax cut that some members of the party are resisting.

Boehner calls GOP deficit plan a ‘fair offer’

John Boehner

WASHINGTON (AP) – The top Republican in the House says a recent proposal by GOP members of a special deficit committee is a “fair offer” despite criticism from conservatives who say it breaks the party’s pledge on taxes.

Tea Party Activist to Challenge Boehner in Next Primary

David Lewis

By FOXNews.com Tea Party leaders who have been pushing for a primary opponent against House Speaker John Boehner in 2012 for not keeping a campaign promise to cut more federal spending are getting their wish. Tea Party activist David Lewis, a 26-year-old married father, announced Friday that he will challenge the Ohio Republican. But Lewis [...]

Will the planned fiscal committee increase taxes?

Jay Carney

If the proposed debt limit deal becomes law, it will create a 12 member bipartisan congressional committee charged with coming up with $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions by Thanksgiving.

Rep. West: Tea Party is ‘schizo’

Allen West

Rep. Allen West said Friday that the tea party movement has “schizophrenia” if it’s going to primary him for supporting House Speaker John Boehner’s bill to raise the debt ceiling.

Boehner tries to tame GOP on debt ceiling plan

John Boehner

A dust up among a major House conservative bloc and the prospect of tens of billions of dollars in new spending cuts has Republican leadership feeling as if it quelled an uprising on the right after struggling to line up votes for much of the week.

Tea Party Wants Boehner, Obama Fired

ObamaBoehner

If House Speaker John Boehner or his senior leadership team thought they had the support of the Tea Party movement, they better think again.

Debt-limit talks: As Obama, Boehner rush to strike deal, Democrats are left fuming

Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, John Boehner

President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner rushed Thursday to strike agreement on a far-reaching plan to reduce the national debt but faced a revolt from Democrats furious that the accord appeared to include no immediate provision to raise taxes.

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