John Boehner

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  Obama on Sequester: ‘No Smart Way’ to Cut $85 Billion in 7 Months

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 26, 2013

  Meanwhile, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the cuts would cause a 0.6 percentage-point drag on growth this year, and Speaker Boehner said senators should "get off their ass" and pass a replacement.

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  Sequestration Cuts Imminent; Government Shutdown Looms

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 25, 2013

  As the nation braced for the $85 billion in sequestration cuts to kick in on March 1, Joe Lieber of Washington Analysis laid out the “numerous tools available” to blunt sequestration’s impact.

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  Obama Presses for Delay, but Sequestration Cuts Imminent

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 6, 2013

  President Barack Obama urged Congress Tuesday to delay the looming sequestration cuts by passing a package of both spending cuts and tax hikes, but reports said Wednesday that Obama’s plan was DOA in the House.

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  Obama: GOP Holds Nation Hostage on Debt Ceiling

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 14, 2013

  President Obama dispelled any doubt Monday as to whether the fiscal fight over government spending is going to be bare-knuckled.

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  House Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill, Averting Plunge—for Now

  By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press  |  January 2, 2013

  House passes Senate bill, 257-167, shortly before midnight, sending legislation to President Barack Obama to sign.

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  House Takes Up Senate’s Fiscal Cliff Bill

  By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press  |  January 1, 2013

  Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate.

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  Senate Pushes House on Fiscal Cliff

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2012

  Speaker of the House John Boehner called for Congess to reconvene on Sunday.

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  Fiscal Cliff – Bring It On: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 27, 2012

  The issue is how Americans spend money, but rational analysis has been absent from our political discourse. Only pain will prompt appropriate aversion to consuming more than our resources allow.

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  Hope Dims for Fiscal Cliff Deal Before Christmas

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 21, 2012

  A Christmas miracle on the fiscal cliff faltered after House Speaker John Boehner called an abrupt recess for the House, handing responsibility for a deal to President Obama and the Democrats.

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  Global Stocks Drop as U.S. Fiscal Cliff Deal Fails

  By SARAH DiLORENZO, Associated Press Business Writer  |  December 21, 2012

  Without an agreement, the U.S. economy will fall off the so-called fiscal cliff on Jan. 1 when Bush-era tax cuts expire and spending cuts kick in automatically.