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President Obama has endorsed the budget plan proposed by Speaker John Boehner, according to White House aides, as the troubled Speaker prepares to retire from the House of Representatives. “We believe this a budget framework that meets the president’s vision,”

The giant debt ceiling increase rolled together with a budget deal was introduced at 11:36 p.m. Monday, in the dead of night, several congressional sources confirm to Breitbart News.

The current employer of the new chief of staff for Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), is praising the giant spending increasing, debt lifting budget and debt ceiling deal that President Barack Obama, outgoing House Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell negotiated behind closed doors.

The House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and odds-on favorite to be next House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said he was not happy with “the process” of the pending budget deal announced Monday night and negotiated by outgoing Speaker of

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is silent and offering no opinion on legislation currently being crafted in Washington, D.C., back rooms that would raise the debt ceiling and bind Congress to a multi-year budget deal

A new PBS documentary has exposed the motivating factors behind House Freedom Caucus members’ decision to propel donor-class favorite Paul Ryan into the most powerful position in Congress. As Speaker of the House, Ryan will have unilateral control over many aspects of the congressional agenda, including passage of Obamatrade in the lame duck session and amnesty legislation in 2017.

House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is making the necessary preparations to become Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives later this week.

“By placing domestic politics ahead of our troops, President Obama has put America’s national security at risk. This indefensible veto blocks pay and vital tools for our troops while Iranian terrorists prepare to gain billions under the president’s nuclear deal,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said following Obama’s veto. A vote to override the veto has already been scheduled in the House for November 5.

President Obama is keeping a promise by vetoing the $612 billion defense policy bill, inviting reporters and photographers to watch him wield his veto pen in the Oval Office.

Rapper and former presidential “candidate” Waka Flocka Flame has his sights set on a new (and arguably more attainable) leadership position – Speaker of the House.

House Speaker John Boehner is setting new dates for a speaker election. His first attempt went horribly awry after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy abruptly dropped out of the race in the October 8 election.

Outgoing House Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) stated he’d “like to” clear the plate for the next speaker and that he hopes Paul Ryan runs for speaker and would be “great” on Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel.

Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Sessions and Congressman Dave Brat issued a challenge to Republican presidential hopefuls in a joint op-ed titled, “Curb immigration or quit.”

The next Speaker of the House should push for the immigration concerns of the American people, according to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL).

On Oct. 16, Carolyn Lochhead, Washington correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, published an article entitled: “Nancy Pelosi’s leadership style helps her avoid crises like GOP’s.”

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is reminding members of the House of Representatives that nothing has changed since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) dropped out of the running for Speaker of the House. King is encouraging members to throw support behind Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL), saying he can “bridge the divides currently running through [the] Conference.”

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest chuckled in the briefing room today when asked by reporters if President Obama would like to see Rep. Paul Ryan elected as Speaker of the House to replace outgoing Speaker John Boehner.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is playing a long game when it comes to a potential Speakership bid. Meanwhile, amid House GOP conference chaos the establishment-backed House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), continues to play Hamlet on his own potential bid.

Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots is out with a blistering statement urging House Republicans to hold the line in the Speakership battles and not accept House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as the next Speaker of the House.

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson doesn’t want House Republicans to simply coalesce behind the next candidate in line for the Speakership of the U.S. House. Instead, he wants an open and fair process to find the best possible Speaker.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) would make a great conservative Speaker of the House, suggests the American Conservative Union’s member scorecard.

Illinois Republican Peter Roskam is one of the emerging candidates to replace Ohioan John Boehner as the powerful Speaker of the House of Representatives. So, who is Peter Roskam?

On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM EST, host and Breitbart Washington Political Editor Matthew Boyle will discuss the most important news of the week. He will be talking about the race to find a replacement for John Boehner as Speaker of the House, the 2016 presidential race, the upcoming Democratic presidential debate, and much more.

It appears as if those conservative “wacko birds” in the U.S. House of Representatives really do have a lot of sway up in Washington, D.C.

Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned that the conservative House Freedom Caucus actions could have dire implications for the Republican Party. Graham said he thought that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) or Rep. Tom Cole

If Rep. Paul Ryan wants the House Speaker’s job, he likely needs to distance himself from departing House Speaker John Boehner. But a glance at the WayBack Machine reveals that Ryan has been very close to Boehner for a quarter-century.

Since the Tea Party arose in 2009, it has achieved two major goals, but failed to fulfill its third and most important task: taking power.

Some on Capitol Hill believe that House Speaker John Boehner is going to attempt to remain in his position through mid-December.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) decision to drop out of the speakership race shows “deep divisions and dysfunction” among House Republicans, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) argued Thursday. “As a result of their divisions and their efforts to disrupt Congress’s work, we’ve experienced a government shutdown, a near-default on our debt, and too many missed opportunities to grow our economy and support job creation,” Hoyer said in a statement.

House Speaker John Boehner announced that he would remain as Speaker of the House until a replacement was elected, after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy suddenly dropped out of the race to replace him.

No sooner had John Boehner announced his decision to resign as speaker than conservatives were lamenting the heir apparent.

Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) argued it wouldn’t be his job as speaker to drive his “personal agenda” through the House and declined to give Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) a specific grade on Tuesday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Chaffetz, when asked

Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are rallying around Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), the conservative member of the U.S. House who led the charge for new leadership in Congress—a charge that ultimately led to Speaker John Boehner’s forthcoming resignation from Congress.

Monday on “The Steve Malzberg Show,” long-time journalist Sharyl Attkisson said it is “somewhat ironic” that Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is trying to “dance in and take credit” for the works of the House Benghazi Select Committee, chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy’s (R-SC)

Hillary Clinton’s first national TV ad hits Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the Republican frontrunner to succeed House Speaker John Boehner.

Several conservatives who pushed for Speaker of the House John Boehner to delay House Majority Leader and Majority Whip elections say they support Boehner pushing the votes back until next month.