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1. News - World

   Top Republican keeps job as new US Congress opens

   Posted Jan 04th 2013, 09:49am by Associated Press in Washington

   ... Speaker John Boehner kept his job in a government where President Barack Obama will soon be sworn in to a second term and his fellow Democrats control the Senate. Fourteen Republicans declined ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1119657/top-republican-keeps-job-new-us-congress-opens
2. News - World - UNITED STATES

   US House stays under Republican control

   Posted Nov 07th 2012, 03:15pm by Reuters in Washington

   ... as the deficit or immigration. A contented House Speaker John Boehner told party faithful at an election-night rally that he and fellow Republicans had “offered solutions and the American people want ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1077032/us-house-stays-under-republican-control
3. News - World - US POLITCS

   John Boehner narrowly re-elected as House Speaker

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 12:00am by Associated Press

   ... to face festering problems and a partisan and crisis-driven era of divided government. Boehner beat Nancy Pelosi 220-192 but 14 Republicans declined to vote for Boehner as House Speaker ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1120087/john-boehner-narrowly-re-elected-house-speaker
4. Business - Economy

   US on edge of fiscal cliff

   Posted Nov 14th 2012, 12:00am by Kevin Rafferty

   ... States have resumed their headlong rush towards the fiscal cliff. Both newly re-elected President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have made conciliatory noises without actually making ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1081851/us-edge-fiscal-cliff
5. News - World - US ECONOMY: ANALYSIS

   John Boehner's dilemma in fiscal cliff showdown

   Posted Dec 10th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World John Boehner US Economy Fiscal Cliff Barack Obama Republican Party Agence France-Presse in Washington Republicans will be angry if he agrees to Democrats' tax rise, but the public will be outraged and blame his party if a deal fails With room for manoeuvre slipping away, top US Republican John Boehner is in a bind over how to avoid going over the fiscal cliff: ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1101467/john-boehners-dilemma-fiscal-cliff-showdown
6. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Both sides appear more conciliatory as 'fiscal cliff' deadline looms

   Posted Nov 09th 2012, 12:00am by The New York Times in Washington

   ... News World Fiscal Cliff US Presidential Election 2012 Barack Obama John Boehner US Congress The New York Times in Washington Powerbrokers in the House and Senate seek a deal to avert January's 'fiscal cliff' when tax increases and spending cuts come into force US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, striking a conciliatory tone a day after the Republican ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1078138/both-sides-appear-more-conciliatory-fiscal-cliff-deadline-looms
7. News - World - US POLITCS

   US House leaders plan to vote on Sandy relief measures

   Posted Jan 04th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... infrastructure. But, in the lower House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner, still smarting from battle with Democratic President Barack Obama over "fiscal cliff" budget negotiations, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1119282/us-house-leaders-plan-vote-sandy-relief-measures
8. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Obama makes tax concession in fiscal cliff gambit

   Posted Dec 18th 2012, 10:50am by AFP

   ... News World Business Economy Fiscal Cliff Barack Obama John Boehner US taxes Agence France-Presse in Washington US President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Monday edged towards a deal to avert a potentially disastrous year-end tax and spending crisis that could spark a new recession. Obama offered Boehner his latest counter-proposal in a tortuous ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1107304/obama-makes-tax-concession-fiscal-cliff-gambit
9. News - World - UNITED STATES

   US president shrugs off claims he lacks bonhomie

   Posted Jan 16th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World United States Barack Obama John Boehner Agence France-Presse in Washington Barack Obama has dismissed claims he disdains the backslapping bonhomie a US leader sometimes needs ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1128921/us-president-shrugs-claims-he-lacks-bonhomie
10. Comment - Insight & Opinion

    Republican crazies scuttle deal with Obama

    Posted Dec 23rd 2012, 12:00am by Paul Krugman

    ... Comment Insight & Opinion US Politics Republican Party Barack Obama Fiscal Cliff John Boehner Paul Krugman As long as John Boehner's party is controlled by extremists, no deal ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1110929/republican-crazies-scuttle-deal-obama

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