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Friday, May 17, 2013  The authors of a report on the attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, are telling a House Republican that they will testify in public -- but they won't submit first to private interviews with investigators for a House oversight panel.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  There's a lull in the fiscal cliff talks as the White House and leading congressional Democrats have rejected the "Plan B" presented by House Speaker John Boehner.

Sunday, July 31, 2011  Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama announced agreement Sunday night with Republican congressional leaders on a compromise to avoid the nation's first-ever financial default. The deal would cut more than $2 trillion from federal spending over a decade.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  The battle over raising the nation's debt ceiling has come to the door of Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle.

Monday, May 09, 2011  Families who lost relatives in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 plan to meet with House Speaker John Boehner after he attends a political fundraiser in suburban Buffalo.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  And President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and incoming House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, need each other - as both partners and foils while they push their own legislative agendas and lay the groundwork for the 2012 elections.