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Speaker Boehner overcome by emotion during papal visit - video (Encore)

 Thursday 24 September 2015 18.03 EDT

The presence of Pope Francis in Washington had a particularly profound effect on John Boehner, the Speaker of the House. Boehner, a devout Catholic, fought back tears during the Pope’s address to Congress, and was visibly moved when he blessed a crowd of thousands who had gathered on the National Mall 

•Follow our live coverage of the Pope’s visit

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Papal Birthday Stirs Congressional Memory

By Alex Gangitano

Posted at 4:35 p.m. on Dec. 17




Francis’ visit deeply affected Boehner. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The man who brought more traffic to Washington than most presidential inaugurations turns 79 today. Some might even say Pope Francis helped set in motion the biggest turnover in House leadership in years.

Although his September visit was the he’s only time he’s been to Capitol Hill, the hype and repercussions were unmatched.

In March 2014, former Speaker John A. Boehner announced he had invited the pontiff to address a joint meeting of Congress.
On Sept. 24, thousands greeted the pope at the Capitol, arriving as early as 4:30 a.m. While he affected many lives that day, perhaps his biggest influence was on Boehner, and in turn, Congress. The Ohio Republican met with Francis before the joint meeting, when, now famously, Francis noted the green of Boehner’s tie. Green symbolizes hope, according to Francis, and Boehner responded, “I need a lot of hope today.”

What You Missed: Pope Francis’ Address to Congress

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Throughout the pontiff’s address to Congress and the crowds on the West Front, Boehner was visibly emotional.

The very next morning, the Catholic speaker announced his resignation. At his news conference that day, he said, “Just yesterday we witnessed the awesome sight of Pope Francis addressing the greatest legislative body in the world — and I hope we will all heed his call to live by the Golden Rule. But last night, I started to think about this. And this morning, I woke up and I said my prayers, as I always do, and I decided, you know, today’s the day I’m going to do this.”

The ensuing month was filled with uncertainty, unrest and a testing of the GOP’s resolve in finding a new leader.

And, when Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., was elected (He’s also a Catholic), Boehner went on to say on CNN, “I laid every ounce of Catholic guilt I could on him” to get him to take the job.



Happy Birthday, Francis! We can’t wait to see what happens next time you come to town.

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Boehner: ‘Catholic guilt’ swayed Ryan on speakership

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New House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis, saluted his predecessor, John Boehner, in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)


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November 2, 2015

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker John Boehner says he used “Catholic guilt” to persuade Paul Ryan to run for speaker.

On CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, Boehner said he invoked God to persuade his fellow Catholic from refusing to run for speaker to agreeing to do so.

Boehner says he told Ryan: “This isn’t about what you want to do. It’s about what God wants you to do. And God has told me, he wants you to” run for speaker.

Ryan did — and won. The Wisconsin congressman has insisted that he will not give up time with his family or stop sleeping in his office in Washington. Boehner, meanwhile, stepped down, inspired by spending time with Pope Francis last month.

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Resolution honoring Pope Francis stalls in US Congress, with little Republican support

Catholic World News - July 30, 2014



A Congressional resolution honoring Pope Francis for his “inspirational statements and actions” has stalled on Capitol Hill, with Republican Party leaders reluctant to move it forward.

The resolution, welcoming the election of the first Pope from the Americas and praising his spiritual leadership, was introduced by two lawmakers, a Democrat (Rep. John Larson of Connecticut) and a Republican (Peter King of New York). The resolution now has 221 co-sponsors.

But only 19 of the lawmakers backing the bill are Republicans. The Hill cites a Republican backer of the measure as saying that some conservative legislators have withheld their support because of papal statements that have been interpreted as critical of free-market economic policies, or supportive of President Obama.

As Congress approaches recess, the resolution has not been moved out of the foreign affairs committee in the House of Representatives. Rep. Larson, the co-author of the measure, has asked the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, to schedule a vote. In his letter making that plea, Larson reminded the Speaker that he (Boehner) had issued an invitation for Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress.

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Jesuits Call on Jesuit Alumni in Congress to Protect Central American Children Crossing U.S. Border

July 30, 2014 — The Society of Jesus in the United States (the Jesuit order) is making a personal plea to the 43 Congressional representatives who graduated from U.S. Jesuit high schools and colleges to “uphold the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of human life” when considering policy solutions to address the influx of children fleeing violence in Central America.

In a letter to Speaker John Boehner (Xavier University), copied to Jesuit alumni in Congress, Fr. Thomas H. Smolich, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference, called on Congress to uphold the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA).

Currently, most unaccompanied minors detained by Border Patrol agents are handed over to the Department of Health and Human Services, which coordinates their care and provides an opportunity for children to tell their story to an adult they can trust. As part of his response to the increase in the number of children arriving at the border, President Obama asked Congress to consider weakening the TVPRA in order to fast-track deportations of children. Now, House leadership is seeking to change the law, which would allow a single Border Patrol agent to render a deportation decision and quickly deport a child back to his or her home country.

Fr. Smolich said that a change to the TVPRA, “would result in children having a one-shot chance to disclose their persecution to a Customs and Border Protection agent or officer…” He called any attempt to dilute TVPRA “inhumane and an insult to American values,” particularly since some children might have been “victimized by armed men in uniform.”

The letter also asked Speaker Boehner and Congressional alumni of Jesuit institutions to protect the due process rights of vulnerable children and examine the root causes leading children to flee in unprecedented numbers.

“This is not a new crisis, nor is it primarily at our border. Rather it has been escalating over the last decade…90 children are murdered or disappeared in Honduras every month,” said Fr. Smolich, who also reminds Speaker Boehner that “this is the equivalent of eight children being executed in your Congressional district every thirty days.”

Recalling the assassination of six Jesuits in El Salvador nearly 25 years ago, Fr. Smolich emphasized the Jesuits’ commitment to working with fellow Jesuits and lay partners in Central America, who live the reality of widespread violence. They see “the elementary school teacher murdered when he tried to prevent gangs from forcibly recruiting his students; the young girl pulled from her home, offered as a birthday present to a gang leader and then raped by 16 men; lay colleagues of Jesuits assassinated and harassed by the police.”

Fr. Smolich closed his letter by asking the Speaker and his fellow Jesuit alumni in Congress to “uphold an American tradition” of welcoming “the refugee, the victim of trafficking, the child who has been abused or abandoned.”

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Obama to BYPASS Congress AGAIN to enact immigration reform measures

By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS

PUBLISHED: 14:46 EST, 30 June 2014 | UPDATED: 16:02 EST, 30 June 2014

President Barack Obama announced today that he would again go around Congress to enact immigration reform measures.

In a hastily scheduled statement this afternoon from the White House Rose Garden, Obama said he would 'greatly prefer' Congress pass its own legislation, rather than having to take matters into his own hands, but House Republicans have given him no choice.

'I don’t prefer taking administrative action,' he said. 'I take executive action only when we have a serious problem, a serious issue, and Congress chooses to do nothing.'

The president said he had directed his administration to 'refocus' is efforts on border security and said it would use its 'existing legal authorities' to do 'what Congress refuses to do' and fix the broken immigration system.




My way or the highway: President Barack Obama said today that in the absence of Congressional legislation addressing the U.S.'s broken immigration system, he would use his 'existing legal authority' enact his own reforms

The President said he expected recommendations from his administration on what he can do without Congress by the end of the summer.

It will still taken an act of Congress, however, Obama said, to truly reform the system, and Obama indicated that he had recently told House Speaker John Boehner as much.

'I’m going to continue to reach out to House Republicans in the hope that they deliver a more permanent solution with a comprehensive bill,' Obama said.

'Maybe it will be after the midterms, when they’re less worried about politics. Maybe it will be next year. Whenever it is, they will find me a willing partner.'

Obama said he'd be willing to look at legislation other than the version he supports that is stalled in the Senate.

'The only thing I can’t do,' Obama said, 'is stand by and do nothing while waiting for [House Republicans] to get their act together.'

'I believe Speaker Boehner when he says he wants to pass an immigration bill. I think he genuinely wants to get something done,' Obama said at another point in his remarks.

After Obama's announcement Boehner released a statement saying 'it is sad and disappointing' that the president 'won't work with us, but is instead intent on going it alone with executive orders that can't and won't fix these problems.

'In our conversation last week, I told the president what I have been telling him for months: the American people and their elected officials don't trust him to enforce the law as written.

'Until that changes, it is going to be difficult to make progress on this issue,' Boehner said.

The president's announcement comes two years after he went around Congress to change administration policy as it regards to how it treats young people who have lived in the United States since they were children.

The president's 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order instructed immigration officials to stop deporting young people who had lived in the U.S. continuously since 2007 and had no criminal record.

That policy, Republicans claim, led to the current humanitarian crisis on America's border with Mexico.

Unaccompanied minors have poured into the border since DACA went into effect.

Many are coming from Mexico, but the majority are coming from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

The Customs and Border Protection agency expects 100,000 children to illegally immigrate to the Unite States by the end of the year.

Neither Obama's DACA directive nor his immigration reform legislation that is currently stalled in the Senate would apply to them, but more than 200 a day are coming to the U.S. anyway under the false assumption they will receive amnesty when they arrive.
Border enforcement officials have been overwhelmed by the flood of children, and detention facilities in the Rio Grande area in Texas are overflowing with teens and small kids awaiting deportation or other government action.

'The White House claims it will move to return these children to their families in their home countries, yet additional executive action from this president isn't going to stem the tide of illegal crossings, it’s only going to make them worse,' Boehner said today.

Boehner accused the president was 'giving false hope to children and their families that if they enter the country illegally they will be allowed to stay.'

In his remarks Obama said today that crisis on the border 'underscores' the need for immigration reform and called on House Republicans saying otherwise to stop coming up with excuses not to pass reforms.

'It makes no sense. It's not on the level. It's just politics, plain and simple,' he said of their refusal to pass reform legislation.

Obama denied that his past actions had provided encouragement for the mass migration of children, saying, 'I've sent a clear message to parents in these countries, not to put their kids through this.'

'The problem is our immigration system is so broken, so unclear,' Obama said, Central Americans don't know what the rules are.

The president said said 'maybe' Republicans will pass reform after the Midterm elections this November when they're less worried about politics, or maybe they will pass them next year.

In the meantime, Obama said would act on his own.

If Congress doesn't like it, he said, it should pass it's own legislation instead of trying to sue him, he said, referring to Boehner's announcement last week that the House would bring a lawsuit against Obama for repeatedly going around Congress to amend the law as he sees fit.

'Pass a bill; solve a problem. Don't just say no on something that everybody agrees needs to be done,' the president said.

'With the House of Representatives filing a lawsuit to curb Obama’s presidential overreach, you'd think this administration would get the message,' Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement harshly rebuking the president.

'Our Constitution is not a list of suggestions. Our Founders were not mistaken when they created three separate branches of government,' Priebus argued, citing recent Supreme Court decisions rolling back Democratic-supported legislation.

'[The president] wants a comprehensive immigration overhaul that's his way or the highway. But that doesn't give him the power to rewrite the Constitution or the law.'

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Pope Francis invited to address U.S. Congress

Reuters, 13/03 22:08 CET




By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday invited Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress – an unprecedented event – during an expected visit to the United States next year.

Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have quickly sought to invoke the popular pontiff’s devotion to the poor.

Francis, who on Thursday marked the first anniversary of his election as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, is widely expected to travel to Philadelphia in September 2015 to attend the World Meeting of Families.

Mayors of several other U.S. cities have invited him to visit and Boehner moved to secure a spot on the pope’s itinerary in a letter to sent to the pontiff on Thursday.

“It is with reverence and admiration that I have invited Pope Francis, as head of state of the Holy See and the first pope to hail from the Americas, to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress,” Boehner said in a statement.

While Pope John Paul II visited Washington in 1979 and Pope Benedict XVI visited the U.S. capital in 2008, the U.S. Senate Historian’s office said it has no record of a pontiff ever addressing Congress.

“Pope Francis has inspired millions of Americans with his pastoral manner and servant leadership, challenging all people to lead lives of mercy, forgiveness, solidarity, and humble service,” added Boehner, the highest-ranking U.S. elected official who is Catholic.

But the Ohio Republican also used the occasion to reiterate Republicans’ views that increased government spending and welfare programs are not the way to meet Americans’ responsibility to care for the poor and the most vulnerable.

He said Americans “have embraced Pope Francis’ reminder that we cannot meet our responsibility to the poor with a welfare mentality based on business calculations. We can meet it only with personal charity on the one hand and sound, inclusive policies on the other.”

BUDGET CRITICISM

Boehner and Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, also a Catholic, have come under fire in recent years from U.S. Catholic bishops over their spartan budgets, which have proposed major cuts to programs aimed at helping the poor, in part to reduce tax rates.

Ryan and Boehner have argued that federal handouts and big government programs violate the Catholic principle of “subsidiarity,” which suggests that human affairs are best handled at the lowest level, closest to those affected. Instead, they advocate that the action of individuals, charities and private institutions and firms should take precedence in caring for the poor.

Previous Ryan budgets backed by Boehner have prompted sharp criticism from U.S. Catholic bishops, who have argued that their cuts would hurt the poor, elderly and sick, conflicting with Church teachings to aid the vulnerable.

Francis, a Jesuit who has taken a vow of poverty, last November called unfettered capitalism as a “new tyranny,” and criticized “trickle-down” economic theory, which is favoured by many U.S. Republicans.

In his first major document authored as pope, he argued that growth encouraged by unfettered financial markets will not result in greater social justice and inclusiveness.

In the same document, the pontiff also lamented growing income inequality around the world, a cause that U.S. Democrats have taken up as they seek to win back more seats in November congressional elections.

“This imbalance is the result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,” Francis wrote.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who is also Catholic, welcomed Boehner’s invitation to the pontiff.

“Pope Francis has lived his values and upheld his promise to be a moral force, to protect the poor and the needy, to serve as a champion of the less fortunate, and to promote love and understanding among faiths and nations,” Pelosi said.

President Barack Obama, who is advocating an increase in the U.S. minimum wage, among other social policies, is scheduled to meet with the pope at the Vatican on March 27 during a trip to Europe.

(Reporting by David Lawder; editing by Sandra Maler, David Storey and G Crosse)


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POTUS Signed Seven Bills Repealing/Defunding Parts of ObamaCare

JohnBoehner

Published on Jul 25, 2013


"Meaningless" -- that's what President Obama called ongoing efforts to delay and dismantle his disaster of a health care law, even though he signed seven of those bills repealing or defunding parts of it.

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Boehner to Address Abortion Opponents at DC March

WASHINGTON January 23, 2012 (AP)


Abortion opponents are gathering in Washington for their annual rally and march to mark the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

House Speaker John Boehner is scheduled to address the crowd Monday at the "March for Life." The first march was held in 1974, a year after the landmark Supreme Court ruling. In recent years it has attracted hundreds of thousands of participants.

The rally begins at noon on the National Mall and participants will then march up Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court building.

Boehner says in a statement that he's honored to address the march and to lead the House's "bipartisan pro-life majority."


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House Speaker John Boehner Rejects President Obama’s Request for Joint Session Next Wednesday, Suggests Thursday Instead

Aug 31, 2011 5:09pm

House Speaker John Boehner wrote a letter to President Obama this afternoon, rejecting the president’s request for a joint session of Congress next Wednesday, Sept. 7, and instead proposed that the president address lawmakers next Thursday, Sept. 8 “at a time that works best for your schedule.”

Obama’s request for the joint session on Wednesday would have conflicted with a planned debate of Republican presidential candidates in California. Boehner’s request for the joint session on Thursday conflicts with the opening game of the NFL season.

The spat over timing for the speech, which is intended to lay out a long-awaited jobs plan from the White House, underscored the partisan bickering that has beset Washington.

With the House of Representatives not set to return to session from a month-long recess until hours before the president’s proposed time for a joint session, Boehner pointed to concerns about “the significant amount of time – typically more than three hours – that is required to allow for a security sweep of the House Chamber before receiving a President.”

“As your spokesperson today said, there are considerations about the Congressional calendar that must be made prior to scheduling such an extraordinary event. As you know, the House of Representatives and Senate are each required to adopt a Concurrent Resolution to allow for a Joint Session of Congress to receive the President. And as the Majority Leader announced more than a month ago, the House will not be in session until Wednesday, September 7, with votes at 6:30 that evening,” Boehner wrote in a letter to Obama Wednesday afternoon. “It is my recommendation that your address be held on the following evening [Thursday], when we can ensure there will be no parliamentary or logistical impediments that might detract from your remarks.”

Boehner wrote that he agrees with the president that “creating a better environment for job creation must be our most urgent priority” and said that the House has worked to implement “an agenda designed to reduce economic uncertainty, remove unnecessary government barriers to private-sector job creation, and help small businesses.”

“We welcome the opportunity to hear your latest proposals,” Boehner, R-Ohio, wrote. “We look forward to hearing your ideas and working together to solve America’s jobs crisis.”

GOP aides say that the speaker was not made aware of the president’s request for a joint address until 15 minutes prior to the White House’s public announcement.

But according to a White House official, Speaker Boehner’s office was consulted about the September 7^th date for the President’s address before the request was made public and no objection or concern was raised.

This is not the first time that Boehner and Obama’s schedules have competed in the public spectrum.

Following the GOP’s electoral triumph last November, the White House announced a Nov. 18 meeting with the president and Congressional leadership without first confirming the attendance of the GOP leaders. After Boehner cited a scheduling conflict, the Oval Office sit-down was eventually rescheduled to Nov. 30.

Boehner is not the only Republican displeased with the president’s proposed timing for the widely anticipated address on job creation. Earlier Wednesday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus criticized Obama for trying to steal the show from Republicans vying to defeat him and participating in the GOP debate at the Reagan Library in California.

“President Obama’s decision to address Congress at the same time as a long-scheduled Republican Presidential debate cements his reputation as Campaigner-in-Chief,” Priebus wrote in a statement. “While the White House claims it’s simply a ‘coincidence,’ the American people can see right through that excuse.”

While Boehner’s proposal to have the joint session a day later solves the quandary between a presidential primetime address and the GOP debate, if accepted, the speaker’s proposal would likely match the president up in primetime against the NFL’s season opener on NBC between the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints.

In order to appear before a joint session of Congress, both chambers must adopt a concurrent resolution permitting the use of the House chamber for a joint session of Congress. The fastest way to adopt a concurrent resolution typically has been to obtain unanimous consent, which a single member of the House or Senate could object to.

Prior to Boehner’s proposal for an alternative date, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, was actively considering whether to object to the UC agreement.

When asked whether Paul is planning to withhold his consent, his national press secretary Gary Howard told ABC News, “He’s weighing his options.”

If any lawmaker in either chamber of Congress objects to the UC request, a full roll call vote would be forced, thus the dilemma Boehner would face if the address was scheduled next Wednesday. According to the House schedule the earliest the lower chamber could currently hold a roll call vote is September 7, after 6:30 p.m. just hours before the president had initially asked to deliver his address.

ABC News’ Jason Volack contributed to this report.

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Speaker Boehner Swears In Father Patrick J. Conroy as House Chaplain

Washington (May 25)

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today swore in Father Patrick J. Conroy, S.J., as the 60th chaplain of the House of Representatives. Earlier this month, in consultation with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Speaker Boehner announced his intent to nominate Father Conroy to succeed Father Daniel P. Coughlin. The House confirmed the nomination by unanimous voice vote. Speaker Boehner made brief remarks on the House floor welcoming and congratulating Father Conroy prior to his swearing-in:
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“One of the most important members of the House community is not a member of Congress. Upon its inception, the House elected a chaplain to deliver the opening prayer, continuing a tradition started by the First Continental Congress. As the House has grown, so has the role of the chaplain, who members, officers, and staff look to for advice and counsel.

“The chaplain also sees to the well-being of this institution, which serves people of all faiths, and a Nation that has always put its trust in God. Our national motto is an echo of the 16th psalm: ‘Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I put my trust.’ These words are etched on the stained glass window in the prayer room here in the Capitol.

“In many ways, the chaplain is the anchor of the House. So it was with regret last month that we bid farewell to Father Dan, who retired after 11 years of distinguished service. But always looking out for us, Father Dan left behind one last blessing…he recommended someone who he felt would be a worthy successor. And, no surprise, Father was right.

“Father Pat Conroy comes to us from the Northwest: he was born and raised in Washington state, and has spent much of his priesthood in Oregon. Next month, he will mark his 28th year as a Jesuit priest. Father Pat also served here in our capital city – he was a chaplain at Georgetown University for a total of 10 years. And he has a deep appreciation for public service – before being called into the priesthood, Father Pat felt a calling to politics, specifically the United States Senate. Father, something tells me you’ll fit in fine right here.

“I think it’s important to give the House a sense of Father Pat’s character. This is from a letter he wrote expressing his willingness to serve as chaplain: ‘As a Jesuit, I believe it a part of my calling to find God in all things, and to discover the spirit of God present in the people I encounter, and whom I serve. I wish to say that ‘I am ready and willing’ should those to be served deem me worthy of this ministry. Though true of any ministry, the position would call me to a radical reliance upon the grace of God, which would also be God’s gift.’

“It’s clear this loyal servant of the faithful is uniquely suited to serve as chaplain of the people’s House. Leader Pelosi and I have gotten a chance to know Father Pat, and we’re honored that he has accepted our invitation to serve as chaplain. We are blessed to have his guidance and his wisdom as we discharge our duties and fulfill our obligations to current and future generations of Americans. Please join me in welcoming and congratulating the 60th chaplain of the House of Representatives, Father Pat Conroy.”

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Pelosi slips, calls Speaker 'Father Boehner' in new chaplain ceremony

By Pete Kasperowicz - 05/25/11 02:03 PM ET

The House enjoyed a moment of levity Wednesday afternoon when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slipped and called Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) "Father Boehner." Pelosi was in the midst of welcoming Father Patrick Conroy as the new House Chaplain.

The slip-up prompted Boehner to joke, "I've been called a lot of things, but not that."

As Republicans cheered, Pelosi replied, "You really have to be a good politician to be called Father Boehner."

Conroy is the 60th House Chaplain and was quickly sworn in to replace Daniel Coughlin. "We pray for you, please pray for us," Pelosi said.

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Boehner avoids mention of criticism surrounding appearance at Catholic University

May 14th, 2011

05:50 PMET

By Larry Lazo, CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner emphasized "humility, patience and faith" in his commencement speech Saturday at the Catholic University of America, steering clear of addressing concerns raised by dozens at the college over his role in passing the 2012 budget.

Boehner, a Catholic and a Republican, made no mention of a letter that was sent to him this week by a group of 70 people from Catholic University as well as other Catholic colleges across the country, criticizing the 2012 budget that Boehner helped guide through the House. The signatories included faculty, priests and nuns, among others.

The legislation called for spending cuts that could adversely affect a number of programs that help the poor and elderly.

The letter said Boehner's actions go against the Catholic doctrine.

"It is your moral duty as a legislator to put the needs of the poor and most vulnerable foremost in your considerations," the letter stated.

Stephen Schneck, a professor at Catholic University, was one of the dozens who signed the letter.

"Catholic social teachings have always emphasized the importance of preferencing the poor in regards to governance and policy-making. And if you look over the speaker's record, it doesn't seem as if he's been fulfilling that part of the deal," Schneck told CNN.

A day after receiving the letter, Boehner did not directly comment on the proposed cuts listed in the budget, but he did express his satisfaction with the system that's currently in place.

"I think America has a strong safety net for those who live near the bottom of our economy," he said.

But it's that safety net that Schneck and his colleagues say Boehner is targeting.

"In the 2012 budget there are a number of items that just seem to be quite frankly at odds with Catholic social teachings in this regard - the cuts that he makes to WIC [women, infants and children] programs, the 20% cuts in food stamps, cuts to maternal and infant grants. ... What happens to Medicare and Medicaid?" Schneck said.

A number of Christian groups have since formed what they call a "Circle of Protection" in the hopes of doing just that - protecting groups that are in danger of being heavily impacted by cuts to various food and nutrition programs as well as to Medicare and Medicaid.

Schneck issued an invitation to Boehner to join them.

Boehner said Thursday that he feels like there are people in every religion who lean more liberal or conservative, but he said he feels good about his track record.

"I believe that the actions that I've taken during my years in Congress uphold the values of my faith," he said.

In his commencement address Saturday, Boehner emphasized doing the right thing for the right reasons: "... humility, patience and faith - the raw material of hard work and sacrifice. They will take you as far as you want to go."

CNN's Eric Marrapodi contributed to this report
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John Boehner offers prayers, help

By JAKE SHERMAN 1/9/11 8:57 AM EST

House Speaker John Boehner said the lower chamber is ready to assist in the aftermath of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords being shot, and asked lawmakers and staff to keep her and her aides in their prayers.

Speaking from his hometown of West Chester, Ohio, Boehner struck a somber tone, reflective of the situation he confronts just days into his speakership.

“To the members of the house and their staffs, I ask that you, on this Sabbath day, that we keep Gabby and her staff in our thoughts and prayers,” Boehner said. “Public service is a high honor but these tragic events remind us that all of us in our roles in service to our fellow citizens comes with a risk. This inhuman act should not, and will not, deter us from our calling to represent our constituents and to fulfill our oaths of office. No act, no matter how heinous, must be allowed to stop us from our duty.”

That risk was realized in the Giffords shooting, and reflected by the Republican majority with an altered schedule this week, which will push of the vote to repeal Democrats’ health care reform.

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Mr. Boehner hasn't even been speaker of the House of Representatives for a week, and already he is expressing the very same things that I fear he will (would) have MUCH more to say about very soon: The Sabbath; NO, Not the real Sabbath, but his Church's mark of authority, SUNDAY.

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LISTEN CLOSELY, AND YOU'LL HEAR THE DISTINCT VOICE OF THE DRAGON!

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passing the baton in the relay race for total control

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Pelosi was involved with politics from an early age. In her outgoing remarks as the 60th Speaker of the House, Pelosi noted that she had been present at John F. Kennedy's inaugural address as President in January 1961. She graduated from the Institute of Notre Dame, a Catholic all-girls high school in Baltimore, and from Trinity College (now Trinity Washington University) in Washington, D.C., in 1962 with a B.A. in political science.

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Boehner attended Cincinnati's Moeller High School and was a linebacker on the school's football team, where he was coached by future Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Graduating from Moeller in 1968, when U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was at its peak, Boehner enlisted in the United States Navy but was honorably discharged after eight weeks because of a bad back.[12] He earned his bachelor's degree in business from Xavier University in Cincinnati in 1977, becoming the first person in his family to attend college, taking seven years as he held several jobs to pay for his education.[3]
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Mervyn King Warns of 1930's Depression

John Boehner, the alternative?

Today we hear that John Boehner is willing to compromise with the White House on tax cuts...

OK, moving right along.

John Boehner is considered by some to by an alternative, a sobering factor against the wanton spending coming out of the current Democrat Administration. Yet, before the battle for the budget (The Battle of The Bulge) begins he has already conceded a compromise. And, he wants to cut spending?

Can anyone see a real change of pace in his approach to getting us out of this financial malaise? Can anyone see the making of a Presidential Candidate? I am not a betting man, but, when the bugle sounds in 2012, I expect his horse to be in the stalls: Old Bayner.

Tally ho, dark horse!

Speaking of race horses; Let's see his pedigree -

John Andrew Boehner (pronounced /ˈbeɪnər/ BAY-nər; born November 17, 1949) is an American Republican politician who is currently serving as the House Minority Leader in the 111th Congress. He serves as a U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district, which includes several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton and a small portion of Dayton itself.
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Early life, education and career

Boehner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Mary Anne (née Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner. He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. He graduated from Cincinnati's Moeller High School in 1968, when U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was at its peak. Boehner enlisted in the United States Navy but was honorably discharged after eight weeks for medical reasons.[1] He earned his bachelor's degree in business from Xavier University [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_University_(Cincinnati)] in Cincinnati in 1977. He subsequently accepted a position with Nucite Sales, a small sales business in the packaging and plastics industry, where he eventually became president of the firm.[2]

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NAME Boehner, John Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Ohio politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Reading, Ohio
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Categories: 1949 births American businesspeople American Roman Catholic politicians Intelligent design advocates Living people Majority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives Members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio Ohio Republicans Politicians from Cincinnati, Ohio Xavier University (Cincinnati) alumni Members of the Ohio House of Representatives People from Butler County, Ohio

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Republicans Fault Obama on Transparency

January 27, 2010, 8:23 pm — Updated: 8:41 pm -->
Republicans Fault Obama on Transparency
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN


Not even two hours before President Obama was to arrive at the Capitol to give his State of the Union speech, House Republicans were not letting up the pressure one bit. In a letter to the president, they accused him of carrying out secretive negotiations on health care legislation (PDF) and urged him to renounce any further backroom deals.

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Representative John Boehner of Ohio, the House minority leader.

In a news release, the Republicans accused Mr. Obama of repeatedly breaking a campaign pledge to let C-Span film talks on the health care legislation and of turning the White House into a “hub of backroom deals.”

“If the deals cut at the White House and on Capitol Hill are signed into law, millions of seniors will see their Medicare benefits cuts, while countless other Americans will see their premiums increase, their taxes increase, and even lose their current health insurance,” Representative Dave Camp of Michigan, the senior Republican on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, said in a statement.

A dozen senior Republicans signed the letter, including Mr. Camp and the House Republican leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio.

“During the campaign you repeatedly promised to hold care negotiations on C-SPAN. Monday, however, in an interview with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer you admitted that: ‘There is a legislative process that is taking place in Congress and I am happy to own up to the fact that I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have like,’” the Republicans wrote.

“In light of your admission, and ongoing secret health care negotiations among Democrats in Congress, we ask you to again make clear to Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid that you will not sign a health care bill crafted in a backroom deal,” they wrote, adding: “Republicans firmly support changing the way Congress works and giving the American people the access to the health care debate you promised and that they deserve.”

Republicans have opposed the Democrats’ efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system from the moment Mr. Obama identified it as his top domestic priority last year, and the bill is now stalled mainly because Republicans have vowed to filibuster it in the Senate.
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Source:http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/republicans-fault-obama-on-transparency/
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