With President Barack Obama's immigration reform executive action looming, one Republican congressman publicly stated this week that impeachment would be considered if the president fulfills his unilateral action promise.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, warned of the consequences of using potential executive action on immigration reform during his first press conference since Republicans regained control of the Congress.
With news that a second health care worker was diagnosed with Ebola and flew to Cleveland despite a developing fever, Speaker of the House John Boehner wants President Barack Obama to consider a temporary flight ban as the virus remains a top health concern.
When President Barack Obama announced a delay on his immigration executive action, he said politics was not behind the decision, but Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, disagreed.
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, has yet to introduce the U.S. Senate's bipartisan immigration legislation to the House, but he revealed the Republican Party could support immigration reform.
Following the first airstrikes to combat the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria, congressional leaders have issued their first comments on the issue while continuing their recess.
The House of Representatives has not passed an immigration reform bill, but Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH, said legislation would help the country's economy.
Putting aside their political affiliations, Congress has passed authorization to combat the Islamic State militant group before going on recess, and it is ready for President Barack Obama's signature.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation about his plans to target the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, and lawmakers from the Republican Party commented on the positives and negatives of his strategy.
The national unemployment rate declined in August, but Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH, expressed disappointment with the figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Congressional Budget Office, providing nonpartisan analysis for Congress, predicted U.S. GDP will increase by 1.5 percent by the end of 2014, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, used the news to criticize Democrats and the Obama administration.
The U.S. Department of Labor revealed the overall unemployment rate increased to 6.2 percent for July, but the rate for Latinos remained at 7.8 percent.
Republicans of the House of Representatives have drafted their own bill to address the immigration crisis at the southern U.S. border, and it comes with a lower budget than President Barack Obama requested.
Following Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's, R-NV, plans to add a comprehensive immigration reform bill on any legislation addressing the border crisis, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, stated he will reject such efforts.
FWD.us, the Association for a Better New York and New York University hosted an "Immigration Reform for New York State in the 21st Century Economy" panel moderated by Time Warner Cable News NY1 Noticias' "Pura Politica" anchor Juan Manuel Benitz. "Right now, immigration reform is incredibly political," said FWD.us National Organizing Director Lisa Conn, adding, "It's one of those issues that you might offend someone if you talk about it because it's so political."
Republicans have called for the Obama administration to send the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to slow the influx of undocumented immigrants, but the Guard's responsibilities are limited.
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, penned a letter explaining his intentions to sue President Barack Obama. According to the House speaker, all members of Congress, including lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and Obama, swore an oath to "preserve, protect and defend" the country's Constitution.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, told Hispanics that comprehensive immigration reform will not come to fruition this summer. Reid placed blame on House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for noting voting on an immigration reform bill within the House of Representatives.
