john boehner spokesman's issue with the shows are john boehner is bad at his job hypothesis. very early on in the speaker's tenure, it seemed like he was not doing a great job. it actually started on hisirpub congress accidentally did not get sworn in to officially become congressmen. they instead were at some reception and when the official swearing in started an they weren't on the house floor, they turned to a tv set broadcasting the swearing in and they raised their hands and tried to take the oath to the television. as speaker you have to make sure all your people are there before you start the swearing in, did nobody explain this? there was also the very pious reading of the constitution on the house floor to mark the start of john boehner's speakership some part they left out because pieces of paper in the binder they were reading from got stuck together and nobody noticed. so those parts of the constitution just got skipped and didn't get read. >> finger cuffs, maybe, maybe proof read it was being said right, you did make a big deal, you asked for the attention, didn'

john boehner said, that would be great. john boehner when in front of the caucus and said we're going to unanimously oppose this plan. they had not even heard it yet. host: one of the issues, they can deal with john boehner, the problem is republicans cannot rein in their own caucus. is that part of the problem? guest: they can deal with john boehner. i do not think they can deal with eric cantor. he is the problem. he represents the tea party freshman who do not want any compromise on any issue. they have been a problem for john boehner. the political machine for the sole purpose of taking down barack obama. they have done it with the think tanks, political organizations, the tea party, research centers. they are everywhere. they just had another summit in palm springs where they got their corporate bodies together and raised $100 million host: let me read one quotation. it is striking how unqualified obama is and how this whole thing came about within the democratic party. nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a b

and they've been a problem for john boehner. but you know, my book is not so much about the problem with congress is you mentioned them in the last segment with david fossy, about the political machine that the cope brothers have built for the sole purpose of taking down barack obama. and they've done it with think tanks, with political organizations, with the tea party, with research centers on universities. they are everywhere in states and at the federal level. and they just had another summit out in palm springs where they got their corporate buddies together and raised $100 million, $100 million for taking down obama this year. >> let me read one quote. and there are a number from conservativive columnists. rush limbaugh in january of 2009. you say it is striking how unqualified obama is and how this whole thing came about within the democrat party party. nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy. >> yeah. we always thought growing up that it would b

reaction in washington from house speaker john boehner who in a news conference down-played new legislation in light of the shootings in his native ohio. he was asked whether this would prompt a legislative crackdown on gun rights and the house speaker says, let's be honest there's about 250 million guns in america, so they are out there but people should use them responsibly. let's begin with the lead story at this hour. that is politics and a key primary in michigan. the polls open from the detroit news. mitt romney was smiling as he paid a visit to his campaign headquarters on it this primary dash day but his grin disappeared after he started to talk about rick santorum. romney scored santorum over the automated phone calls urging democrats to vote against romney's in today's republican primary. we begin with some of the comments of mitt romney in michigan. >> is michigan proving a little bit more difficult than you expect? >> about ten days or ago or two weeks aago i was down 13 points in michigan. right for you it looks like too close to call. i don't think the pollster know what will

john boehner speaking to reporters earlier in the day also announcing his support for their plan. >> last fall, i said that the only reason we're even talking about a payroll tax break or an extension of unemployment benefits is because the president's economic policies have failed. i still believe that to be the case today. the agreement that's been reached to stop a tax hike on middle class americans is a fair agreement and one that i support. i want to thank chairman kemp and all of our conferrees for all the work and effort they've put into this bill. but let's be honest. this is as economic relief package. not a bill what's going to grow the economy and create jobs. tomorrow is the third anniversary of the president's stimulus bill. and yet another reminder that we need to change course and focus on pro growth economic positions and the types of bills that for months republicans have been passing over to the united states senate. you know, in december, the white house famously said that extending the payroll tax cut was the last must do item on the president's agenda. according

karen, if i were to con flat the words of mitt romney, john boehner and eric cantor for you these figures say president obama has got in the way of recovery and his policies are a total failure. only problem, unemployment is at its lowest in three years. >> somehow i think they missed the news that the president's policies have created 3.7 million jobs. as i like to do, i went back and in february of 2008 for the same period during george bush's presidency we had lost jobs and lost 63,000 jobs. somehow they don't remember that all those policies that they supported back then, we were losing jobs and now we're gaining jobs but that's a bad thing. it's really a sad statement when you have republicans actually rooting against the success of the american economy. >> that's what they appear to be doing. you've been critical of rom in the past saying he changes his position more times than a 4-year-old with adhd. you have to salute his consistency now. he said he's not concerned about the very poor and he's a friend with billionaire that's a form of fiscal consistency whether you like it or not

thanks. >> speaker of the house john boehner. again, the agreement that came forth after house republicans said they would set aside their differences trying to demand democrats look for a way to pay for this proposed tax cut. again, totaling about $150 billion that will extend the payroll tax cut through the end of this year. and of course that's part of the larger debate about the national debt. now at $15.3 trillion and growing. the question we're asking here at c-span radio, do you think enough attention is being paid on the federal deficit? give us a call. 202-626-7962. again the phone number, 202-626-7962. >>> shivon hughes covers congress for down jones news wires. he wrote speaker boehner expected the chamber to vote this week on a payroll tax cut extension package. but that a hiccup had emerged today over how to cover the cost of extending jobless benefits. what's that hiccup? >> the hiccup has to do with how do you pay for it? negotiators thought they had a deal, they thought that auctioning off some of the federal spec

>> i think it's anybody's guess whether or not john boehner would still be speaker. i think president obama is going to be reelected. i think we have a heck of a shot at taking back the house. i think boehner's leadership style and his ability to lead the house has left a lot to be desired for everyone. not just americans but his own caucus. he failed to deliver anything substantive to the american people. they haven't done anything with respect to energy or gas prices. he failed to get a deal with the president on a grand bargain over deficits. whips by a small number of people in his own caucus. i think this criticism seems to be fair. >> the fepeople around this country can say what the president has delivered on. that's what the right would like to stall for the president high pressure polls showing he is doing better than romney or santorum. he beats romney about five points. beating santorum by six. how much does the president's lead factor into what john boehner and eric cantor want to bring up? >> i think one of the reasons you have see congressional approval

boehner and minority leader john mcconnell, and one aide to speaker boehner telling the reporters that the speaker of the house and the congressional republicans remain hopeful that the democrats would finally consider republican discussions on job creation, and that is what was discussed in part at the white house today at a luncheon. and follow up by jay carney, the white hou white house aide. >> speaker boehner said he would be happy to work with the president on a true energy policy. your read out there, pretty upbeat, too, and was there a specific agenda that came out of the agenda that the american people can say that will likely be done? >> well, i don't want a specific piece of legislation or itemize the topics. as we talked about yesterday, i said and we put out a statement from amy brunledge, that the republicans put out the jobs act and elements within it that overlap considerably with the president's prior tis and in fact echo the very things that the president brought up first in his speech in september when he put forward his american jobs act. he repeated those very same

as you heard from the speaker of the house john boehner, the senate is willing to denounce the president's plan. they want churches who employ birth control coverage an attack on religious freedom. you heard the white house saying it will not stand, and also from congressional democrats and reaction from the white house through press secretary jay carney. we will have more on the story in a moment. presidential contests, three days after he lost to rick santorum, mitt romney on the campaign trail in georgia argue that he has a former governor of massachusetts is a better tea party candidate than the rivals. he says that spending on the lawmakers pet projects doubled under newt gingrich when he was house speaker and went after rick santorum and saying as senator, he was a major supporter as the type of spending known as pork barrel legislation. more on the presidential politics coming up later in the program. >>> and the house of representatives voting today to provide the president with something that many have called for and ronald reagan asked for it and bill clinton had it for a while,

there are a few people who id didn't, speaker john boehner, senator john mccain, folks like that who didn't play it. that's something that hits everybody. the broader issue romney is raising there about spending in washington, that will be really interesting to see how that plays. it's clear that's exactly the attack romney will go down. any problems you dislike -- you republican voters dislike about washington, he's one of the guys there when you disliked them. make sure to include them in your dislike. >> i have to follow up. i wonder if that will resonate with voters, if company will connect rick santorum with record deficits and government spending. he was in the u.s. house for two terms, two terms in the senate. he did lose in 2006. do voters connect the dots? >> that's a really good question. i guess we'll see how well it goes. it's tougher to connect the dots to a guy who is a rank-and-file senator than it was to connect those doubts to newt gingrich who as speaker of the house led the '94 republican revolution and led those troops for two full terms in congress. just as gingr

he has said he can teal with john boehner. john boehner can't deal with his own republican caucus in the house of representatives. can you follow-up on that point? >> well, that's the feeling in the white house. they believe that no one has boehner's back, if you will, among his, you know, close deputies and so forth and the rank and file and what about, you know, the 85, 89 house freshmen republican who is owe their success in the last election to the tea party? yes, after what happened in the so-called grand bargain last summer, they feel that just what the vice president has expressed rather bluntly in several different, you know, points where he's been asked about this or sometimes where he hasn't been asked about it. so i -- you know, i think you're reflecting the feeling that they have in the administration, and something else that's going to drive this campaign coming up? >> you know, our book is based on talking to people, and it's written in vivid english that anyone can understand. we do have some rigorous political

and does the president have a big rose garden signing ceremony with mitch mcconnell and john boehner behind him? or sign it and pass it and move on? and i think republicans noted that when they passed the bill, the authorization that was pitched as a joshes bill, the president signed and moved on and didn't talk about it, it does not help the white house's message that congress is ineffectua but looking forward to this year, you talked to republicans and talked to democrats, there's not a lot more options for compromise this year.

today john boehner saying the two are teammates. he did say there is a discord between the two offices but that's driven by staff rivalries. politico has the story at politico.com. here's how speaker john boehner responded to questions today earlier on capitol hill. >> this morning politico the headline is boehner canter call truce. within the article it says -- are hardly on speaking terms. boehner and kantor cannot agree on who would be allowed to attend. is that true? >> eric and i decided about three years ago that we would sit down, just he and i together just so we could have a chat about where we're going and do so between the two of us. now, listen, we've got a tough job around here. and anour members feel very strongly about a number of the issues that we've moved over the last year. when you're trying to do real work in this setting, you're going to having some very passionate people. our members and our staff, their passionate about what they do. sometimes that leads to some disagreements. but i'll just say this. because

here's the story john boehner wants to be told about the payroll tax deal. he had little to do with the negotiations. he divorced himself from the house senate conference committee talks, ceded his power to others allowed them to release an agreement. boehner, his staff and other top leaders have their finger prints all over the pact. while tax writers dave camp and max baucus were crit dool the deal, boehner's senior aides helped negotiate key provisions of the deal. later on it says consider how a provision to sell broadband spectrum, a key component that paid for the extension of jobless benefits came together. it wasn't resolved until around 10:30 p.m. on wednesday night when senator majority leader harry reid's chief of staff david krone and boehner's top aide barry jackson reached an agreement. the two had been at loggerheads over how much money the spectrum sales would raise. jackson pegged the figure higher than krone believed it to be. krone offered to fill any gap with money from increased fees on fannie mae and freddie mac. payne boeh boehner's ca

but in washington today, the nation's top elected republican, house speaker john boehner, dismissed fears that a protracted nomination fight would hurt the party. >> listen, i understand people are concerned about how long the primary process is dragging on. i would remind people that president obama and secretary of state hilary clinton had a fight that went through june of 2008. i think everybody just needs to relax, and this will resolve itself. >> ifill: two other major republicans remain in the hunt for the nomination. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum stumped in colorado, where caucuses are set for tuesday. and texas congressman ron paul spent the day courting voters around las vegas. all four will need to raise and spend ever larger amounts of money to keep going. new financial reports released last night show the role that independent outside groups, the "super pacs," are playing. according to the federal elections commission, pro-romney groups raised more than $30 million by the end of last year. those supporting newt gingrich raised more than $2 million. and that doesn't

john boehner and the rest of this group? host: grover norquist. guest: keeping spending down was not on his to do list. the no child left behind, not those of the republicans of the house and senate. there is a dramatically different group of people in the republican party in leadership, house senate and the governorship. if you look around the country, chris christie, decades of overspending and over pension promises and bankrupt pension systems, not educating kids in new jersey. he is wrestling with that. bobby jindal in the louisiana taking one of the most corrupt states in the nation and turning it around in very helpful ways. governor rick perry of texas took $15 billion out of overspending in the last two- year budget moving forward. the governor of pennsylvania reducing spending, not raising taxes in the last budget. scott walker and rick scott for that reform, reforming education, getting rid of the tenure system, which says you cannot fire teachers to do not teach and putting students and parents in the center, not the teachers' union in

boehner has been in charge. they can't really take credit for anything that's happening because we of course remember some of the machinations over the payroll tax cuts. they held it up in the house the. so i think they are in a very difficult position. they have got to do some regrouping over these next days. >> given that empty record and given the number of the job employment numbers, the momentum that the president may have on this, are the democrats perhaps now in a position to really push the congressional g.o.p. to pass the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance extensions this month? >> yeah. i think they are certainly feeling pretty good because they have a record and they can say, what we have been able to to do over these last months is showing some improvement. it's starting to show in these job numbers in terms of the private sector manufacturing, jobs, i think they are in a much better position. you see the president's ratings going up in terms of his favorability. so there is, i think, a slow

capitol this afternoon. >> woodruff: speaker john boehner, thank you very much for talking with us. >> good to be here. >> woodruff: so you begin this new year with polls showing the american people have never held congress in such low regard. is that something that you think congress deserves? >> well, judy, welcome to divided government. you know, the house is controlled by republicans, the senate controlled by democrats. we have a democrat in the white house. both parties have strongly held positions, but i think the american people expect and frankly deserve for us-- even though we have strongly held positions-- to find enough common ground to do what is necessary to get our economy moving again and get people back to work. >> woodruff: well, the polls also show that people think that a lot of it this gridlock and what they see that they don't like is due to members spending more time doing partisan bickering than doing what's good for the country. is that a fair perception? >> i don't think so. on an average day, 90% of the time members of congress, both sides of the aisle, are w

house speaker john boehner said he's not satisfied with the president's actions so far. in a statement he put out today, quote, the catholic church and others in our nation's religious community are not yet convinced the president's mandate doesn't constitute an attack on religious freedom. the house of representatives will continue to work toward a legislative solution. so i don't know what to make of that. this is all a combination of church belief, religious belief, background, ideology, and good old-fashioned politics. maybe they don't want to walk it back, their objections, so quickly. they want to give the president still a bit more heat, at least for the weekend. >> i think it's more ideology and politics than anything else. let's remember, john boehner is against the entire affordable care act which provides the larger context for this debate. so he doesn't want women to be able to get contraceptives without co-pay or any of the preventive care that people will get without co-pays through the affordable care act. but you know, i think that's a dangerous position

the honorable john boehner, speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon. thank you. let me say thank you to al credenes and acu and all of the organizers and responsers ofspo. i came to my first conference as a brand-new legislator in ohio and i'm certainly pleased to be here today as the speaker of the whole house of representatives. let's stop for a second. and let's picture america on a date in the not-so-distant future. let's say september 23rd, 2014, 4 years to the day since we unveiled our pledge to america, a document that commits us to governing based on the truths of our founding. it would be a year and a half after the founding of the economic freedom act of 2013 under a new president and a new senate. the economy's growing after the tax code has been reformed from top to bottom, thousands of special interest loopholes are gone, rates permanently lowered for every american. the deficit's dropping and our entitlement programs are being saved because washington now operates on paul ryan's budget. again, picture the this da

john boehner is showing his fraus frags on high gasoline prices. he did call on the president to present his own written proposal for an energy plan and blamed, quote, radical environmentalists for standing in the way of a national energy policy. on capitol hill the energy secretary testifying before the house appropriations subcommittee, again, a budget hearing, and taking question from freshmen republic of michigan. >> before you were nominated, you were quoted atz ss saying w have to boost the level of the price of gal lien to level in europe. have too look at results. under this administration, the price of gasoline is doubles. while bumping $4 a gallon in north mississippi, today the price of gasoline in europe is about $8 a gallon. the people of north mississippi can't be mere, so i have to be their voice for them. i have to tell you that $8 a gallon of gasoline makes them afraid. it's a cruel tax on the people of north mississippi as they try to go back and forth to work. it's a cloud hanging over economic development, and it appears they pl

senate, including speaker of the house john boehner and senate majority leader reid. as well as john glenn during this hour-long event, which was held in the capital rotunda. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the capitol rotunda. since the day of the american revolution, congress has commissioned gold medals to express appreciation for distinguished achievements and distributions to our country. the first recipient of a gold medal was general george washington. and today

. >>> house speaker john boehner holds a weekly brief ing from about ten minutes, at 11:15 eastern, and we will take you there live, once it starts. certain to talk about the insider trading bill which was housed in the vote of 76-2. differences between the two will worked out. it's possible there will create to the health care coverage of contraception. a member of the house energy and commerce committee, certainly the committee that will consider possible legislation according to speaker boehner. she joined us on this morning's "washington journal." >> joining us on "washington journal," diana beget, a democrat of colorado, a member of the energy and commerce committee and as well as co-chair of the house choice caucus. correct? >> the house perfect choice caucus. >> right. and she is here to talk about some of the issues around planned parenthood and the rules regarding contraception with the health care law. first of all, i want to ask you about the investigation that the chairman of your subcommittee on the energy and commerce committee, cliff sterns, has instigated against planned

boehner and the house democratic leader nancy pelosi, that left out eric cantor. last summer the president and the republican of the house had a tense encounter. white house staff saying eric cantor repeatedly interrupted the president. cantor's staff saying the president walked out but they have been working on a number of jobs packages. the jobs issue, the economy and gas prices came up. following the luncheon the speaker of the house and the senate republican leader back on capitol hill meeting with reporters. >> good afternoon, everyone. we had a positive lunch at the white house today. i believe there is common ground between the two parties particularly on jobs and on energy. i'd like to think some of the bipartisan bills we have moved through the house will with taken up soon by democrats over in the senate. you know, during the state of the union address the president said he was for an all of the above national energy policy. the house of republicans has been for an all of the above national energy policy for about five years. it's the same approach that

i yield back. >> the comments of speaker of the house john boehner on the house floor. kathy dal came per served one term, was a key supporter of the president's health care bill but saying today she would have opposed the bill knowing it would require this type of contraceptive health care coverage for catholic charities, catholic hospitalses and institutions and former virginia governor tichl cain, the former chair of the democratic national committee and a close ally of the president saying today this new policy on contraception is something that i disagree with the president. as the hotline points out, it is a rare instance of disagreement between the virginia senate candidate tim kaine and the president. the two are close political allies. tim kaine was one of the early supporters of barack obama back in 2007. >>> more debate on capitol hill. representative gwenn moore is a democrat who spoke on the house floor earlier today. >> mr. speaker, i'm here today to be a voice for the millions of women and men who are celebrating the recent decision by the secretary of he

reaction on capitol hill, a question posed to the speaker of the house, john boehner. >> the president is announcing a proposal today to help underwater homeowners refinance. >> one more time? >> one more time? >> how many times have we done this? we've done this at least four times where there's some new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages, none of these have worked. i don't know why anyone would think this next idea is going to work. and all they've done is delay the clearing of the market. the sooner the market players and we understand where the prices really are, will be the most important thing we can do in order to improve home values around the country. >> you can work with the president in any way to actually -- i've -- i'm always opened to working with the president of the united states. we both have a job to do. if it makes economic sense and it's fiscally responsibility, i'll take a look at it. >> comments of john boehner earlier in the day. this is "washington today" on c-span radio from the bbc, david kameron can be clashing over th

house speaker john boehner claims an obama mandate on insurer provided birth control is an assault on religious freedom. >>> drilling down. researchers discover a new scientific frontier. some say as important as reaching the moon. >>> and mythical monster? has iceland's own loch ness finally been captured on video? good morning. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with a birth control battle. the issue of contraceptive coverage may suddenly be shaping into an election year issue. republicans in washington and on the campaign trail are speaking out against a new rule requiring that all insurers include birth control in their health care coverage. nbc's brian moore joins us from washington with the latest on this. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. the white house says the president is trying to protect women but republicans say he's gone too far. congressional republicans are vowing to roll back the obama administration's controversial policy forcing religious groups with insurance plans

boehner and mitch mcconnell did. the tax increases were illinois, their unemployment is up over 10%. kinetic it raised 77 different taxes. -- connecticut raised 77 different taxes. you also have some taxes in vermont. maryland raised taxes. new york state -- massive tax increase. five states raised taxes, but 45 refused and cut spending. this is a change. [applause] the other team is going to keep coming back and demanding tax increases because that is what they do because they cannot run their campaign without government resources flowing through it. they are going to be as consistent and -- they will keep asking for the same thing in different ways. this is an environmental tax, it is always the same thing. it does not do any good at all to say no, no, no, yes. you have to keep saying no. obama has this new idea. it is an old idea, but he thinks it is new. democrats have trickled down taxation. here is what we're going to do. we will only tax on rich people. they promised -- some of you may remember the spanish-ame

john boehner (r-ohio) la economia esta 1 poco mejor pero la gente esta preocupada por lo que causaran los costos de energia." expertos opinan sobre lo que el congreso y gobierno deben hacer para incentivar la creacion de empleos. isaac cohen, economista pueden ser menos impuestos. pueden ser creditos. puede ser 1 asignacion si 1 empresa contrata nuevos trabajadores, que se le pueda dar 1 subsidio por contratar nuevos trabajadores, especialmente trabajadores desempleados. porque en este pais la pequena empresa es la que mas contrata. entonces si se le dice al empresario, le voy a dar mil dolares a usted si contrata a 1 persona que esta desempleado, es 1 incentivo para para ir mejorando la situacion." segun un instituto que busca menos regulacion y mas libertad economica, hay muchas cosas que se pueden hacer para ayudar a crear trabajos. ivan osorio, competitive enterprise institute bueno, reducir impuestos es 1 por supuesto. tambien permitirle a los negocios conseguirle financiamiento que necesitan y desafortunadamente otro problema esdiferencia en li Ísica entre un video juego activo