Stories by Daniel Newhauser:
Jan. 18, 2013
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — After a private three-day strategy session here, House Republicans are poised to announce a plan to allow a temporary debt limit increase on the condition that the Senate adopts a budget.
Jan. 17, 2013
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Members lined up 15 deep behind a microphone to address their peers at a closed-door GOP meeting here that has significant implications for the future of House Republicans and the nation.
Jan. 17, 2013
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — House Republicans are considering a short-term increase to the debt limit that would essentially create another fiscal cliff in an attempt to force Democrats to agree to spending cuts.
Jan. 17, 2013
UPDATED 5:00 p.m. | WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden said one of his priorities this cycle will be reaching out to minorities, something he said Republicans have not done well.
Jan. 17, 2013
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — One of only two Native American members of Congress said that the Washington Redskins should change its team name because it is racially offensive to the minority group.
Jan. 16, 2013
Speaker John A. Boehner’s decision to allow a bill to pass with only 49 Republican votes Tuesday has some in his party questioning whether this is the new normal and has at the same time delighted Democrats, who believe they might be able to produce similar results in the battles ahead.
Jan. 14, 2013
With the administration’s debt ceiling deadline fast approaching, House Republican leaders are considering a four-year debt limit increase that would take the issue off the table for the rest of President Barack Obama’s presidency.
Jan. 7, 2013
The debt ceiling deadline may be a few months away, but members are already gearing up for a new round of fighting, with the latest back and forth bordering on the absurd.
Jan. 3, 2013
Rep. John A. Boehner was re-elected as speaker Thursday, winning election with 220 votes out of 426 cast. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California received 192 votes.
Jan. 3, 2013
Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio beat back a last-minute and loosely organized insurrection against his leadership Thursday, securing the votes to retain the gavel but not without the signature intraparty drama of the 112th Congress.
Jan. 2, 2013
The House Republican Conference was set to vote on whether to restore earmarks on Thursday as part of considering the House Rules for the 113th Congress, but it was spared from having to do so when the proposal’s champion pulled his plan.
Jan. 2, 2013
Speaker John A. Boehner is heading into the 113th Congress with his job likely intact, but the new year hardly brings a fresh start for the embattled Republican leader.
Jan. 1, 2013
The Congress that convened two years ago under the war cries of the tea party is slowly coming to an end with a Champagne-less whimper on New Year’s Day 2013.
Jan. 1, 2013
House Republican leaders are proceeding with two options on a fiscal cliff deal passed by the Senate early Tuesday morning, with members expecting to vote Tuesday night.
Jan. 1, 2013
House Republican leadership will meet Tuesday to decide when and how to bring the Senate-passed fiscal cliff deal to the floor, bringing to an end, at least for a time, years of debate over tax and spending measures.
Jan. 1, 2013
In a sign of how cautiously leadership is treading, House Republicans will hold a rare second conference meeting Tuesday afternoon, giving leadership ample time to weigh their options and whip votes for a fiscal cliff plan that is expected on the floor later on.
Jan. 1, 2013
House Republicans emerged from a Tuesday afternoon conference meeting showing near-unanimous opposition to the Senate-passed fiscal cliff deal and holding that without spending cuts the bill should not be brought up.
Dec. 30, 2012
The House will convene at 2 p.m. Sunday to vote on 13 bills, none of which have to do with the ongoing battle over the fiscal cliff.
Dec. 27, 2012
The House will return for votes on Sunday, but Speaker John A. Boehner assured his conference that he is not interested in putting a fiscal cliff measure on the floor that would pass with more Democratic votes than Republican.
Dec. 26, 2012
With just days to go before Congress reaches the fiscal cliff, the top four House Republican leaders and their aides held a remote conference call Wednesday to touch base after the holidays.
Dec. 26, 2012
President Barack Obama is cutting his Hawaii vacation short to return to Washington on Wednesday night, but with most parties disengaged from negotiations over the weekend, the prospect of going over the fiscal cliff is more real than ever.
Dec. 21, 2012
A day after being rebuked by his own conference, exposing his feeble control of the House, Speaker John A. Boehner tried to explain away the mutiny and pushed back against the thought that his speakership could be on the line. But he also did not provide any guidance on what comes next, instead repeating the talking points that surfaced from his office Thursday night that it is now the responsibility of the Senate and the White House to act.
Dec. 21, 2012
Hours after being undermined by his own conference, Speaker John A. Boehner confidently strode to the House floor on Friday, ascended to the rostrum and, gavel firmly in hand, ushered in a pro forma session.
Dec. 20, 2012
As lawmakers creep closer to the fiscal cliff, they are working under the shadow of multiple failed attempts by President Barack Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner to strike a sweeping deal. And they have no clear legislative path forward outside those talks.
Dec. 20, 2012
In a crushing blow to Speaker John A. Boehner, GOP leaders were forced to pull his “plan B” tax measure from the floor at the eleventh hour as it became clear his conference would refuse to support it.
