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DOMA

Boehner: I’m Spending $3 Million Defending DOMA To Show Obama He Doesn’t Make The Rules

by David Badash ● 1:35 PM March 23, 2013
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John Boehner admits the reason — at least one of them — that he is supporting DOMA in court is to show Barack Obama that the two-term President doesn’t get to make the rules.

Civil Rights

Carly Fiorina: ‘Self-Appointed Judges’ Should Not Decide Gay Marriage

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM March 19, 2013
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Carly Fiorina, on ABC News said that “a bunch of self-important, self-appointed judges” should not be allowed to decide on “very personal issues” like same-sex marriage.

Marriage

DOMA-Defender John Boehner ‘Can’t Imagine’ Supporting A Gay Child’s Same-Sex Marriage

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM March 18, 2013
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John Boehner on Sunday said he cannot imagine supporting a gay child’s same-sex marriage. “I can’t imagine that position would ever change.”

Marriage

Boehner’s BLAG Claiming ‘Direct Injury On The House’ If DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional

by David Badash ● 1:25 PM February 25, 2013
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Speaker of the House John Boehner’s BLAG last week claimed that if the Supreme Court rules DOMA unconstitutional, it will have caused “a direct injury on the House.”

News

House GOP’s Anti-Gay Supreme Court Brief Reads Like 1950′s Racist Propaganda

by David Badash ● 7:00 AM January 24, 2013
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The House GOP yesterday filed a 60-page brief in the Supreme Court that addresses the upcoming DOMA case of Edie Windsor, and it reads like 1950′s propaganda.

DOMA

Boehner Secretly Raises ‘Debt Ceiling’ Of DOMA Defense Budget To $3 Million

by David Badash ● 4:33 PM January 15, 2013
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Speaker of the House John Boehner has again just secretly raised the “debt ceiling” on the budget of his hand-picked attorney who is defending DOMA in court.

News

John Boehner: ‘I Need This Job Like I Need A Hole In The Head’

by David Badash ● 10:32 AM January 7, 2013
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John Boehner says, “I need this job like I need a hole in the head,” and, ironically, claimed President Obama is “unwilling to take on the left wing of his own party.”

News

Top Conservative: Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill ‘A Rape Of The Treasury’

by David Badash ● 8:00 AM January 7, 2013
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Charles Krauthammer on Fox News “Special Report” Friday called the Hurricane Sandy bill that Speaker John Boehner refused to allow on the floor for a vote “a rape of the treasury.”

News

Bachmann Introduces 1st Bill In New Congress: Not Sandy Relief Or VAWA, But Obamacare Repeal

by David Badash ● 8:32 AM January 4, 2013
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Bachmann introduced the first bill into the new 113th Congress and it wasn’t the Violence Against Women Act, or a bill to fund relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy.

DOMA

House GOP: No Time For Sandy Relief Or Women’s Violence Bill, But Time To Fund DOMA Defense

by David Badash ● 1:30 PM January 3, 2013
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The House Republican leadership did have time — for the first time ever — to write funding for their anti-gay war, defending DOMA, into the official House Rules.

News

Chris Christie Erupts Over Boehner’s Refusal To Vote On Relief For Sandy Victims

by David Badash ● 12:10 PM January 2, 2013
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Chris Christie today erupted over Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner’s refusal to bring a bill to the floor for a vote that would deliver financial relief to victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Arts

‘Twas The Fight Before Christmas

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 10:45 AM December 24, 2012
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‘Twas the week before Christmas
And all through The House,
The Speaker went begging,
While the Tea Caucus groused……
The New Civil Rights Movement presents our annual political parody, ‘Twas The Fight Before Christmas.

Marriage

Boehner, Demanding Spending Cuts, Increases Budget To Protect Gay Marriage Ban

by David Badash ● 6:25 PM December 13, 2012
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John Boehner secretly allowed the raising of the budget to pay his hand-picked outside counsel who is fighting attempts to overturn DOMA.

News

Good News For GOP: Many Have Never Heard Of Ryan, Boehner, Norquist, Rubio

by David Badash ● 12:01 PM December 10, 2012
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A great many, if not most, Americans have never even heard of some of the GOP’s greatest liabilities: Grover Norquist, Marco Rubio, John Boehner, and Paul Ryan.

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