<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - speaker-boehner</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/speaker-boehner</link><description>Newsvine - speaker-boehner</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:02:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 23:05:02 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Boehner: a dealmaker and a survivor in tight spot</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's been just a month on the calendar but seemingly a lifetime in politics since House Speaker John Boehner got a pricey bottle of red wine from President Barack Obama as a birthday present, a feel-good image that the speaker's aides tweeted far and wide.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Benac]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nancy Benac]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15927253-boehner-a-dealmaker-and-a-survivor-in-tight-spot</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15927253-boehner-a-dealmaker-and-a-survivor-in-tight-spot</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>boehner</category><category>speaker-boehner</category><category>house-speaker-john-boehner</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:39:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e566f140-7809-444d-ae78-d39ae19b16d7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e566f140-7809-444d-ae78-d39ae19b16d7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, who conferred with President Barack Obama by phone yesterday, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012,  following a closed-door meeting with the GOP caucu. Boehner and the other House Republican leaders are calling for Obama to come up with plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid the so-called &quot;fiscal cliff&quot; of automatic tax hikes and budget reductions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a89e0eb-a69e-4560-ade3-d88d96bda459.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0a89e0eb-a69e-4560-ade3-d88d96bda459.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, where he accused President Barack Obama of not being serious about cutting government spending. Boehner is insisting that Obama wants far more in tax increases than spending reductions and appears willing to walk the economy &quot;right up to the fiscal cliff.&quot;   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c8d4691-7970-4252-8393-96d56cc5d1d2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c8d4691-7970-4252-8393-96d56cc5d1d2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, who conferred with President Barack Obama yesterday by phone, walks to a closed-door meeting with the GOP caucus, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner and the other House Republican leaders are calling for Obama to come up with plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid the so-called &quot;fiscal cliff&quot; of automatic tax hikes and budget reductions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e16934ca-b6ed-4b55-b316-645914fc159d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e16934ca-b6ed-4b55-b316-645914fc159d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama acknowledges House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy. The 63-year-old speaker has been caught up ever since in a monumental struggle over taxes and spending aimed at keeping the country from taking a yearend dive over the &quot;fiscal cliff.&quot; Obama is tugging Boehner one way in pursuit of a budget deal, while conservatives yank the other way, some howling that the speaker already is going wobbly on them and turning vindictive against those in his party who dare disagree. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4d05fad-c9f8-4682-be49-e763392d05a7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4d05fad-c9f8-4682-be49-e763392d05a7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, with tears in his eyes, House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio flashes a thumbs-up after addressing an election night gathering hosted by the National Republican Congressional Committee at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington Washington, as Republicans win enough seat to take control of the House and elevate Boehner to speaker. Boehner has been caught up in a monumental struggle over taxes and spending aimed at keeping the country from taking a yearend dive over the &quot;fiscal cliff.&quot; President Barack Obama is tugging Boehner one way in pursuit of a budget deal, while conservatives yank the other way, some howling that the speaker already is going wobbly on them and turning vindictive against those in his party who dare disagree.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49667978-d4a8-4bb0-9c7b-b0c148c0b9a3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=49667978-d4a8-4bb0-9c7b-b0c148c0b9a3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 30, 2011, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks at a news conference as the debt crisis goes unresolved on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has been caught up in a monumental struggle over taxes and spending aimed at keeping the country from taking a yearend dive over the &quot;fiscal cliff.&quot; President Barack Obama is tugging Boehner one way in pursuit of a budget deal, while conservatives yank the other way, some howling that the speaker already is going wobbly on them and turning vindictive against those in his party who dare disagree. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8859408b-f057-4dc4-bc30-135e1f77fbfc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8859408b-f057-4dc4-bc30-135e1f77fbfc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to a closed-door Republican strategy session, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has been caught up in a monumental struggle over taxes and spending aimed at keeping the country from taking a yearend dive over the &quot;fiscal cliff.&quot; President Barack Obama is tugging Boehner one way in pursuit of a budget deal, while conservatives yank the other way, some howling that the speaker already is going wobbly on them and turning vindictive against those in his party who dare disagree.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Quotations of the day</title>
<description><![CDATA["Averting this middle class tax hike is not a Democratic responsibility or a Republican responsibility. With their votes, the American people have decided that government is a shared responsibility." &#8212; President Barack Obama after issuing a stern summons to lawmakers to pass legislation to prevent year-end fiscal cliff tax increases on millions and avoid an imminent expiration of benefits for the long-term unemployed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15924034-quotations-of-the-day</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15924034-quotations-of-the-day</guid><category>quotes</category><category>state-department</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>us-news</category><category>speaker-boehner</category><category>special-mission</category><category>adam-jentleson</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:59:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Debt-ceiling showdown returns to Washington</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11732483-debt-ceiling-showdown-returns-to-washington</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/16/11732483-debt-ceiling-showdown-returns-to-washington</guid><category>for</category><category>spending</category><category>boehner</category><category>lays</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>markers</category><category>first-read</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>speaker-boehner</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>