Soon-to-be Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced today that he will continue to fly commercial airlines when he travels between Washington DC and his Ohio home. Considering current Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has been running up a huge tab of over $28,000 for each one-way flight in a military jet between the capital and her home state, Mr. Boehner's decision reflects a significant cost savings for the American taxpayer.

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In the midst of his ethics battle, Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-New York) is apparently so focused on his own troubles that he let the truth slip out about President Barack Obama. Asked about the president's comment that "what [Mr. Rangel] wants is to be able to end his career with dignity," he shot back that it is Mr. Obama's dignity that will need Mr. Rangel's protection.

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Moments before the Democratic-controlled Congress approved the US government's takeover of health care by a vote of 219-212, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) delivered the following floor speech:

Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, I rise tonight with a sad and heavy heart. Today, we should be standing together, reflecting on a year of bipartisanship, and working to answer our country's call and their challenge to address the rising costs of health insurance in our country..

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There's been much speculation lately on the fate of Obamacare in the US Senate. The ins and outs of reconciliation, once a little known technicality in the rules of that legislative body, are now common knowledge to political junkies of all ideologies. But the actual death bed of the president's unpopular and obscenely expensive plan will most likely be the US House of Representatives.

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