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HuffPost TV: Roy Sekoff On Boehner's Tears And Robert Gibbs' Ideal Replacement (VIDEO)
HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on the Joy Behar Show tonight to discuss the ideal replacement for outgoing White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, as well as the swearing in of the new Congress. Given new Speaker of the House John Boehner's propensity for crying at almost any significant occasion, Sekoff was surprised that he didn't break down even further than he did, considering he's "the valedictorian at the Glenn Beck school of weeping." He also pointed out that Pelosi and Boehner h...

Boehner cries again (and again, and again)
Stumble This! Incoming House Speaker John Boehner -- already famous for his crying stints -- let the waterworks flow Wednesday as he assumed the Speaker's chair from outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ABC News reports that Boehner broke out in tears no fewer than three times during the ceremony on Capitol Hill -- once as he walked down the aisle to applause, again as Pelosi read her introduction, and finally as he took the podium. And Boehner was apparently not alone -- his relatives teared up too,...

Boehner Takes Gavel in House With Pledge to Bring Change
The newly elected House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday promised a new era of transparency while vowing to push forward the conservative agenda that swept his party into power. Read the full story from The New York Times. Posted by New York Times on Jan 5 2011 Filed under Political Briefs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Click here to cancel reply. We allow third-party companies to...

HUFFPOST HILL - Top O' The Mornin', 112th Congress
Jeez Louise! What a Wednesday!!! First day of the 112th Congress not enough for you??? BOOM!! Robert Gibbs announces he's leaving the White House. Not satisfied yet? KAPOW!! President Obama huddles with the man who might be his next chief-of-staff. Haven't gotten your fix? SHUH-ZAM!! Michele Bachmann is reportedly mulling a White House bid. Still need more? Um...uh...ShamWow!! Russ Feingold is going to lecture Law Students on the precedence of motions and things!!!...Yeah! This is HUFFPOST HIL...

Bill OReillys First Concern For Speaker Boehner: The Crying Thing
Today rang in a new era in Washington as the Republican majority settled into their places in the House of Representatives and their leader, House Speaker John Boehner , took the gavel away from outgoing Nancy Pelosi . With questions flying about what this takeover (and Boehner’s leadership) would mean for Congress, tonight Bill O’Reilly opened his first discussion with a different concern about Speaker Boehner: the “crying thing,” and what it would mean for his leadershi...

Washington Extra hello goodbye
She says goodbye and he says hello. The House Speaker’s (HUGE) gavel changed hands today, symbolizing the transfer of power to Republicans. Outgoing speaker Nancy Pelosi, attacked by Republicans as a symbol of Democratic excesses, took the high road as she repeatedly congratulated new House Speaker John Boehner and his Republican majority. Boehner started off with some levity and humility — “It’s still just me.” And he didn’t disappoint those watching for his ...

Republicans take over US House of Reps
A tense new era of political power-sharing has dawned in Washington as a new US Congress convened with President Barack Obama's Republican foes in control of the House of Representatives. Newly minted Republican House Speaker John Boehner warned members of the house they faced "great challenges" on The Economy as his party readied a fresh assault on Obama's agenda with an eye on thwarting his 2012 Reelection bid. "Hard work and tough decisions will be required" at a time when the US economy is s...

House Speaker John Boehner makes a big deal on his first day about being humble.
By John DickersonPosted Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, at 7:50 PM ET Usually when politicians come to their big moment they crank up the lofty Rhetoric. They swirl around in the heavens, or do some resolving, or take a backstroke through the great American this or that. Backward run their sentences as Kennedy they try to approach but closer to Yoda they come. John Boehner, the new House Speaker, went the other way. He started in the dust—the Catholic Ash Wednesday ritual of smearing ashes on the...

John Boehner Takes Gavel as GOP Takes Over Majority in House of Representatives
Kathryn Jean Lopez has the transript, "A Short Speech About Humility & Principle, Getting to Work." And at New York Times, "Boehner Takes Gavel in House With Pledge to Bring Change." The new speaker of the House, John Boehner, promised a new era of transparency in lawmaking on Wednesday, but he also pledged to aggressively push forward the conservative agenda that swept his party into power. A roll-call vote of the chamber’s 435 members ended the way the results of November’s el...

Good Luck On The Bipartisanship Thing
“We must stand ready to find common ground,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said just before handing an outsize gavel to the new Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio.). But in interviews off the House floor, several members from both sides of the aisle said that Compromise won’t come quickly, and it won’t be easy. Rep. Carolyn Mccarthy (D-N.Y.) said all the members were going through a period of adjustment to the new GOP majority. "I was in the minority befo...

A Humble Beginning for the 112th Congress
In case you missed it, via the Right Scoop, here’s video of John Boehner’s first Speech as Speaker of the House. You can read the transcript of the Speech here. Here’s an excerpt: “In the Catholic faith, we enter into a season of service by having ashes marked on our foreheads. The ashes remind us that life in all its forms is fragile - our time on this Earth, fleeting. As the ashes are delivered, we hear those humbling words: ‘Remember you are dust, and to dus...

Pelosi Sets Another Record
When Rep. Nancy Pelosi lost 19 Democrats on Wednesday's vote to be House Speaker, it marked the worst showing for a party's nominee in more than 80 years. Mrs. Pelosi won the support of 173 Democrats, but 18 others voted for someone else and one voted "present." Rep. John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, won the vote with the support of all 241 Republicans who voted. According to figures from the House historian's office and the Congressional Research Service, the last time a party's nominee for spe...

Elizabeth Edwards Cut John Edwards out of Will
Elizabeth Edwards cut her louse of a spouse out of her will - less than a week before she died. The wronged wife of former Presidential Candidate John Edwards, who died last month after a courageous battle with Breast Cancer, left everything in her sole possession to their three Children. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worsh...

Lawmakers Add Twists as They Vote for Speaker
Yahoo! Buzz Tuesday’s roll call vote for House Speaker was unusual. House members generally vote using electronic cards that display lawmakers’ votes on a large electronic scoreboard. With 435 members, that’s much more efficient, as evidenced by the 40 minutes it took to complete the roll call. The roll call gave lawmakers an opportunity to add little twists to their votes for Republican John Boehner (R., Ohio) or Democrat Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.). The House clerk asked members s...

House Passes Republican Rules Package
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, walks to the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (Credit: (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)) The House late Wednesday afternoon passed the rules package for the 112th Congress put forth by Republicans in conjunction with their takeover of the chamber. The vote was 240 to 191. "The passage of these reforms marks a first step towards restoring the House as an institution focused on listening to the people," House Speaker Joh...

Hume on Pelosi: It was as if the nations first woman speaker could not quite believe today was not about her
Jeff Poor covers the media for The Daily Caller. He covered business news at the Media Research Center prior to coming to The Daily Caller. Jeff is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama. He is also a political columnist for Mobile, Ala.-based Lagniappe. On the opening day of the new Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke longer than the newly minted Speaker of the House John Boehner. What should one make of that? On Wednesday’s “Special Repor...

Republicans Vote Unanimously for John Boehner to be Speaker of the House; 18 Democrats Vote Against Pelosi
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 By Penny Starr House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio hugs outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. after receiving the gavel during the first session of the 112th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (CNSNews.com) - Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) was voted in as speaker of the House by his Republican colleagues on Wednesday, with all 241 Republicans voting in favor of the Ohio legislator and former House mi...

1 dead, 1 hurt in Las Vegas gas leak
Emergency workers responded to a residence in the 1700 block of James Street Wednesday afternoon to what appeared to be an accidental carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a stove, North Las Vegas police spokesman Tim Bedwell told the Las Vegas Sun. The injured person was being treated at a Hospital. Suspect in custody in Ariz. mall shooting Los Angeles, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Singer and guitarist Carlos Santana has confirmed he married drummer Cindy Blackman in Hawaii. 'Speak' is No. 1 on U.S. album c...

Boehner moved to tears as he moves to speakership (AP)
WASHINGTON – The chin started trembling partway down the center aisle as the applause rose to a roar. John Boehner, the emotional Ohioan about to become the House's new speaker, took his time, shaking hands with colleagues and their Children on his way to the rostrum. At its foot, the hankie came out. "It's still just me," he told the House after departing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, dry-eyed, handed Boehner his outsized "gavel of choice." It is known to bug Boehner that he can't keep it toget...

Echoes of 1995 for new Congress
Call it 1995 Lite: a one — rather than two — chamber Republican takeover this time, and no Newt Gingrich, just a lot of little would-be Gingriches running around accusing the White House of Corruption or threatening to push the Treasury into default. Every new Congress is a time for renewal and hope, and Wednesday’s ceremonies brought fresh blood to a stagnant Senate and elevated a working-class bar owner’s son to the speakership of the House. But there is also a sense...

Pelosi's historic run ends; GOP takes control
(01-05) 14:59 PST Washington - -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi ended her historic four-year tenure as House Speaker Wednesday, reciting her career highlights and vowing to defend them before handing power to her Republican successor, Ohio Rep. John Boehner of Ohio. Boehner will lead a 242-194 Republican majority, including a giant 87-member class of newly elected Republicans there in part because of a voter backlash against Pelosi, the San Francisco Democrat, who became the Minority Leader. California S...

John Boehner swings mighty gavel 'on loan from the people' (video)
A composed, proud John Boehner took the gavel today, as the Speaker of the House, representing the 2011 Republican majority brought in on the wave of the Midterm Elections.   It's a mighty gavel, in size and responsibility and Boehner  promises to remember that "After all, this is the people's House. This is their Congress. It's about them, not us. What they want is a government that is honest, accountable and responsive to their needs. A government that respects individual liber...

Chris Matthews Questions Why Joe Scarborough Is Strolling The House Floor
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews seemed to be somewhere between moderately and extremely miffed that his colleague Joe Scarborough , a former congressperson, decided to walk across the House floor after John Boehner was sworn in as Speaker of the House, and was shaking hands with various members of the Democratic party. Oh, everyone’s just walking and shaking hands and laughing and riding and cornholing except Chris Matthews! “I’ve never seen such casualness,” Matthews remark...

American Sauce: Three things missed about the new Congress
Senate Attic, Capitol Hill (CNN) - The GOP has taken over the U.S. House and the headlines. But there are other, significant stories of the 112th Congress. Here are three you shouldn't miss: the largest class of new members in decades, the Democrat divide and a rare, serious push to change Senate Filibuster rules. The 112th Congress has, believe it or not, 112 new members. That's if you include the three senators and two House members who won special Elections and were sworn in last Novemb...

Rep. Joe Heck takes oath, seat in Nevada delegation
WASHINGTON - At precisely 2:17 p.m. today Washington time, new House Speaker John Boehner swore in the newest 94 members of Congress, meaning Joe Heck is now officially Southern Nevada's newest congressman. It was an afternoon of ceremonial pomp and circumstance all over Capitol Hill, as the Senate and the House staged swearing-in events to induct the newly elected, make changeovers in party leadership and commence the new session. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's words were heavy with the seriousn...