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  Ted Cruz is 'Lucifer in flesh', says ex-speaker

  World | April 29, 2016 13:20 IST

  Washington:Former US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner called Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh", in an interview at Stanford University. "Lucifer in the flesh", Boehner told Stanford's David Kennedy, a hist

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  House leader: Pope Francis to address Congress on Sept 24

  World | February 05, 2015 22:53 IST

  Washington: Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of Congress on Sept. 24. He will be the first Pontiff to do so.House Speaker John Boehner made the announcement at a news conference, then issued a

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  Islamic State sympathiser arrested for plotting attack on US Capitol

  World | January 15, 2015 11:22 IST

  Ohio: A man who plotted to attack the US Capitol and kill government officials inside it and spoke of his desire to support the Islamic State militant group was arrested on Wednesday, the FBI said.A

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  First black female Republican joins US Congress

  World | January 07, 2015 7:14 IST

  Salt Lake City: Mia Love of Utah became the first black female Republican in the US Congress when she was sworn in on Tuesday along with 57 other freshmen members of the US House.Love, the

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  US Lawmakers seek to honour PM Narendra Modi with address to Congress

  World | June 21, 2014 8:37 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, once denied a visa to enter the United States over Gujarat riots, is expected to receive the honour of addressing a joint session of the US Congress during a

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  US shutdown: Focus of negotiations shifts to Senate

  October 12, 2013 23:00 IST

  WASHINGTON: House talks with President Barack Obama over ending the partial government shutdown and preventing a federal default have stalled, Speaker John Boehner told fellow Republicans on Saturday, shifting the focus to Senate efforts to

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  Ready to negotiate if threats are withdrawn: Barack Obama to John Boehner

  October 08, 2013 23:53 IST

  WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama today offered to negotiate with the Republican leadership only after the threat of government shutdown and debt default have been removed, the White House said. Obama conveyed this message to House

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  Shutdown could harm America's global stature: White House

  World | October 07, 2013 22:46 IST

  Washington: As the US government shutdown enters its second week, the White House today warned that the looming prospect of an unprecedented debt default by the world's largest economy was a “terrible” scenario that would

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  No 'clean' bill on raising debt limit: US House Speaker

  World | October 07, 2013 8:08 IST

  Washington : US Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that the lower chamber would not pass bills to end government shutdown or raise debt limit until President Barack Obama chooses to negotiate."There are not

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  US Shutdown: No end in sight to the crisis on day 5

  World | October 05, 2013 18:38 IST

  Washington: The political impasse behind the US government shutdown showed no signs of abating as it entered its fifth day today with President Barack Obama asking the opposition to pass the federal budget with no