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Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday pleaded with House Republicans to unify around a debt-ceiling plan, telling his conference that he did not want to have to rely on Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to help pass legislation.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi ripped into Speaker John Boehner, telling MSNBC that the Republican benefits from a sexist double standard.

If you haven't read Ryan Cooper's piece from the May-June issue of the Washington Monthly , give it a gander when you get exhausted from reading about Benghazi! and the "IRS Scandal." He's done us the invaluable service of examining all of the conservative writers who have been touted in the last few months as promoting "reform" in the Republican ... (more)

Now that President Obama has nominated one of his top fundraisers, Chicago-area businesswoman and philanthropist Penny Pritzker, to head the Commerce Department, the usual microscopic examination of her background and finances presumably will ensue.

The president's personal jab at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell over the weekend came as his relationship with Speaker John Boehner has soured over the last year.

Former President George W. Bush speaks alongside former first lady Laura Bush during the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Thursday in Dallas.