John A Boehner

The chief executive of Lehman Brothers Holding Inc., whose bankruptcy filing last month drastically escalated the Wall Street financial crisis, faced angry lawmakers yesterday and defended his leadership and the millions of dollars he and other executives...

The House of Representatives approved the $700 billion Wall Street bailout yesterday, setting in motion the biggest government intervention in the financial system since the Great Depression as lawmakers anxiously awaited the economic and political...

With the economy on the brink of meltdown and elections looming, a reluctant House of Representatives abruptly reversed course and approved a historic $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday. President Bush swiftly...

When Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as the first Democratic House speaker in 12 years, she promised to reach across the aisle to Republicans, to be "speaker of the House -- the entire House." In tribute to that spirit, she dressed in purple -- blending the red...

Senate leaders reached consensus late Tuesday on a revised $700-billion financial rescue plan that they hoped would clear the chamber in a vote today and ward off another upheaval in global markets that could threaten economies here and abroad....

On Sunday evening, Republican House Minority Leader John A. Boehner explained his considered opinion on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan: It's a "crap sandwich," he said, but he was going to eat it. Well, it turned out he couldn't shove it...

The Senate voted reluctantly but solidly in favor of a modified $700-billion Wall Street rescue plan Wednesday, but it remained uncertain whether the legislation -- even with a carefully designed package of tax breaks -- would withstand the fierce...

Congressional leaders and the White House agreed Sunday to a $700 billion rescue of the ailing financial industry after lawmakers insisted on sharing spending controls with the Bush administration. The biggest U.S. bailout in history won the tentative...

President Bush is urging lawmakers to pass the compromise financial system bailout bill they fashioned in marathon weekend bargaining, saying it is needed to "keep the crisis in our financial industry from spreading" across the economy. Bush made the...

WASHINGTON - Top Democrats and Republicans yesterday voiced reservations about the Bush administration request to Congress for $700 billion in taxpayer money to get bad mortgage assets off the books of troubled financial institutions. With efforts...

Despite a tumultuous weekend of bipartisan negotiations to rework the Bush administration's $700 billion proposal to resolve the U.S. financial crisis, House Republicans revolted yesterday and led a stunning rout of the president's plan. They blamed...

Prospects for quick congressional action on the nation's worsening financial crisis dimmed Friday, with House Republicans continuing to balk, some House Democrats making new demands of their own and legislative strategists suggesting action may not come...