John Boehner

The SkyBridge Alternatives Conference (SALT) is a congregation of experts in various sub-industries throughout the United States, each of whom have come together to facilitate balanced discussions and communication. Speaker John Boehner sat for a one-on-one with Democratic activist Steve...

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner threw his support behind efforts in Congress to end the decades-old ban on crude oil exports on Thursday. The United States prohibited itself from selling oil to foreigners – with some exceptions – during the 1970s, at a time when policymakers wanted to...

On Wednesday, a 338–88 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act, a bill that ends the National Security Agency's sweeping collection of phone records. Now the bill is destined for the Senate, where there is a deep divide over whether or not the practice is...

Incoming House Majority Leader, Kevin McCarthy does not support reauthorizing the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Business leaders, including representatives of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), are not happy with McCarthy’s position. The reason for the...

The White House on Monday announced it would give mid-sized employers more time to determine how to comply with the so-called “employer mandate” in the Affordable Care Act. Republicans immediately drew attention to the fact that, despite the fact employers are catching a break, individual...

Although the action on Capitol Hill appears has certainly been frenzied, the stock market continues to yawn. Yes, it is true that the intraday volatility did pick up in earnest on Tuesday as the algorithms pushed and pulled the major indices in a rather violent fashion after each and every...

The dollar gained against the euro on Wednesday as the US debt deadline loomed just one day away. The common currency traded at $1.3515 at 5:15 GMT on Wednesday morning as investors looked to the US government for a last minute deal that will reopen the government and avoid a sovereign default....

Brent crude oil prices slipped on Tuesday after Iran presented its proposal to resolve the decade long dispute over its nuclear program. The commodity lost 40 cents on Tuesday and traded steadily at $109.89 at 5:30 GMT on Wednesday morning. According to Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi...

By Bryan Wiener As we enter week three of the US debt debacle, the powers that be are not necessarily closer to an agreement than they were 14 days ago, but investors are seemingly pricing that probability into the market. The major indexes in the US rose in dramatic fashion last Thursday,...

Concerns in the US and abroad that the stalemate in Congress could cause the US to default on its loans has put the dollar on shaky ground and pulled share markets down. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he would be willing to accept even a short term increase in the nation’s...

By Bryan Wiener We are now entering week two of the government shutdown. The United States Congress did not pass a Continuing Resolution emergency budget on Monday, September 30, and the country's fiscal and economic welfare is in limbo. Bipartisan feuding over the efficacy of President Obama's...

The US government has shown no signs of progress in reaching an agreement that will restart Federal operations, adding to worries that the two sides will remain at odds through the October 17 deadline to raise the country’s borrowing limit. House Speaker John Boehner has said he will work...

It's that time again in Washington... The stakes are high. The clock is ticking down. The politicians are getting anxious. And the level of adjectives being espoused in and around the nation's capital is escalating rapidly. The President of the United States told CNBC Wednesday afternoon that...

With the August recess looming, along with the return of students to college, a bipartisan group of Senators, under the leadership of Majority Whip, Dick Durbin, reached a compromise on student loan rates, according to Politico. Senator Lamar Alexander said, “It would save students in 11...