Around 8 million Americans could see their Medicare premiums surge 52 percent next year if House leaders fail to reach a deal.
Conservative Republicans are seeking changes to House procedures, but some of their colleagues fear such a move would make the chamber impossible to govern.
Boehner asked Paul Ryan to step up and run to replace him, saying he's the only one who could unite the Republican conference.
Thursday's vote was expected to serve as a kind of test for the House majority leader, who had been considered the front-runner in the House Speaker race.
"Our immigration system is completely broken and in desperate need of reform," says the U.S. congressman who has represented Utah since 2008.
The potential replacement for Speaker John Boehner hasn't even been in Congress a decade.
The speaker's resignation signals a more conservative House Republican Conference and possibly more partisanship.
John Boehner's departure comes after years of intense struggle with right-wing Republicans unhappy with federal spending levels.
The speaker of the House announced Friday he will resign from Congress after more than 20 years on the job.
The Republican Speaker of the House made the announcement a day after the pope's historic address to Congress.
Responses to Pope Francis' historic address to Congress on Thursday were predictably split along party lines.
Pope Francis spoke to Congress Thursday, addressing immigration, the death penalty, climate change and the family.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush seems to be picking up the pace, attacking rival Donald Trump more often on Twitter.
A motion to oust Speaker Boehner? A refusal to vote on a highway bill? Skirmishes in the ongoing Republican civil war.
Nearly half of the Democrats in Congress have endorsed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 bid, but she's not taking them for granted.
House Democrats are likely to be key in preventing Republicans from scuttling the deal.
Legislation passed in May will make it very difficult for the Republican-controlled Congress to reverse the president's deal with Iran — but that won't stop them from trying.
The resolution would have taken down the Mississippi flag from the House side of the Capitol. But House Republicans were not having it.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Tuesday to fight sexual assault on all campuses in the state.
The bank gives low-interest loans to foreign buyers of U.S. goods, while domestic rivals of those foreign buyers borrow at market rates.
President Obama is now set to complete negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which aims to be a massive trade deal with 11 nations.
“When I became president, same-sex marriage was legal in only two states. Today it’s legal in 37 states."
