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...those who might succeed him have begun quietly positioning themselves to make a move if the opportunity arises, sources say. Among the possible successors most frequently mentioned are majority whip Roy Blount of Missouri, National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Tom Reynolds of New York, House Education Committee chairman John Boehner and leadership chairman Rob Portman of Ohio. Not so long ago, it looked as though the speakership would be DeLay's for the taking after Hastert left the post, probably after the next election. But if DeLay is doing any praying in his office these days, it's probably...
...things we need to undo from the first Bush term." Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Senator and former Secretary of Education, said Congress first has to be sure No Child Left Behind is working in Grades 3 through 8 before he will back the new plan. Even Ohio Representative John Boehner, who has been the most vocal Republican supporter of the act, has refused to endorse Bush's proposal. Said a senior House Republican aide: "I think the White House is aware it has some selling to do." --By Perry Bacon...
...prominent members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce—Committee Chair Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Higher Education Subcommittee Chair Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif.—have introduced H.R. 4283 to the full committee for deliberation. For the first time since the law’s inception in 1965, the bill proposes the elimination of the base guarantee...
...here's the good news: Republican Congressman John Boehner of Ohio has introduced a bill to shield employers from liability for third-party advice. The bill has broad support; fund companies, accounting firms and planners are rapidly rolling out advice and asset-management services aimed at 401(k) sponsors and participants. These services will provide one-on-one access to planners. At Duke University, planners will consider all of an investor's assets--retirement and otherwise--and recommend one of seven portfolios designed by the securities research firm Ibbotson Associates. Users will pay 0.6% of their assets annually, and portfolios...
...voter rage over Enron is becoming personal, with people's fears about their own retirement exceeding their appetite for campaign reform and their anger at what the now bankrupt company did. "Many employees looked at what happened to Enron, and it scares them to death," says Ohio Congressman John Boehner, the House Republicans' point man on pension issues. This is why the biggest news out of the retreat was the package of 401(k) and pension safeguards Bush unveiled there Friday...