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Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), center, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), right, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), gestures during a news conference to discuss President Barack Obama's decision to halt the Keystone XL pipeline. Last...
Deficit hater Pete Peterson hosted what looked like a mini-Bretton Woods Conference: Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Reps. Jeb Hensarling...
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. David Camp, R-Mich. walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, before the final vote on the payroll tax cut extension. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — AP House Budget Committee...
President Barack Obama greets the crowd upon his arrival at Paine Field, in Everett, Wash. , Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Obama is outlining new steps to boost U.S. exports during a tour to a Boeing assembly plant in Everett, calling on Congress to continue...
Congress voted with rare speed and cooperation Friday to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and to renew unemployment benefits for millions more who haven’t seen a paycheck in six months. House Budget Committee Chairman...
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. , left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, for the final vote on the payroll tax cut extension. In a rush to recess, Congress on Friday...
He was promoting foreign trade and manufacturing at the end of a three-day trip. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. , left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in...
TAYLOR, Associated Press | House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. , left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, for the final vote on the payroll tax cut extension.
FRAM, Associated Press | House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. , left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, for the final vote on the payroll tax cut extension. ...
“The stimulus is a stark reminder of how the president got the policies he wanted, and how those policies have failed the American people and are making things worse,” said Texas Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling. More Liberty, is there anything that you...
"The stimulus is a stark reminder of how the president got the policies he wanted, and how those policies have failed the American people and are making things worse," said Texas Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling. Obama's approval numbers are on the rise,...
CANTOR’S OFFICE -- Several changes to report from Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s world. From a Cantor memo: “ Brad Dayspring becomes Deputy Chief of Staff : Brad has managed the day to day press shop for Team Cantor since January, 2009. Prior, he served...
If Bachus were to step down, it could set off a contentious battle for the seat because there is not a clear successor. The committee’s website lists Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Texas) as vice chairman. However, Hensarling is currently serving as the...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announces that he will insist on a Senate vote, despite objections from the president’s own party. Meanwhile, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives announces that they will pass a budget and the media pounces.
They warn that tax hikes will kill jobs while doing nothing to halt the climb in the crushing level of national debt. "The nation is just drowning in red ink," said Representative Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas. "I look forward to seeing the...
They warn that tax hikes will kill jobs while doing nothing to halt the climb in the crushing level of national debt. "The nation is just drowning in red ink," said Representative Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas. "I look forward to seeing the...
They warn that tax hikes will kill jobs while doing nothing to halt the climb in the crushing level of national debt. "The nation is just drowning in red ink," said Representative Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas. "I look forward to seeing the...
Monday’s Starting Point, host Soledad O’Brien attempted to referee a verbal squabble between Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn and political reporter Ron Brownstein (with a mix of Arianna Huffington and Rep. Jeb Hensarling mixed in), as they...
Jeb Hensarling (born May 29, 1957) has been the Republican congressman representing Texas' 5th congressional district (map) in the United States House of Representatives since 2003. Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (C) speaks to members of the news media with (L-R) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) after a House Republican...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 01: U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) speaks to the media following a House Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 1, 2012 in Washington, DC. Boehner spoke about the Democrats blocking a bill that would freeze Federal employee pay and...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (R) speaks as (L-R) Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) listen during a news conference...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (2nd R) leaves with (L-R) House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX), and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) at the end of a news conference February 3, 2012 on Capitol...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, who co-chaired the failed Supercommittee, joins fellow House Republican leaders during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. With a vote planned for Friday on the second of two anti-regulation bills, House Republicans have...
View Photo »Super committee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) talks to reporters as he arrives for a meeting with Republican committee members on Capitol Hill in Washington November 17, 2011. The special congressional committee is tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings over...
View Photo »Supercommittee Co-Chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, talks with former Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, prior to Domenici testifying before the panel.
View Photo »Supercommittee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, speaks with committee members, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. , left, and Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, during a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction where...
View Photo »Supercommittee co-chair, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, begins a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, as it hears from Thomas Barthold, left, chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, about revenue...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Committee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (L) speaks as co-chair Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) listens during a hearing before the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee, also known as the supercommittee, September 13, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. ...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Rep. Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) hold a news conference to discuss the impact of the bill September...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (R), co-chair of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee, delivers his opening statement as (L-R) Rep. David Camp (R-MI), Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) listen during a meeting on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (C), co-chair of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee, delivers his opening statement during a meeting on September 13, 2011. The committee will hold its first public hearing on September 13, and has been asked to identify at...
View Photo »Co-Chairman Congressman Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, speaks as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction begins a full committee hearing on considering the rules and organizing the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 8, 2011.
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , right, co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, wrap up the first organizational meeting of the so-called "supercommittee" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made up of six...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , right, co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, wrap up the first organizational meeting of the so-called "supercommittee" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made up of six...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, joined by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, opens the first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee", on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made up of six Republican and six...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, joined by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, right, arrive for the start of the opening meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee", on Capitol Hill in Washington,...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) speaks during a news conference January 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. House Republicans held a news conference to respond to Obama Administration’s decision on rejecting the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (2nd L) and House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (L) arrive for a news conference January 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. House Republicans held a news conference to...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (2nd L) speaks during a press briefing with (L-R) Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) at the U.S. Capitol January 18, 2012 in Washington, DC. Boehner and House...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) (R) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (L) listen to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) during a press briefingat the U.S. Capitol January 18, 2012 in Washington, DC. Boehner and House Republican leaders lashed out...
View Photo »Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. , walk from House Speaker John Boehner's office at the Capitol as the scheduled vote on Boehner's debt plan bill is delayed in Washington, Thursday night, July 28, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: (L-R) GOP Conference Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA), U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) head to a Republican conference meeting in the basement of the U.S. Capitol July 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. Both Democrats and Republicans in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) (2nd R), House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (R), and House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (3rd R) wait for the beginning of a media availability December 20, 2011 on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (C) speaks to members of the news media with (L-R) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) after a House Republican...
View Photo »FHA is a disaster in the making and if we don’t do something it may become the next Fannie and Freddie
FHA is a disaster in the making. If we're not careful, it may become Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the sequel
FHA is a disaster in the making. If we're not careful, it may become Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the sequel
jobs are job No. 1″ for House Republicans and he offered Reid some direct advice for his Christmas shopping list, echoing Boehner’s call for the Senate to take up the bank of House-passed jobs measures. Last week our fellow countrymen paused to give thanks. Unfortunately in the Obama economy millions co...
jobs are job No. 1″ for House Republicans and he offered Reid some direct advice for his Christmas shopping list, echoing Boehner’s call for the Senate to take up the bank of House-passed jobs measures. Last week our fellow countrymen paused to give thanks. Unfortunately in the Obama economy millions co...
Even if Republicans agreed to every tax increase desired by the president, our national debt would continue to grow uncontrollably
We could not bridge the gap between two dramatically competing visions of the role [of] government
