Government Property Quotes
As Speaker of the House with a President of the other party, Boehner, like previous House Speakers, met with the president and his staff in order to work out a compromise budget, for all money bills must originate in the House of Representatives. However, Boehner had a faction of his Republican caucus—Tea Party Republicans—who wanted no compromises with the Democrats and the President at all. They were so radical that they would rather put the country into default on its debts than vote for a compromise budget or pass any other legislation that would either require compromise of would even make President Obama appear to have been successful. Whenever they perceived that Boehner was negotiating with the President they would attack the speaker and stop House business. Hence the speaker’s famous quote about sneaking into the White House.
The Planter had only two guns of its own, but was carrying a cargo of guns and ammunition that was to be delivered to the Confederate forts along the South Carolina coast. Smalls was then hired by the Union Navy as a Pilot and he engaged in a number of battles where he performed so well that he was transferred to the army which ran its own warships and made a Captain of the Vessel and achieved the rank of General although his duties were always at sea.
