John Feehery
John Feehery
John Patrick Feeheryis an American political communications strategist, columnist, television pundit, and former press secretary to Dennis J. Hastert, Republican of Illinois, during Hastert's term as speaker of the United States House of Representatives...
judiciary rational requires sure
We're going to make sure that we do this in a reasonable, rational and responsible way, and that requires us to go through the ... Judiciary Committee.
focused issues speaker
I think the speaker is now focused on issues that are important to the American people. We need to get working on other things.
good issue
For most of our members, this is not an issue back home. We're doing this because we want a good bill.
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He needed to raise money for the defense fund. That was the bottom line. He wanted to make sure he could take care of himself in the court of law.
focused relief tax
We've been focused on getting tax relief for the American people, and that will take precedence right now.
integral leadership speaker thinks wants
The speaker wants J.C. back. He thinks he's an integral part of his leadership team.
careful known speaker
The Speaker has made it known that you want to be careful on those things.
good looking people picking soothing
Denny is good at picking up the pieces. He is a very soothing influence. At the end of the day, I think people will be looking to Denny for leadership.
great job stopping
did a great job ... in stopping the perpetrator.
fact last minute problem
This last minute pay-for problem is a smokescreen for the fact that they want to play politics.
cutting marginal mostly move policy quickly talk tax
They mostly wanted to talk about tax policy -- not necessarily the numbers. There was an acknowledgement that we need to move quickly on the pro-growth tax cuts, such as cutting the marginal rate.
good neither
They have a pretty good working relationship. They know each other, they like each other and neither of them are plotters.
democrats house people speaker white
The White House is happy, the Democrats are happy, the speaker is happy, and the American people should be happy.
behind likes limelight nature
I don't think Tom's nature is to be behind the scenes. He likes the limelight too much.