Kids First: Let’s start with some good news for a good idea. On Wednesday, the House passed the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, which eliminates taxpayer funding for political nominating conventions and redirects those resources to pediatric medical research. After the vote, Speaker Boehner praised the measure as “a good bipartisan bill that will help us better understand, fight, and end the diseases and disorders that affect our children,” and called on the Senate to send it to the president’s desk in short order.
 Jobs & Oversight: On Thursday, Speaker Boehner provided an end-of-year update on the Republican majority’s efforts to get people working again, pledging to continue that focus and add to the stack of jobs bills the House has passed. He also highlighted the House’s ongoing oversight of the Obama administration: “When we learned that the IRS was improperly targeting conservative groups, our investigators conducted more than 50 interviews and have reviewed a half a million pages of documents related to that one investigation. After losing four Americans in a terrorist attack in Benghazi, we launched an aggressive, ongoing, multi-committee investigation to find out what happened – and why this administration has not brought those terrorists to justice. And in the lead up to and following the launch of the president’s health care law, we’ve been asking questions that the American people want answers to.”
#AskSebelius: On Wednesday, Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared before the Energy & Commerce Committee, taking tough questions from Republicans bearing stories of the frustration and sticker shock ObamaCare is causing nationwide. Earlier in the day, Speaker Boehner took on the president for breaking his word to the American people: “He promised them they could keep the health plans they like - turned out not to be true. The president promised the American people they could keep the doctor that they’ve had all these years - that’s turned out to not be true as well. It’s time for the president to get serious about stopping this law before it wreaks any more havoc on American families, small businesses, and our economy.”
Budget Agreement a Positive Step: In October, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) claimed that “everybody” wants to “pay more” in taxes. The budget agreement the House passed on Thursday makes sure that no one does. It also reduces the deficit, preserves critical spending caps, and makes permanent reforms to autopilot spending programs. The Speaker says this is a positive step, but much more needs to be done to solve Washington’s spending problem. National Guard: On Friday, @SpeakerBoehner asked Twitter to join him in wishing the National Guard a happy 377th birthday.
State of the Union: On Friday, the Speaker invited President Obama to report to Congress on the State of the Union on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Read the letter here.
Let It Snow: Tuesday was a snowy day in the nation’s capital, and we captured the scene from the Speaker’s Balcony for Instagram.
Behind the Scenes: On Monday, we posted new photos and videos from Speaker Boehner’s tour of the Capitol Dome and Rotunda with 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley | 
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