Rather than wait for a toothless “debt commission” that wouldn’t even release its recommendations until after the coming election, Congressman Boehner has called on the president to start cutting spending now to help rein in the deficit and create new jobs – and has outlined a real way to do it.
READ MORECongressman Boehner called on the Obama Administration today to scrap their backroom deal for a partisan “debt commission” and get to work on a real plan for cutting the federal deficit.
READ MOREBoehner said, that “Democratic leaders think their political problems are that they haven’t focused their message accurately” – that they’re not saying the right things. But, he says “it’s not the message that the American people are concerned about, it’s what you are doing.”
READ MORECongressman Boehner filed for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday and, as he told the Middletown Journal, his focus “is on trying to get our economy going and trying to create jobs.”
READ MOREPresident Obama released a record shattering $3.8 trillion budget this morning that features an unprecedented $1.6 trillion deficit this year and trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. Congressman Boehner summed it simply: it spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much.
READ MOREOn NBC’s Meet the Press today, Congressman Boehner cautioned Americans that Democrats continue to “scheme and plot” to force their government takeover of health care through Congress.
READ MOREWhile in Ohio last week, President Obama said that his jobs-killing agenda had “run into a ‘buzz saw’.” Today, on the day of President Obama’s State of the Union address, Congressman Boehner wrote a post for BigGovernment.com outlining what that “buzz saw” really was.
READ MOREFollowing tonight’s State of the Union address, Congressman Boehner will be participating in a live online video chat…
READ MOREThere are two things we need to do to help create new jobs in Ohio and around the country: first, enact the “no cost” jobs plan crafted by Republicans that would help small businesses create new jobs.
READ MOREAFP reports that President Obama is visiting Elyria, OH today “to show empathy with the heartland’s economic woes” even as he promotes an agenda that is actually destroying jobs.
READ MOREAccording to a new survey by Ohio Right to Life, “a majority of Ohio registered voters oppose the current health care reform plan under consideration in Congress.”
READ MOREIn an op-ed for local papers, Congressman Boehner argues that “a growing number of concerned governors, state officials and legislators are speaking out against a government takeover of health care” that would devastate states like Ohio.
READ MOREWith Scott Brown winning an impressive and important victory in the Massachusetts special election, Congressman Boehner warns that Democrats remain determined to ram their government takeover of health care through Congress.
READ MOREThe Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Congressman Boehner has endorsed a proactive “state legislative proposal that would allow Ohioans to opt out of” the mandates proposed by Democrats in their government takeover of health care.
READ MOREThe Troy Daily News featured a column by Congressman Boehner in which he argued that the Administration’s decision to treat the threat of al Qaeda-inspired terrorism as a law enforcement issue is a mistake.
READ MOREBoth the Columbus Dispatch and Cleveland Plain Dealer say Democrats should open their closed-door health care negotiations to the public, echoing a call by Congressman Boehner and C-SPAN president Brian Lamb.
READ MORECongressman Boehner is calling on Democratic leaders to open their health care negotiations to the public, and is backing a proposal by C-SPAN and a new piece of legislation to make it happen.
READ MOREAssociated Press reports today the Ohio lost another 5,000 jobs in November. According to the report, the job losses were felt most heavily at “goods-producing businesses.”
READ MOREA group of 222 distinguished economists nationwide joined Congressman Boehner today in calling on President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and the Democrats in charge of Washington to rein in federal spending to help create new jobs.
READ MOREIn an interview with Bill Hemmer on Fox News, Congressman Boehner argued that Senate Democrats are laying the groundwork for a “government takeover of our health care,” and that now “is not the time to give up. This is the time to fight harder to make sure this never happens.”
READ MOREAfter the White House announced that it would be transferring dozens of terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a facility in Illinois, Congressman Boehner asked a straightforward question: how will importing terrorists make Americans safer?
READ MORECongressman Boehner joined 173 of his colleagues in signing a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposing Democratic efforts to raise the national debt limit on the backs of our troops.
READ MORECongressman Boehner voted today to shut down the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and use the money to pay down the national debt.
READ MOREJust one day after the Wall Street Journal says Republicans “pushed Mr. Obama to freeze federal spending,” Congressman Boehner voted against a massive, earmark-loaded “omnibus” spending bill.
According to the Associated Press, the $447 billion “omnibus” included more than 5,000 “earmarks” and would increase spending by an average of 12 percent – this on top of [...]
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today urged Congress to make sure General McChrystal and our soldiers on the ground get the resources needed for to achieve their mission, arguing that “success is the only option available to us.”
READ MOREBoehner says small businesses and employers are “frozen” with uncertainty over the Obama-Pelosi agenda, and that more spending, taxing, and big government programs won’t help small businesses create new jobs.
READ MOREThe Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new regulations today that open the door to the Democrats’ “cap and trade” national energy tax, a devastating scheme that will raise prices, destroy jobs, and threaten family farms right here in our district.
READ MOREToday, the Columbus Dispatch reported that “stimulus” dollars are being spent on “banquet halls, high-end hotels and conference centers” in Columbus.
READ MOREIn a must-see interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Sustren, Congressman Boehner discussed the GOP Jobs Roundtable and the president’s so-called “jobs summit.” He also explained how the jobs-killing agenda of Speaker Pelosi and President Obama is hurting small businesses and causing uncertainty among employers.
READ MORECapitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reports that Congressman Boehner, “flanked by economists who attended his economic roundtable on Thursday, slammed the White House and Congressional Democrats for promoting policies that he said have only cost jobs and pushed the country deeper into debt.”
READ MOREWith Washington running a record $1.42 trillion deficit for 2009 and Ohio’s unemployment rate at its highest point in a generation, Congressman Boehner says adding to the deficit won’t help small businesses create new jobs.
READ MOREThe Columbus Dispatch argues that yet another “stimulus” spending bill could either “be a do-nothing measure … or it could make things worse.”
READ MOREThe Cincinnati Enquirer quoted Congressman Boehner today in a preview of tonight’s address by the president on the war in Afghanistan.
READ MORENow, in the middle of a recession, the Obama Administration has stripped away one of the Pension Protection Act’s key provisions and made it more difficult for workers to save for retirement.
READ MOREThe Columbus Dispatch reports that Ohio’s Republican Members of Congress urged Governor Strickland “to create an independent, bipartisan board to monitor the state’s use of federal stimulus dollars.”
READ MORECongressman Boehner today opposed legislation that would add $300 billion to the deficit and increase seniors’ Medicare premiums.
READ MORECongressman Boehner is fighting to make Congress more open and accountable, and on BigGovernment.com today he outlined the new Republican transparency initiative – or what he calls “Five Common Sense Steps to Fix a Broken Congress.”
READ MOREWashington has reportedly spent more than $1 million in “stimulus” funding in Ohio’s 21st Congressional District. Another $208,000 was spent in Ohio’s 20th Congressional District. There’s only one problem: neither of these districts exist.
READ MOREThe Hill reports that House Republicans “will attempt to force Democratic leaders to hold a vote on a bill that would ban Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to the United States.”
READ MORECongressman Boehner gave a legislative update in Troy earlier this week where he discussed several current issues and elaborated on Republican solutions for lowering health care costs and creating new jobs.
READ MORECongressman Boehner discussed several major issues impacting small businesses and private employers yesterday with the Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and Hamilton Rotary Club.
READ MOREWith another 190,000 Americans out of work, a national unemployment rate of 10.2 percent, and the federal deficit breaking yet another record, President Obama announced that he will host a “jobs summit”… next month.
READ MOREThe 2,032-page government takeover of health care approved by Democrats in Congress slashes hundreds of billions from Medicare funding and imposes roughly $1 billion in unfunded mandates on Ohio taxpayers.
READ MOREStarting at 1:00 p.m. today, the RNC is hosting an interactive, 12 hour webcast dedicating to exposing Speaker Pelosi’s 2,032-page, $1.3 trillion (and counting) government takeover of health care. Watch it live here starting at 1:00!
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Congressman Boehner and House Republicans have crafted a 219-page common-sense alternative to Speaker Pelosi’s 2,032 page government takeover of health care.
READ MORECongressman Boehner penned an op-ed in support of Issue 2, an effort to prevent radical, out-of-state liberal special interests from imposing policies on Ohioans…
READ MORECongressman Boehner delivered the weekly Republican address this morning and focused on GOP health care solutions.
READ MOREOn Fox News this morning, Congressman Boehner outlined a way forward for lawmakers serious about reforming our health care system to help lower costs and expand coverage without a massive, costly government takeover.
READ MOREEarlier today, Speaker Pelosi and her liberal allies took the lid off the latest version of their 1,990 page government takeover of health care – written behind closed doors, away from the eyes of the public and the media – and Congressman Boehner and the GOP were ready. Boehner asked how “1,990 pages of bureaucracy” [...]
READ MOREThe Columbus Dispatch reports that Ohio lawmakers sent a letter today urging Governor Strickland to oppose the costly government takeover of health care crafted in secret by Washington Democrats. According to the Dispatch:
“Just today, Ohio House Minority Leader William Batchelder of Medina wrote Gov. Ted Strickland to warn him that raising Medicaid eligibility would ‘cause [...]
MSNBC reports that Speaker Pelosi is scheduled to roll out the latest Democratic plans for a government-run health care system tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. While the secretive process in which it was written has ensured that nobody among the general public, media, or Republican lawmakers knows for sure what’s in the bill yet, questions [...]
READ MOREPolitico reported today that some of the president’s “top lieutenants are working in secret with leading Democrats,” negotiating “major parts of the health care bill behind closed doors.”
READ MORECongressman Boehner is fighting to give Americans greater access to Congress and the legislative process. And right on the top of the list is an effort to shine a light on the secret meetings where Democrats are crafting their government takeover of health care.
READ MOREIn an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Congressman Boehner argued that Speaker Pelosi’s plan for yet another “stimulus” spending bill will only amount to “more spending, more taxes, and more debt.”
READ MOREBack in July, Vice President Biden swung through Cincinnati to tout the trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending bill. His visit was a preview for his later claim that, “In my wildest dreams, I never thought it would work this well.” Well, here’s what’s happened in Ohio since our VP paid us a visit:
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READ MORESeveral recent reports have highlighted the devastating impact a government takeover of health care would have on middle class families and small businesses…
READ MOREBoehner wrote an op-ed for The Hill making the case that social media tools are helping Americans get “more involved in their government than ever before”…
READ MORECongressman Boehner’s fight for more transparency and accountability in Congress continued today when he called on President Obama to let CSPAN cover the health care meetings where Democrats are crafting their government takeover legislation. According to MSNBC:
“Boehner also encouraged President Obama to live up to his campaign promise to conduct the writing of health care [...]
The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reports that Congressman Boehner has “assembled an expert economic team to counter” President Obama and Democrats in Washington. One of the experts in this “kitchen cabinet” is former director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
Holtz-Eakin wrote an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal arguing that by [...]
The ultra-liberal Daily Kos blog released a survey taken in our own corner of Ohio and guess what? According to the results, Eighth District voters don’t want a government takeover of health care.
READ MOREIn a letter to President Obama, Congressman Boehner and his Republican colleagues outlined several new solutions for helping small businesses create new jobs.
READ MORECongressman Boehner today called on Governor Ted Strickland to stand against Washington Democrats’ government takeover of health care after the Columbus Dispatch reported that their proposal could impose nearly $1B in unfunded mandates on Ohio taxpayers.
READ MOREFriends of John Boehner is rolling out a brand new online campaign headquarters today at JohnBoehner.com, giving our fight for freedom and reform a major boost heading into 2010.
READ MOREBoehner to Pelosi: Let America Read the Bills!
Congressman Boehner and House Republicans are working to force Speaker Pelosi to post all major bills online for the public to review for at least three days before a vote by Congress. A new survey by Rasmussen found that Americans are behind the effort, with 83 percent of [...]
On Fox News today, Congressman Boehner touted an effort to force Speaker Pelosi to make major bills available to the public online for 72 hours before a vote by Congress. Watch Boehner here:
READ MORECongressman Boehner today signed on to what’s called a "discharge petition" to force a vote on bipartisan legislation requiring a 72-hour review period on all major legislation. If this plan were approved, bills would be available publicly and posted online for at least three days before Congress votes on them. According to the Examiner:
READ MOREAccording to a new survey by Gallup, "57% of Americans say the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to businesses and individuals, and 45% say there is too much government regulation of business." Congressman Boehner addressed the radical growth in the size and scope of the federal government on 55 KRC this morning. Boehner said:
READ MORECongressman Boehner scored a big victory for taxpayers today as Congress approved his Defund ACORN Act by a wide margin. According to Fox News, the "House voted 345-75 to strike ACORN funding" from the federal budget:
READ MORECongressman Boehner and his colleagues have taken several steps this week to cut off ALL taxpayer funding to ACORN, and sever ties between the corrupt leftwing outfit and the federal government. Here’s a quick snapshot of the action:
READ MORECongressman Boehner today is taking two key steps in the effort to prevent tax dollars from flowing to ACORN. First, Boehner will introduce legislation cut off all taxpayer funding from ACORN and its affiliates. And second, Boehner and House Republicans will be sending a letter to the White House requesting that the President use his authority to block taxpayer funding and break off federal ties with the left wing outfit.
READ MOREThe New York Times reports today that "one year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers… the government is the nation’s biggest lender, insurer, automaker and guarantor against risk for investors large and small." And rather than offer a plan for ending the taxpayer-funded bailouts, President Obama argued in a speech this morning for "an increased government role in overseeing the financial system."
READ MOREIn a press conference yesterday, Congressman Boehner addressed several inaccuracies in the President’s remarks to Congress on health care. In the video below, Boehner notes that under the Democrats’ government takeover of health care, millions of workers will be forced into a government-run plan and Democrats rejected two amendments to their bill making it clear that illegal immigrants would not be receive taxpayer-funded benefits. Watch Boehner here:
READ MOREOver the weekend, Congressman Boehner answered several questions town hall-style in front of an estimated crowd of 18,000 at Voice of America Park in West Chester. Here are two videos – both about 10 minutes long – from the rally showing Boehner’s brief remarks followed by Q&A:
READ MOREA recent article in the Cincinnati Enquirer highlighted Congressman Boehner’s opposition to a costly government takeover of health care and his stance that "we can make the system we have work better." The report says Boehner and Republicans are opposed "a big-government takeover they say will claim millions of jobs and insert government into every decision your doctor makes":
READ MOREBoth the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) released new projections today showing a shocking rise in the federal deficit and a prolonged national unemployment rate around 10 percent. Associated Press reports:
READ MOREAccording to a new survey by USA Today / Gallup, "a majority of Americans think the avalanche of new federal aid has cost too much and done too little to end the recession":
READ MOREThe Hamilton Journal-News ran a column by Congressman Boehner outlining the two competing health care proposals in Washington, which Boehner describes as "patient-focused" and "government-focused." First, Boehner describes the Democrats’ proposal for a government takeover of health care:
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote an op-ed for USA Today criticizing the President for trying "to spin the American people about the hopelessly flawed bill the speaker is seeking to pass in September." Boehner debunks several myths about a government takeover of health care, noting that it will add to the deficit and kick millions of Americans out of the current plans. Read the whole thing here.
READ MOREA new study by the National Association of Manufacturers shows Ohio stands to lose more than 108,000 jobs if the national energy tax (“cap and trade”) is implemented. Read the study here, which explains how the so-called Waxman/Markey (W/M) legislation will impact Ohio:
READ MOREA column in today’s Washington Post by Robert Samuelson argues that the Democratic proposal for a government takeover of health care "would perpetuate" the "status quo" of rising health care costs and increased government spending. Samuelson writes:
READ MOREAnother 247,000 Americans lost their jobs in July and the national unemployment rate remained above 9 percent, despite the President’s promise that it wouldn’t rise above 8 percent if Congress passed the so-called "stimulus" spending bill. The Wall Street Journal reports:
READ MOREAn article in the Washington Times highlights a report by the Energy Information Administration confirming that the national energy tax ("cap and trade") "will mean fewer jobs by 2030 than if Congress did not act at all":
READ MOREA former small businessman himself, Congressman Boehner has a unique insight into the impact the pending health care takeover could have on small businesses around the country. In an op-ed for CNN.com today, Boehner makes his case:
READ MOREFox News highlighted a press conference today where Congressman Boehner stressed that lowering health care costs has to be the focus of reform – not creating "53 new agencies, boards, commissions, and programs." Watch it here:
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On CNN this afternoon, Congressman Boehner said both parties need to work together to lower health care costs for families and small businesses. Boehner also noted that the current proposal for a government takeover of health care creates "53 new boards, agencies, commissions and agencies" and asks: "Why do we need all of this is we’re trying to drive down the cost of health care in America and trying to improve access for more Americans?"
READ MORENewsmax.com reports that Congressman Boehner and Governor Tim Pawlenty (MN) released "Capital Malpractice: How a Washington Takeover of Health Care Will Hurt States," an examination of the Democratic health care proposal. From Newsmax:
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote an op-ed for The Hill, a publication that covers Capitol Hill and legislation pending in Congress, arguing that the national energy tax ("cap and trade") supported by Speaker Pelosi and President Obama will "kill jobs" and "raise utility prices."
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote a blog post for NationalReview.com vigorously opposing a provision in the Democrats’ government takeover of health care that allows Washington to force taxpayers to subsidize abortion-on-demand.
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote an op-ed for Yahoo this morning outlining the Republican plan for lowering health care costs. Boehner says the Republican solution will lower costs by:
READ MOREA recent Fox News report highlighted a chart produced by Republican analysts on the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) depicting what Democrats’ government takeover of health care would look like:
READ MOREIn a press conference today, Congressman John Boehner (OH-8) cited the Democrats’ national energy tax and small business tax as examples of policies that destroy jobs, and noted that Republicans want to stop "this wasteful stimulus spending and take that money and put it into the hands of American families and small businesses that can actually get the economy going again." Watch Boehner here:
READ MOREThe headline in this weekend’s Cincinnati Enquirer says it all: Stimulus Response Chaotic. Despite promises by the Administration of complete transparency – remember, "nobody messes with Joe" – the system for tracking "stimulus" spending "is fractured, redundant and disorganized." From the Enquirer:
READ MORECongressman Boehner responded to Vice President Biden’s stop in Cincinnati today (to tout the "stimulus" that isn’t working) with a simple question: where are the jobs? The Enquirer reported:
READ MOREThe Christian Science Monitor reports that "Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Ohio Thursday morning to highlight the impact of economic stimulus legislation." We can save him some time by focusing on one number: 10.8. That’s Ohio’s unemployment rate, post-"stimulus."
READ MOREIn an interview with Fox News Sunday, Congressman Boehner said the best way to get the economy moving is to "trust small businesses and the American people to reinvest their own money." In fact, Boehner and his colleagues developed an economic recovery plan that would use fast-acting tax relief to create more than 246,000 new jobs in Ohio alone. Watch Boehner here:
READ MOREIn an op-ed for the Middletown Journal, Congressman Boehner says the national energy tax bill passed by the Democrat-led Congress last Friday was missing something critical: new jobs. Boehner explains:
READ MOREOn Friday, Congressman Boehner launched a protest in the House of Representatives against Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax. Boehner read aloud from 300 pages of the bill, going line-by-line and uncovering dozens of provisions that will ship American jobs overseas and devastate families and small businesses. Fox News reports on the debate and the vote:
READ MOREIn a press conference today, Rep. Boehner spoke out against the national energy tax that Speaker Pelosi scheduled for debate tomorrow in Congress. Boehner supports an “all of the above” energy strategy and opposes the so-called “cap and trade” scheme, which is a “great big” tax on families and small businesses. Boehner said:
READ MOREReports suggest that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will force a debate on a national energy tax – also known as “cap and trade” – later this week. Congressman Boehner sent a memo to his colleagues yesterday previewing the debate and calling the bill a jobs-killer. The Wall Street Journal reports:
READ MOREIn an op-ed for today’s Washington Examiner, Congressman Boehner poses a simple question for those who pushed the trillion-dollar “stimulus” as a remedy for our ailing economy: where are the jobs?
READ MOREIn an interview with Bloomberg TV, Congressman Boehner said the health care reform plan he supports will “make the current system work better” for those without health insurance, “cost far less” than the government takeover proposed by Democrats, and “preserve what is good about” our health care system. Watch the whole interview with Boehner here:
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote an op-ed that appeared in this morning’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review outlining the Republican health care solution that will be rolled out today. Boehner says the Republican plan will “reduce costs, expand access and increase the quality of care in a way that we can afford.” :
READ MORECongressman Boehner gave Good Morning America a preview of the Republican health care solutions that will be unveiled later today. Boehner said the Republican plan “will bring down costs, insure most Americans, and improve the quality of care that we have in our country.” Boehner also expressed concern that new financial regulations proposed by the Administration will make it harder for businesses to create new jobs. Watch the whole thing here:
READ MOREThe Dayton Daily News reports that Governor Strickland’s $57 million “stimulus” slush fund is being shut down:
READ MORELed by Congressman Boehner, Republicans in Congress today unveiled the American Energy Act, an “All of the Above” energy plan designed to lower fuel costs, help create jobs, and promote a cleaner environment. Boehner said:
READ MOREWith Ohio’s unemployment rate soaring past 10 percent, and local companies closing up shop or leaving Ohio and taking jobs with them, is Ohio’s governor working on a plan to make Ohio a better place to do business?
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote an op-ed for TownHall.com today making the case for health care reforms that “expand access to affordable, quality care” without raising “taxes on families and small businesses to make it happen.” Boehner writes:
READ MORELast week, Congressman Boehner signed on to legislation that will prevent taxpayer-funding from flowing to shadowy groups like ACORN. The Taxpayer Protection and Anti-Fraud Act, written by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), is designed to prohibit organizations indicted for violating state or federal election laws from receiving federal funds.
READ MORECongressman Boehner has an op-ed in the Middletown Journal this week making the case for “providing access to quality, affordable health care for everyone.” Boehner writes:
READ MOREIn the wake of “North Korea’s recent nuclear test, its continuing short-range ballistic missile tests and news of a possible test of a long-range missile capable of reaching American targets,” Congressman Boehner wrote an op-ed for today’s Chicago Tribune calling for a renewed commitment to national missile defense:
READ MOREThe Dayton Business Journal reported on Friday that Ohio’s “unemployment rate was 10.2 percent in April, up from 9.7 percent in March, and 6.2 percent for the same month last year.” This is the first time since 1983 that Ohio’s unemployment rate surpassed 10 perc
READ MOREThe Piqua Daily Call ran an op-ed by Congressman Boehner this morning about Memorial Day and honoring “the sacrifices made by the men and women serving in our Armed Forces” by “advancing policies that continue to keep America safe.”
READ MORECongressman Boehner joined other Republican lawmakers today in introducing new legislation designed to save an innovative and successful school choice program in our nation’s capital.
READ MORECongressman Boehner today noted that FBI Director Robert Mueller “has serious concerns about bringing terrorists like the mastermind of the September 11th attacks into federal prisons.” In fact, according to the Associated Press, Mueller says “bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States could pose a number of risks, even if they were kept in maximum-security prisons”:
READ MORELast week, the Speaker of the House , Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), accused the CIA of lying to Congress about the interrogation methods used on captured terrorists. Congressman Boehner responded on TV and in an op-ed calling on the Speaker to either turn her evidence over to the Justice Department or issue an immediate apology to our intelligence professionals.
READ MORECongressman Boehner has an op-ed in USA Today arguing against importing terrorists from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility into our communities. Boehner says these terrorists “are not common criminals”:
READ MOREAt a press conference this morning, Congressman Boehner discussed runaway government spending, and new solutions on health care and energy:
READ MOREYesterday, Congressman Boehner toured the Deceuninck North America plant in Monroe which manufactures various vinyl products. The Middletown Journal reports:
READ MOREOver the weekend, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran a profile of Congressman Boehner that highlighted his background in southwest Ohio and his record as a “legitimate reformer.” The article described Boehner’s no-nonsense style of leadership:
READ MOREThe Associated Press reports today that the federal government will be “borrowing almost 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year” as the budget deficit soars more than four times higher than last year:
READ MOREBoth CNN and Fox News have highlighted a new effort by Congressman Boehner and Republican lawmakers to prevent terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility from being brought into American communities. Watch them here:
READ MOREOn Fox News yesterday, Congressman Boehner noted that the President decided to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay “without having any idea where these 240 prisoners are going to be housed or under what conditions they’re going to be tried.”
READ MOREOn Fox News today, Congressman Boehner highlighted a new effort to root out wasteful government spending and save taxpayers’ money. Boehner appointed a “solutions group” of lawmakers earlier this year who will identify new ways to save tax dollars and he’ll also be working with reform-minded governors who have a record of cutting waste. Here is Boehner:
READ MOREThere’s an incredible new video circulating on the web of a leading Democratic congresswoman admitting that a government-run health care program would put private health care out of business:
READ MOREA new report by the nonprofit Buckeye Institute found that Ohio could lose as many as 91,200 jobs as a result of the trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending bill.
READ MORELast week, Boehner and fellow lawmakers introduced the Savings Recovery Act, legislation that addresses one of the top concerns facing Americans during this recession: loss of savings.
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote an op-ed for today’s Hamilton Journal-News outlining the Savings Recovery Act, legislation he introduced last week to help families rebuild their lost savings. Boehner wrote:
READ MORERep. John Dingell (R-MI), the top Democrat on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, admitted in a hearing last week that “cap-and-trade is a tax, and it’s a great big one.” Politico reports:
READ MORECongressman Boehner has an op-ed on TownHall.com today highlighting Debt Day, the day on which government spending exceeds revenue for the year.
READ MORECongressman Boehner and fellow Republicans today introduced the Savings Recovery Act, legislation designed to help Americans rebuild their retirement, college, and personal savings. A recent NPR survey found that the loss in savings is Americans’ top concern during the ongoing recession.
READ MOREOver the weekend, Congressman Boehner joined George Stephanopoulos live via remote from Cincinnati on ABC’s This Week.
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote an op-ed for National Review Online outlining a proposal designed to help Americans rebuild their retirement, college, and personal savings.
READ MOREThis morning, Congressman Boehner and his colleagues released the final details of their alternative budget proposal – the Path to American Prosperity – which will curb spending, create jobs, cut taxes, and get control of our national debt.
READ MORECongressman Boehner wrote an op-ed for Politico in support of the Secret Ballot Protection Act, legislation designed to protect workers’ fundamental right to federally supervised secret ballot elections in union organizing.
READ MOREIn an interview with Fox & Friends this morning, Congressman Boehner discussed the Republican Road to Recovery plan that will be unveiled later today. The plan adds detail to the proposal Boehner outlined for the President in a video last week, which Boehner says will include “less taxes,” “less spending,” and “real entitlement reform.” This is in stark contrast with the President’s $3.6 trillion proposal which spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much from our children and grandchildren.
READ MORECongressman Boehner delivered a “prebuttal” to last night’s primetime press conference by President Obama, outlining the Republican budget proposal he first discussed in a video to the President last week. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports:
READ MORECongressman Boehner is leading an effort to develop new legislation to help Americans rebuild their retirement, college, and personal savings that have been lost during the current economic crisis.
READ MORELast week, Congressman Boehner sent a video message to President Obama about his $3.6 trillion budget proposal which spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much. Boehner also outlined the Republican alternative, which will be unveiled later this month, and described the Republican plan for keeping energy and fuel costs low:
READ MORETwo articles today highlighted the ways in which Congressman Boehner is taking advantage of new technology to connect with voters and share his message of freedom and security.
READ MOREIn the last few days we’ve learned that leading Democrats slipped language into their trillion-dollar “stimulus” spending bill allowing these massive bonuses to be paid to AIG executives. After Democratic leaders gave lawmakers only a matter of hours to review the entire “stimulus,” Boehner declared on the House floor that “not one” person had read the bill.
READ MORECongressman Boehner sent a video message to President Obama today outlining a Republican budget proposal that will be unveiled later this month. In the video, Boehner indicated that the Republican budget will:
READ MOREThe Kentucky Post reports that thousands of Ohioans filled Fountain Square for the Cincinnati Tea Party this weekend:
READ MORECongressman Boehner today released a YouTube video thanking in advance the participants in this weekend’s Cincinnati Tea Party:
READ MOREJust before the President signed into law the largest increase in spending since the Carter Administration, Congressman Boehner repeated his call for a freeze on federal spending on Fox News Channel’s Live Desk with Martha MacCallum.
READ MORECongressman Boehner has called on President Obama to veto the half-trillion dollar spending bill passed by the Senate last night. The bill contains the largest increase in discretionary government spending since the Carter Administration, is loaded with pork-barrel spending, and kills successful school choice reforms. The New York Times reports:
READ MOREAK Steel, one of the nation’s leading steelmakers, presented Congressman John Boehner with his sixth consecutive award from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) at an event yesterday. The Hamilton Journal-News reports:
READ MOREThere’s a great profile of Congressman Boehner in today’s Cleveland Plain Dealer. The profile says “Boehner’s post lets him act behind the scenes to protect Ohio’s interests” and highlights his efforts to “guide Republicans back into” the majority in Congress:
READ MOREThe Cincinnati Enquirer highlights Congressman Boehner for his continued opposition to wasteful government spending and his call for President Obama to veto the half-trillion dollar “omnibus” spending bill:
READ MOREAt the request of President Obama for input, Congressman Boehner and House Republicans crafted an economic recovery plan using fast-acting tax relief – not slow-moving and wasteful government spending – to create jobs and put our economy back on track.
READ MORECongressman Boehner appeared on this morning’s Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer to discuss options for economic recovery legislation. During the interview, Boehner asked a simple question: rather than burying our children and grandchildren with mountains of debt, "Why couldn’t we tax less and spend less?"
Watch the whole thing:
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Congressman Boehner voted against the taxpayer-funded auto-bailout.
READ MOREOn Fox News Sunday, Congressman Boehner urged President-Elect Obama to take tax hikes off the table.
READ MOREInstead of raising taxes and “spreading the wealth around” through $300 billon in more spending on government programs, we should provide tax relief to families to help with costs of living and to small businesses to help them create more jobs.
READ MOREThis Friday, Governor Sarah Palin will be leading a rally in West Chester Town Square at Union Centre Boulevard. Here is how you can attend.
READ MOREFollowing are Congressman Boehner’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN.
JOHN BOEHNER SPEECH TO THE 2008 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
"I’m John Boehner, privileged to be the House Republican Leader.
"I stood at a similar podium at the 1992 convention as part of the ‘Gang of Seven’ – a group [...]
In a recent appearance on Fox News’ American Morning, Congressman John Boehner (OH-8) demanded that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hold a vote on the American Energy Act.
BOEHNER: I do think we have the votes in both the House and the Senate. But it is Speaker Pelosi, it’s Harry Reid, it’s Barack Obama who want no [...]
READ MORECongressman John Boehner (OH-8) joined Stuart Varney on Fox News to discuss the American Energy Act. This new legislation would implement an "All of the Above" energy strategy to help lower gas prices. Watch the interview:
Congressman John Boehner (OH-8) joined CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to discuss his upcoming American Energy Tour to Colorado and Alaska:
Later this week, Congressman Boehner is slated to lead a group of representatives to Colorado and Alaska on what has been dubbed the "American Energy Tour." The tour will highlight elements of Boehner’s "All of the Above" energy strategy. You can learn more about his energy reform plan – which is aimed at helping to [...]
READ MORECongressman John Boehner (OH-8) today discussed with Fox News what he believes Congress needs to do help lower gas prices.
READ MORECongressman John Boehner (OH-8) today discussed with Fox News what he believes Congress needs to do help lower gas prices.
READ MOREABC “This Week”: Boehner Discusses Lowering Gas Prices & More
READ MOREThe 25th Annual Boehner Birdie Hunt was held Monday, June 2nd on a picture perfect day at Wetherington Country Club in West Chester and Brown’s Run Country Club in Middletown. We greatly would like to thank all who participated in this years event including the many volunteers that helped put on the outstanding event.
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