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Boehner: Five Steps to Help Create New Jobs

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

In the Cincinnati Enquirer this week, Congressman Boehner outlined five straightforward steps for getting our economy going and helping create new jobs:

>> “First, stop job-killing tax hikes on families and small businesses.  Raising taxes on families and small businesses during a recession is a recipe for disaster – both for our economy and for the deficit. According to an analysis by the non-partisan Joint Tax Committee, Congress’s official tax scorekeeper, half of small business income in America would face higher taxes under the president’s plan.” [READ MORE]

>> “Second, veto job-killing ‘Lame Duck’ legislation.  Democratic leaders refuse to rule out the possibility of forcing a ‘cap and trade’ national energy tax or ‘card check’ legislation through in a lame-duck session, after the election, after the voters have had their say.  This only compounds the ongoing economic uncertainty.” [READ MORE]

>> “Third, call on Congressional Democrats to stop obstructing efforts to repeal ObamaCare’s harmful ‘1099 Mandate.’ The president’s government takeover of health care is already wreaking havoc on employers and entrepreneurs.  One of the new law’s most controversial mandates requires small businesses to report any total purchases that run more than $600.  It is expected to cost employers and entrepreneurs $17 billion over the next ten years.  President Obama should call on Democratic leaders to work with me and my Republican colleagues to repeal this mandate without delay, and without strings attached.” [READ MORE]

>> “Fourth, cut spending to create jobs.  Economists have warned that all this borrowing runs the risk of causing a damaging spike in interest rates, which would cripple job creation.  House Republicans have put forward a proposal containing $1.3 trillion in immediate spending cuts, and we stand ready to work with the president to put a stop to Washington’s spending spree.” [READ MORE]

>> “And finally, ask for – and accept – the resignations of Secretary Geithner and Larry Summers, the head of the National Economic Council. Virtually no one in the White House has run a small business and created jobs in the private sector.  That lack of real-world, hands-on experience shows in the policies coming out of this administration.  It’s time for a fresh start.” [READ MORE]

Read Boehner’s full op-ed here, which echoes the speech he delivered last week on jobs and the economy. And also be sure to check out Boehner’s “no cost” jobs plan, as well as his proposals for cutting government spending, reining in jobs-killing federal regulations, repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with common-sense reforms that lower costs and protect jobs, and more.

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Boehner on ObamaCare: Breathing is not commerce

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

KEY QUOTE: “This is the first time in American history that Congress has passed a law mandating that you buy something simply because you’re breathing. … Instead of saying and doing anything to protect this job-killing health care law, Democrats should work with Republicans to repeal it and replace it with common-sense reforms focused on lowering costs and protecting jobs.”

Boehner on ObamaCare: Breathing is not commerce
August 17, 2010
USA TODAY OPINION
By John Boehner

As if Democrats’ new health care law — with its tax hikes, higher costs, and Medicare cuts to establish a new federal entitlement and massive new bureaucracies — isn’t already intrusive enough, at its heart lies an individual mandate that forces Americans to buy government-approved health insurance or pay a tax.

This is the first time in American history that Congress has passed a law mandating that you buy something simply because you’re breathing. Don’t take my word for it: In 1994, the Congressional Budget Office called such a move an “unprecedented form of federal action.” The feds have “never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence.”

If the federal government thinks it can get away with this kind of power grab, it will think it can do anything. In response, 21 states and the nation’s leading small business organization agree that this mandate is unconstitutional, and they are fighting to overturn it. Earlier this month, Missouri voters, to the tune of 71%, chose to reject the mandate. That’s more than decisive. That’s a landslide.

Yet the Professional Left running our government isn’t listening to Missourians or anyone else. The Obama administration is fighting to stay in the business of forcing you to buy health insurance and taxing you if you don’t. The law itself cites the power to regulate “commerce.” Democrats compare it with how nearly all states require car owners to purchase auto insurance. You don’t need to purchase a car. You do need to breathe.

With the “commerce” argument faltering, the Obama administration is now defending the mandate as a tax — in federal court, no less — a notion the president repeatedly rejected last year.

From the get-go, of course, the health care debate has been about costs, and here the mandate fails, too. As USA TODAY editorialized last fall, “The individual mandate must be accompanied by affordable insurance policies.” It is not. According to the agency that administers Medicare, the new law is unlikely to lower insurance premiums as promised.

Instead of saying and doing anything to protect this job-killing health care law, Democrats should work with Republicans to repeal it and replace it with common-sense reforms focused on lowering costs and protecting jobs.

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Voters Reject ObamaCare’s Unconstitutional Mandates in Missouri

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Everyday Americans, small businesses, and elected officials are all fighting to scrap ObamaCare. Yesterday, voters in Missouri became the first in the nation to take the fight to the ballot box and make clear: they want nothing to do with the Democrats’ government takeover of health care and its unconstitutional mandates.

Congressman Boehner is leading the fight to repeal ObamaCare and start over with common-sense, step-by-step reforms that will actually lower costs for small businesses right here in our district. For example:

>> John signed on to two efforts in Congress aimed at forcing a vote on repealing the Democrats’ jobs-killing government takeover of health care;

>> He’s endorsed Ohio House Joint Resolution 3, legislation “that would allow Ohioans to opt out of any mandated health-care plan they don’t want to join”;

>> He’s urged Ohio’s attorney general to join other state attorneys general in challenging ObamaCare;

>> He’s written Governor Strickland and demanded that he guarantee Ohioans that tax dollars won’t be used to pay for abortions under ObamaCare; and

>> He’s backed the proposed “Health Care Freedom Amendment” that would “preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and health care coverage.”

We’ve outlined before how ObamaCare is hurting job growth in Ohio, causing uncertainty for private sector employers, and sending health care spending skyward. We’ve also shown how a majority of Ohioans favor repealing the law. Yesterday’s vote in Missouri shows that the fight to stop this reckless, jobs-killing, unconstitutional government takeover isn’t limited to the Buckeye State – it’s nationwide. Here’s the story:

>> 70% OF MISSOURI VOTERS REJECT OBAMACARE: “Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a key provision of President Barack Obama’s health care law, sending a clear message of discontent to Washington and Democrats less than 100 days before the midterm elections. With about 70 percent of the vote counted late Tuesday, nearly three-quarters of voters had supported the measure.” (Associated Press, 8/4/10)

>> MISSOURI IS FIRST IN THE NATION TO REJECT OBAMACARE: “Missouri voters on Tuesday easily approved a measure aimed at nullifying the new federal health care law, becoming the first state in the nation where ordinary people made known their dismay over the issue at the ballot box. The measure was intended to invalidate a crucial element of President Obama’s health care law — namely, that most people be required to get health insurance or pay a tax penalty.” (New York Times, 8/4/10)

>> VOTE TO BLOCK OBAMACARE WAS BIPARTISAN: “According to preliminary results, just under 668,000 Missourians voted in favor of Proposition C. Only 578,000 Republicans voted in their party’s primaries. Another 40,000 voters appear to have cast votes on Proposition C without voting in either the Republican or Democratic primaries. So, even if you assume that every single Republican voted for the initiative and every person who didn’t vote in a primary voted for it, at least 40,000 Democrats — more than one in every eight Democratic primary voters — voted against the centerpiece of President Obama’s health-care plan. And these aren’t just any registered Democrats; these are the party activists, the Democratic base. Do we need any more evidence of how unpopular this bill is?” (National Review, 8/4/10)

>> MISSOURI’S NOT ALONE – THE FIGHT IS GOING ON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY: “Similar initiatives are being pushed in several U.S. states by Republicans and groups who say the new healthcare law marks an unprecedented seizure of power by the federal government. The effort was invigorated on Monday when a federal judge ruled that Virginia could proceed with a lawsuit that argues the federal requirement that its residents have health insurance is unconstitutional. Some 20 other states have made a similar legal challenge.” (Reuters, 8/4/10)

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Letter to Strickland: Don’t Force Ohio Taxpayers to Fund Abortions

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Ohio Republicans are asking Governor Ted Strickland to ensure that no taxpayer dollars are used to pay for elective abortions in our state. In a letter to the Governor, Congressman Boehner and other local lawmakers argue that “Ohioans were misled by the Obama Administration about the cost of the President’s health care legislation, and they cannot be misled again when it comes to this unconscionable use of taxpayer dollars.” Here’s more:

>> “Activists on both sides are gearing up for what looks like a long-ranging battle over elective abortion coverage in the high risk pools, a war that will likely spill over into other areas of insurance reform. Late Monday, Ohio’s Congressional Republicans wrote to Gov. Ted Strickland (D) urging him to ensure that ‘no taxpayer funds are used to cover elective abortions in Ohio.’” (Politico Pulse, Politico, 7/20/10)

>> “Your voice as Governor is needed to help ensure that not a dime of the $152 million in federal funds Ohio is set to receive for its high-risk pool plan goes toward covering abortions.  We ask that you assure Ohioans that Ohio will not seek to use funds from the President’s health care law to fund abortions.” (The Lie Is Up, Ohio GOP Congressman Warn Governor Strickland, National Review, 7/19/10)

>> “[I]n the absence of formal guidance from the federal government, they’re asking the governor to clearly spell out abortion coverage restrictions. … ‘Furthermore we respectfully request that you direct the Ohio Department of Insurance to thoroughly review its negotiations with the third-party provider your administration designated to run Ohio’s high-risk pool plan to ensure that the use of federal funds to perform abortions is clearly and definitively prohibited under any coverage.’” (Ohio’s Republican congressmen press governor to restrict abortion coverage in high-risk pool, The Hill, 7/19/10)

ObamaCare itself does not prevent tax dollars from being used to pay for abortions. That’s why, in light of recent developments in two other states where the Obama Administration approved plans that would allow such funding, Ohio Republicans are taking proactive steps to protect Ohio taxpayers.

Congressman Boehner and Republicans also have better, common-sense health care solutions that will actually lower costs for families and small businesses, create jobs, and prevent taxpayer-funding of abortion. Read more about these reforms here, and if you want to help in the fight to repeal ObamaCare and start over, join the team today by becoming a Boehner Campaigner!

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Boehner Takes Questions, Talks Solutions With OH-8 Constituents

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Congressman Boehner held a “tele-town hall” meeting with local residents this morning to take questions and talk about solutions to the challenges facing Ohio and our country. The Fairfield Echo did a quick story on the event, highlighting several of the questions and answers. For example:

ON REPEALING OBAMACARE & STARTING OVER: “Jane in West Chester Twp. pitched the first question: ‘What are the chances that when you guys take over the House, that you can reform the health reform bill that Nancy (Pelosi, current House speaker) put through?’ ‘I guarantee there will be a bill on the floor that will repeal the healthcare bill and replace it with common sense reforms,’ Boehner promised, if they indeed take back the House. … He said there is bipartisan support to repeal cuts to Medicare, and if they can’t do away with healthcare reforms, they can cut the funding to hire people to run it. ‘They’re not going to get one dime from us to hire these new federal employees to run this,’ he said.”

>> ALSO SEE: Boehner: GOP Health Care Alternative “Aims at Driving Down Costs” | ObamaCare’s Broken Promises Strengthen the Case for Repeal

ON PREVENTING A JOBS-KILLING NATIONAL ENERGY TAX: “As for cap and trade, he dared it to come back to a Republican-controlled House for approval. ‘If I’m speaker of the House, there’s going to be no bill on the floor that will impose a cap and trade system on our country,’ he said.”

>> ALSO SEE: Boehner, Republicans Unveil American Energy Act | NAM Study: “Cap and Trade” Could Kill 108K Ohio Jobs

ON CUTTING SPENDING TO CREATE NEW JOBS: “In response to another question, he pointed out that about half of the money in the massive federal stimulus plan hasn’t gone out the door. ‘What I’d like to do is stop the stimulus spending that hasn’t occurred yet,’ he said.”

>> ALSO SEE: Boehner: “It’s Time to Cut Spending” to Create New Jobs | Debt Hits $13,000,000,000,000, $42K for Every American

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ObamaCare’s Broken Promises Strengthen the Case for Repeal

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Several of the promises made by President Obama and top Democrats while selling a government takeover of health care have been proven false, strengthening Congressman Boehner’s fight to repeal ObamaCare and replace it with common-sense solutions that will lower costs for families and small businesses. For example:

>> President Obama promised that “If you like your doctor, you’re going to be able to keep your doctor.” But Boehner highlighted a story by the New York Times on his Facebook page today which outlines how, under ObamaCare, plans are being developed that “require participants to use a narrower selection of doctors or hospitals.” It says “[M]ore Americans will be asked to pay higher prices for the privilege of choosing or keeping their own doctors if they are outside the new networks.”

>> Speaker Pelosi said ObamaCare is “about jobs,” and that it “will create 4 million jobs – 400,000 jobs almost immediately.” But the Columbus Dispatch highlights today how ObamaCare’s new federal mandates, penalties, and taxes are hurting job creators. The Dispatch says “this poorly designed law” could discourage small businesses “from hiring more workers,” and that “[t]hey also might be inclined to lay off employees” in order to avoid steep government fines.

>> HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said “There will be no federal funding for abortion.” But as we noted last week, and CNSNews.com reported today, “Maryland will join Pennsylvania as the second state to use federal tax dollars to pay for abortions under the new health care law signed by President Barack Obama in March, according to information released by Maryland’s State Health Insurance Plan.”

But that’s not all. As the Wall Street Journal wrote on Saturday, ObamaCare also vastly increased the powers of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS):

“[T]hose new duties include audits to determine who has the insurance ‘as required by law’ and collecting penalties from Americans who don’t. Companies that don’t sponsor health plans will also be punished. This crackdown will ‘involve nearly every division and function of the IRS,’ Ms. Olson reports.

“Well, well. Republicans argued during the health debate that the IRS would have to hire hundreds of new agents and staff to enforce ObamaCare. They were brushed off by Democrats and the press corps as if they believed the President was born on the moon. The IRS says it hasn’t figured out how much extra money and manpower it will need but admits that both numbers are greater than zero.”

The simple fact is that Boehner and Republicans have better, common-sense solutions that will actually lower costs for families and small businesses, create jobs, and prevent taxpayer-funding of abortion. And our plan doesn’t require thousands of new IRS agents either. Read more about these reforms here, and if you want to help in the fight to repeal ObamaCare and start over, join the team today by becoming a Boehner Campaigner!

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Federal Deficit Tops $1 Trillion, Highlights Need to Cut Spending Now

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Associated Press reports that “with three months still to go in the budget year,” the “federal deficit has topped $1 trillion” for the second year in a row – an unsustainable pattern driven by “runaway government spending,” according to the Heritage Foundation’s Brian Riedl. Riedl explains:

“The fact is that rapidly increasing spending will cause 100% of rising long-term deficits.  … Using the budget baseline deficit of $13 trillion for the next decade as described above, CBO figures show spending surging to a peacetime record 26.5% of GDP by 2020 and also rising steeply thereafter. Putting this together, the budget deficit, historically 2.3% of GDP, is projected to leap to 8.3% of GDP by 2020 under current policies.”

Riedl notes that the massive “stimulus” spending bill is partly to blame for the “trillion-dollar deficits beginning in 2009.” But as economist Thomas Sowell argues, “the stimulus is not actually stimulating” and “the unemployment rate remains up near double-digit levels, despite all the spending…”

That’s why Congressman Boehner is fighting to cut government spending and help small businesses create new jobs. His goal is to implement reforms that boost our economy and help get control of the debt at the same time. Our 8th Congressional District – and Ohio overall – needs jobs, not more spending and more debt.

Unfortunately, the Democrats running Washington have no plan to create jobs and no plan to cut spending – they don’t even have a budget. Instead, they’re trying to deflect attention away from their failures by 1) attacking Boehner, 2) blaming Republicans for “stalling” their agenda (despite the massive Democrat majorities in both the House and the Senate), and 3) “planning an ambitious, lame-duck session to muscle through bills in December they don’t want to defend before November.”

But John’s not letting them get away with it. In a press conference today, Boehner explained that Democrats are in trouble because their jobs-killing agenda is “the opposite of the what the American have wanted”:

BOEHNER: “The president says we’re moving forward but the American people are asking, ‘Where are the jobs?’ Democrats say they’re focused on jobs but they can’t even fulfill the basic responsibilities of governing like doing a budget or passing a troop funding bill to take care of our troops.

“They’re going try to do everything they can to make this election about us because they don’t want it to be about them. But it is about them. They’re the ones who voted to increase taxes. They’re the ones who voted for these trillions of dollars in wasteful Washington spending. It was their majority that imposed ObamaCare on our country. You can’t take the focus off them. They can try all they want; they’ve got big majorities in the House and Senate, they have the White House, and the policies they’ve pursued have been the opposite of what the American people have wanted.”

With trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and a $13 trillion debt, it’s time to cut government spending now. If you want to get involved in Boehner’s campaign to cut spending and create jobs, click here to become a Boehner Campaigner today!

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ObamaCare to Force Taxpayers to Subsidize Abortion in Pennsylvania

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

If you needed another reason to support Congressman Boehner’s fight to repeal ObamaCare, here it is: the Obama Administration has approved a plan that would force taxpayers to subsidize abortions in Pennsylvania.

The National Right to Life Committee explains in a release today how the Administration “quietly approved a plan submitted by an appointee of Governor Edward Rendell (D) under which” a taxpayer-subsidized health care plan “will cover any abortion that is legal in Pennsylvania”:

“The section on abortion (see page 14) asserts that ‘elective abortions are not covered.’  However, that statement proves to be a red herring, because the operative language does not define ‘elective.’  Rather, the proposal specifies that the coverage ‘includes only abortions and contraceptives that satisfy the requirements of’ several specific statutes, the most pertinent of which is 18 Pa. C.S. § 3204, which says that an abortion is legal in Pennsylvania (consistent with Roe v. Wade) if a single physician believes that it is ‘necessary’ based on ‘all factors (physical, emotional, psychological, familial and the woman’s age) relevant to the well-being of the woman.’  Indeed, the cited statute provides only a single circumstance in which an abortion prior to 24 weeks is NOT permitted under the Pennsylvania statute:  ‘No abortion which is sought solely because of the sex of the unborn child shall be deemed a necessary abortion.’

“As a result, ‘Under the Rendell-Sebelius plan, federal funds will subsidize coverage of abortion performed for any reason, except sex selection,’ said NRLC’s Johnson.  ‘The Pennsylvania proposal conspicuously lacks language that would prevent funding of abortions performed as a method of birth control or for any other reason, except sex selection — and the Obama Administration has now approved this.’”

President Obama and Speaker Pelosi successfully thwarted an amendment to their government takeover of health care that would have prevented taxpayer dollars from being uses for abortions. At the same time, they convinced a group of “pro-life Democrats” to abandon their principles and back ObamaCare anyway, clearing the way for its passage by promising a presidential “executive order” that would “eliminate the need for such an amendment.”

But the promise turned out to be phony. Congressman Boehner says “the Obama administration hasn’t lifted a finger to implement the executive order.” And National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez says that when Boehner asked Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius about the executive order’s implementation…

“Sebelius eventually responded with a bit of a non-response response: She said the administration was working on guidance, no specifics. Boehner, I am told, subsequently raised similar questions with the president and got nowhere. Sebelius’s progress report on Obamacare last week mentioned nothing about it.”

This is yet another reason why Boehner is fighting to repeal this government takeover of health care and start over with common-sense reforms that will actually lower costs for families and small businesses.

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ObamaCare Hurting Job Growth, Causing Uncertainty for Ohio Businesses

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

ObamaCare isn’t only a “gigantic burden” on Ohio taxpayers, it’s also making it more difficult for our small businesses to grow and hire new workers – the last thing we need with an unemployment rate in the double-digits. That’s why Congressman Boehner is fighting to repeal this jobs-killing government takeover of health care and start over with reforms that will actually lower costs for families and employers.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported today the ObamaCare is forcing local restaurants like White Castle to choose between raising prices or slashing coverage – and jobs:

“[T]he bill levies a $3,000-per-employee penalty on companies whose workers pay more than 9.5 percent of household income in premiums for company-provided insurance.

“White Castle, which currently provides insurance to all of its full-time workers and picks up 70 to 89 percent of their premium costs, believes it will likely end up paying those penalties. The financial hit will make it hard for the company to maintain its 421 restaurants, let alone create new jobs, says company spokesman Jamie Richardson. White Castle employs more than 10,000 people nationwide, and more than 1,200 in Ohio. …

“House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, a vocal foe of the changes, says White Castle’s analysis shows how the law’s ‘job-crushing’ impact will be most severe in lower-income areas, where jobs like those at White Castle are most needed.

“‘The irony is that in the name of expanding health care coverage, the administration is making it harder than ever for unskilled workers to get started in the workforce,’ Boehner said in a missive on White Castle’s plight. …

“George Ebinger of New Jersey, who owns several International House of Pancakes restaurants, says the penalties for not insuring his 140 workers will cost roughly half as much as insuring them. He figures he will have to raise prices and possibly lay off workers to come up with the $220,000 he anticipates the penalties will cost.”

Several reports today highlight how the Democrats’ agenda is hurting our economic recovery.

The Daily Caller says “businesses won’t expand or hire because Obama’s policies – particularly the health care bill and the financial regulation bill that is poised to pass – have created too many unknown unknowns.”

And the Los Angeles Times says “[a]dding to the uncertainties” are “the prospects of higher taxes to deal with the federal deficit and higher costs to deal with healthcare and the recent government overhaul of financial regulations.”

On issue after issue, John is championing better solutions that will help create new jobs, cut government spending, stop the bailouts, and get our economy back on track. If you want to help John repeal the Democrats’ government takeover of health care and fight for better solutions, join the team and become a Boehner Campaigner today!

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Boehner Backs Efforts to Repeal ObamaCare, Start Over With Reforms That Lower Costs

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

With an “$8 billion deficit” looming for Ohio taxpayers and ObamaCare set to become a “gigantic burden” on the Buckeye State, Congressman Boehner signed on to two efforts aimed at forcing a vote on repealing the Democrats’ jobs-killing government takeover of health care:

>> “The top two House Republicans are renewing their calls to repeal the health care overhaul and will back efforts to force votes on the House floor… House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia plan to announce Wednesday that they’ll support two discharge petitions — one from Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to repeal a portion of the law and a forthcoming petition from Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.) to repeal the entire law — and encourage other Republicans to follow suit.” (Republicans seek to resurrect repeal of health care reform, Politico, 6/30/10)

>> “Boehner and Cantor’s support also stakes out an aggressive position behind full repeal of the health reform law. King’s petition would repeal parts of the healthcare reform law that originated in the Senate, while Herger’s petition would repeal all of the healthcare law and the reconciliation bill. The GOP has consistently maintained that any effort to repeal the bill would be replaced with Republican ideas on reform…” (Boehner and Cantor back efforts to repeal entirety of healthcare reform, The Hill, 6/30/10)

The Hill notes that discharge petitions are a “method to force a vote in the House. A majority of the House — 218 members — must sign onto a discharge petition, though, to force a vote.”

Recent surveys show sixty-three percent of Americans, including a majority of Ohioans, want to see ObamaCare repealed. But scrapping this jobs-killing, debt-driven law is only step one. Boehner is a signatory on the Club for Growth pledge to “support legislation to repeal any federal health care takeover passed in 2010, and replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government.”

And Boehner is keeping his word, fighting to start over with common-sense, free market reforms that will actually lower costs for Ohio families and small businesses. Reforms such as:

>> Ending junk lawsuits that drive up costs;

>> Allowing small businesses to pool together and purchase coverage at a lower price;

>> Allowing Americans to shop around for coverage across state lines;

>> Encouraging state innovations that lower costs; and much, much more.

You can read more about the GOP reforms backed by Boehner – the only plan out there, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, that will actually lower costs and cut the deficit – by clicking here.

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