Boehner's Blog 

“Boehner, 59, learned people skills early as the son of a Cincinnati tavern owner. He says growing up with 11 brothers and sisters taught him to get along well with others, and mopping floors, waiting tables and tending bar taught him to ‘deal with every character that walks in the door.’ …

“After graduating from Cincinnati's Archbishop Moeller High School, where he played center on the football team, Boehner worked his way through Xavier University as a janitor. He met his wife, Debbie, while emptying her office trash cans. They have two adult daughters. …

“Boehner said that instead of being the party of ‘no,’ Republicans will provide alternative approaches to the nation's problems, such as a stimulus proposal he claimed would create twice the jobs as Obama's at half the cost.”