Spending
Dispatch: Obama Budget Offers “More Spending, More Debt, More Dodging”
- February 16, 2012
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The Columbus Dispatch today adds its voice to the growing chorus lamenting President Obama’s latest budget that breaks his promise to “cut the deficit in half,” endangers seniors and doubles down on economic policies that are making the economy worse.
Newsmax Profiles Boehner: “A Grateful Warrior Defends American Values”
- January 9, 2012
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Newsmax Magazine recently sat down with Congressman Boehner to talk about jobs, the economy, and Boehner's outlook on the state of the nation after serving one year as speaker. Below are several excerpts from Newsmax’s January 2012 cover story “Speaker for the People: John Boehner’s Struggle for America’s Future”:
Boehner: New House Majority Has Changed the Debate on Jobs, Spending in Democrat-Run Washington
- November 4, 2011
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It’s been a little more than one year since Americans elected a Republican House majority, and yesterday Congressman Boehner spent a few minutes with reporters reflecting back on the past year before launching into the latest on GOP efforts to help create jobs and reduce the deficit. “We’ve changed the debate here,” Boehner said, according to a David Lightman story in today’s Hamilton Journal News. “We’re not talking about spending more money.”
Columbus Dispatch Urges Congress to Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment
- October 11, 2011
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With our national debt exceeding $14 trillion and the White House refusing to back away from its failed "stimulus" policies, the Columbus Dispatch argues that a Balanced Budget Amendment is needed to stop Washington from spending money it doesn’t have:
Boehner at Values Voter Summit: “Respect for Life Has Never Been a Political Issue for Me”
- October 7, 2011
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This morning, Congressman John Boehner addressed conservatives at the 2011 Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., where he discussed GOP efforts to remove government barriers to private sector job creation, efforts by House Republicans to reform Congress, and his steadfast support for life and traditional marriage.
To watch Speaker Boehner’s address, click here. Excerpts of the speech follow:
Boehner on Fox Business: President Obama’s Plan to Raise Taxes is Bad News for Private Sector Job Creation
- September 20, 2011
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Gov. Kasich to Obama: Washington Could Learn a Thing or Two from Ohio
- August 23, 2011
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One of Congressman Boehner’s responsibilities as Speaker is to work with Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell to select conservative leaders to deliver the Republican weekly address. This past week, Boehner asked Ohio Governor John Kasich to speak to his efforts to create a better environment for long-term job growth in the Buckeye State. Under Kasich’s watch, Ohio recently successfully erased an $8 billion budget deficit without raising taxes, prompting the credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s to upgrade the state’s outlook.
Ohio Reps. Bob Gibbs, Bill Johnson to U.S. Senate: Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment
- August 17, 2011
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Ohio Reps. Bob Gibbs and Bill Johnson yesterday joined 37 of their fellow House freshmen in sending a letter to the Senate urging the Democratic-controlled chamber to follow the House in passing solutions to tackle our debt and help create a better environment for long-term job growth. Politico has the letter:
House Republicans Score Historic Win For the American People
- August 4, 2011
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Earlier this year, Speaker Boehner went to the Economic Club of New York and said the House wouldn’t pass a debt limit increase without spending cuts larger than the hike. Skeptics called him crazy, but now this ‘cut-more-than-you-hike’ standard is the law of the land as Republicans secured trillions in spending cuts and important reforms to the way Washington spends the people’s money.
Video: Boehner: It’s time for Washington Democrats to End This Crisis
- July 29, 2011
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Tonight, Speaker Boehner addressed the whole House before passage of the Budget Control Act and said: “A lot of people can never say yes. This House has acted, and it is time for this Administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle: put something on the table. Tell us where you are.” See a clip of his address below: