Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]

A Time For Choosing: Michelle Bachmann Speaker Of The House? You ...

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

Look, I like John Boehner. I also like my own Congressman, John Carter, he's a great Conservative leader. But the idea of someone bold like Michelle Bachmann as Speaker of the House is fascinating. And bold leadership is what we need ...

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Easy Opinions: Blog Map

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

10/31/09 - Don Surber presents Republican Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner's health care plan. Let insurance companies sell in any state. Allow individuals and businesses to form insurance buying groups. ...

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David Lindsay: Who Is Sarah Palin?

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

Once again, policy-wise, why should Palin be any more despised than, say, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner? Where do they differ ideologically? Catty women have never needed a specific reason to trash talk the prettiest ...

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Something Stinks on the Links « HYSTERICAL RAISINS

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

By all public estimations, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is a pretty good golfer. He should be, given the $82998 his political action committee has spent on golf outings so far this year, according to Federal Election ... Rep. Steve Buyer (R

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TheWashCycle: John Boehner Bikes

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

Not to work or anything. If so he'd know that trails can help ease congestion. But he at least rides one at times - so he says. Meanwhile House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a flamboyant red highlighter jacket,...

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Justice Dept. Says Acorn Can Be Paid | Buzz Newsroom

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

Republican Leader Seeks More Curbs on Acorn Funds Representative John Boehner calls for Congress to cut off future... Senate Votes to Bar Funding for Acorn The Senate votes overwhelmingly to block Acorn from receiving federal... Posted ...

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RealClearPolitics - The Danger is Overreacting to Terrorism

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

From House Republican leader John Boehner and Republican Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan to former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson and blogger Michelle Malkin, many on the right are grandstanding on both events with such ...

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Is it time to ...

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

They are not supposed to watch as a handful of self-interested and special-interested senators prevent progress by exploiting the arcane rules of the less representative of our two legislative chambers--rules requiring that not a majority ..... inflation

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DownWithTyranny!: At Least John Boehner (R-OH) Didn't Report ...

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

If you've donated to John Boehner's political action committee, the misnamed Freedom Project PAC, which spent $2693033 in 2008, and has already sucked up over a million dollars this year, let me be the first progressive to thank you for ...

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Fear Merchants | The Smirking Chimp

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) was quoted last week on the floor of the House of Representatives taunting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "I saw the mayor of New York said today," Shadegg said. "'We're tough. We can do it.' Well,

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Let Justice Roll: Mens Rea: Hate Crimes

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

Their leader, John Boehner of Ohio, said it this way: “The idea that we're going to pass a law that going to add further charges to someone based on what they may have been thinking, I think is wrong.” Rep. ...

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Munz's Place: CNSNews.com - House Republicans Ask White House to ...

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

... from touting this misleading and inaccurate number as evidence that the president's stimulus spending package is succeeding even as the unemployment rate continues to rise,” House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and Rep. ...

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House Republicans Ask Obama To Please Stop Using “Jobs Created Or Saved” Metric

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

...president’s stimulus spending package is succeeding even as the unemployment rate continues to rise,” House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform

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America needs more jobs, not more debt (House GOP Leader John ...

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

America needs more jobs, not more debt (House GOP Leader John Boehner). By House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio) - 11/25/09 11:18 AM ET. Last week, as the national debt topped $12 trillion for the first time in U.S. history, one influential policyma

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Pelosi on ...

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

VIDEO REPORT: Eric Cantor Hosts Another Job Fair That Promotes Jobs Fueled By The Stimulus - On Monday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) hosted a job fair in his district at Germanna Community College. Like his last job fair in August, Cantor used it as an ... 40

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Boehner Statement on Thanksgiving Day 2009 | Republican Leader ...

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Washington, Nov 26 - House Republican Leader John Boehner today issued the following statement in observance of Thanksgiving Day 2009: "In 1777, a year after declaring America's independence from the rule of a distant and tyrannical ...

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5 Of 10 Longest Bills Written By GOP | Oliver Willis

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

274559 words, 'No Child Left Behind Act,' 2001, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio). 7. 258205 words, 'National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008,' Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) 8. 250286 words, 'Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of ...

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Vox Verax: Wedge issue: John Boehner PAC splurges on golf

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

from Politico.com. By all public estimations, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is a pretty good golfer. He should be, given the $82998 his political action committee has spent on golf outings so far this year, according to ...

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Golfing doesn't make you bad « Mike The Rhino

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

John Boehner loves him some golf. A lot apparently, to the tune of $82998 this year so far, according to a story on politico. A funny commercial, that pokes fun at John Boehner's cluelessness, here because it hits him where it hurts ...

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OSI Gazette » Blog Archive » Boehner and the other partisans

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

A few days ago, John Boehner, the republican minority leader, posted a letter on his website which slammed the Obama administration for stripping workers of their Right to High-Quality, Independent Investment Advice. ...

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