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

Details of state dinner scarce, White House mum

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...invited when President George W. Bush hosted India for a state dinner in 2005 as well. The House Republican leader, Rep. John Boehner, won't be there just two days before Thanksgiving; he'll be home in Ohio. His deputy, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, did

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Blogging Conservative Granny: Governmental Stupidity on Parade

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...do you get when you combine a 1990-page bill and a 2074-page bill? Something wonderful, I'm sure. Ha! This post on Rep. John Boehner's tells you a lot. There's abortion in the Senate bill--anyone on the government-run plan will be forced to pay a premi

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GOP Leaders Denounce Medicare 'Doc Fix'

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...that ended Sept. 30. "Bringing an unpaid "doc fix" to the floor is the height of irresponsibility," House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said at a news conference Thursday. "We'll be offering the alternative when we get to the floor today," House

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Bill Would Ban P2P Use By Federal Employees

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...P2P network by a staffer who has since been fired. Late last month, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, ordered a review on Congressional storage of confidential data. "We can no longer ignore the threat to se

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Good Government: Stimulus Cash to Districts That Don’t Exist

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...of dollars are going (or that fraudulent?), how can we possibly trust this bunch with our health care system?! According to Rep John Boehner’s YouTube site, ABC News has also uncovered even more stimulus spending in non-existent Congressional district

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US Democrats promise jobs bill to counter unemployment, but speedy enactment unlikely

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...out-of-touch Washington Democrats is more spending and more debt piled on our kids and grandkids," said House Republican leader John Boehner. "Instead of doubling down with more spending and borrowing, the American people want fiscally responsible solut

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Shelly: A winning strategy for defeat

2009-11-18T00:00:00Z

...he trucked out 10 bills proposing boilerplate Republican measures like caps on malpractice awards. House Minority Leader John Boehner proposed many of the same measures in a bill described as the GOP alternative to "Obamacare." Unfortunately for Re

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Sees Shuler's vote as just more of Rep. Charles Taylor

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

...contribute any campaign funds. His position papers about health care are remarkably similar to Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. John Boehner. If a real Democrat challenges him Ill be glad to work and contribute. If a moderate Republican runs against him Il

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House GOP bashes Dems

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

...NO solutions - truly pathetic i wish i had been keeping track of the number of times an FR article stated "Minority Leader John Boehner (OH) criticized the Obama administration for ... " at this point, Agent Orange sounds like a broken record. Jody, I

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Catholic Church pushes bill in chamber, chapels

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

...of the Catholic Church was evident when church leaders spoke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, as floor action on the health care bill drew near. Pelosi, a Catholic, ended up allowing a vote on Stupak’s

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Rep. Towns introduces bill banning feds from using file-sharing software

2009-11-17T00:00:00Z

...was inadvertently released. The disclosure of the information led House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, to announce plans for "an immediate and comprehensive assessment of the policies and procedures for handlin

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2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Health care has been one of their basic goals out there for years," said Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., the Democratic sponsor of the abortion amendment. ...

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Victory for due process, rule of law

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Within minutes of Mr. Holder's public announcement, House Minority Leader John Boehner repeated charges that the administration had acted irresponsibly and ...

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SPECIAL COVERAGE: H1N1 Influenza News

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the House GOP leader, issued a statement saying the study "confirms that this bill violates President Obama's promise to 'bend ...

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Why Sarah Palin Is Bad for the GOP

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

John Boehner -- you know, the Republican leader in the House -- would kill for anyone to turn his name into a descriptive tag. Does Senate Minority Leader ...

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The Generation Gap

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner called it the "greatest threat to freedom in his 19 years in Congress." Have they no shame or remembrance of ...

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Beneath contempt

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Rep. Michelle Bachman, again, stopped just short of calling for an armed revolution. House minority leader John Boehner underwhelmed the crowd confusing the ...

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2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are ganging up to block a lawsuit seeking to scrub "In God We Trust" from the wall of the new Capitol Visitors ...

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Debate on defense earmarks -- Our view: Campaign cash for contracts casts Congress in a bad light

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

...their benefactors in the past two years alone, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a non-profit that tracks earmarks. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., chairman of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, alone got nearly $2.4 million in donations from PMA

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2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) should have clearly and unequivocally condemned expressions of racism, ...

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