Rep. John Boehner

Republican  •  8th District, Ohio  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1991
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 94%
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11/20/09
Details of state dinner scarce, White House mum

...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

Source: eTaiwan News
11/19/09
GOP Leaders Denounce Medicare 'Doc Fix'

...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

Source: FOX News
11/19/09
Blogging Conservative Granny: Governmental Stupidity on Parade

...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

Source: Town Hall
11/18/09
US Democrats promise jobs bill to counter unemployment, but speedy enactment unlikely

...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

Source: Macleans.ca
11/18/09
Bill Would Ban P2P Use By Federal Employees

...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

11/18/09
Shelly: A winning strategy for defeat

...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

11/18/09
Good Government: Stimulus Cash to Districts That Don’t Exist

...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

Source: Dakota Voice
11/17/09
House GOP bashes Dems

...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

Source: MSNBC
11/17/09
Sees Shuler's vote as just more of Rep. Charles Taylor

...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

11/17/09
Catholic Church pushes bill in chamber, chapels

...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

Source: Boston Herald
11/17/09
Rep. Towns introduces bill banning feds from using file-sharing software

...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

Source: NextGov
11/16/09
RE: John Boehner

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

Source: The Hill
11/16/09
RE: John Boehner

"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. ...

Source: Chicago Tribune
11/16/09
Why Sarah Palin Is Bad for the GOP

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 ...

Source: Politics Daily (blog)
11/16/09
Debate on defense earmarks -- Our view: Campaign cash for contracts casts Congress in a bad light

...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

Source: USA Today
11/16/09
Beneath contempt

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

Source: Muncie Star Press
11/16/09
The Generation Gap

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 ...

Source: StarNewsOnline.com
11/16/09
RE: John Boehner

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 ...

Source: Politico
11/16/09
SPECIAL COVERAGE: H1N1 Influenza News

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 ...

Source: Nurse.com
11/16/09
Victory for due process, rule of law

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

Source: MiamiHerald.com
11/15/09
Analysis: Is the future still Cao?

... House Minority Leader John Boehner issued the day after Republican Anh “Joseph” Cao won an upset victory over Democrat William Jefferson last December. ...

Source: Monroe News Star
11/15/09
Arcuri wrong on health care reform

Having watched the entire Saturday proceedings on C-SPAN with the bill in front of me, I have only to cite John Boehner's closing argument to rest my case ...

Source: Auburn Citizen
11/15/09
Health industry has given more to bill opponents

...and GOP Rep. Joseph Cao of Louisiana -- have gotten an average of $437,000, or 15 percent less. In Ohio, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, is the top recipient, getting more than $2 million from the health industry; more than $781,000

11/15/09
The American Debate: GOP changed tune on health-care mandate

House GOP leader John Boehner declared the other day that health-care reform is actually "the greatest threat to freedom that I've seen in the 19 years I've ...

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
11/15/09
Abortion rights groups regroup, seek voice in debate

...could be lowered by "reining in lawsuits" and allowing consumers to buy coverage from across state lines. House Republican leader John Boehner, of Ohio, on Saturday released a government report concluding that health care costs would rise even faster un

11/15/09
House health care bill costs more than previously believed

...billion higher in the next 10 years than would otherwise be spent by the government. In a statement, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio said the analysis by Richard Foster, the chief actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid "confirms tha

11/15/09
Debate on defense earmarks -- Our view: Campaign cash for contracts casts ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., and Minority Leader John Boehner , R-Ohio, joined to say they were working to ensure that House operations "are ...

Source: USA Today
11/15/09
Health industry has given more to bill opponents

In Ohio, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, is the top recipient, getting more than $2 million from the health industry; more than $781000 ...

Source: Columbus Dispatch
11/15/09
Report: Reform would cut senior healthcare

...of healthcare will lower costs, and it confirms that this bill violates President Obama's promise to 'bend the cost curve,'" Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, the House minority leader, said in a statement. "It's now beyond dispute that their bill will raise c

11/14/09
Op-Ed Contributor My Near Death Panel Experience

Representative Virginia Foxx of North Carolina made the singularly outrageous claim that the Republican version of health care reform “is pro-life because ...

Source: New York Times

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