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Five Common-Sense Steps to Change a Broken Congress (Boehner Op-Ed on BigGovernment.com)
Nov 18, 2009
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The American people have had it with “business as usual” in Congress. They are fed up with practices such as tucking special-interest provisions into bills behind closed doors, secretly changing bills without a vote, and passing bills no one has read. This has happened for far too long, ...
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Let America Read the Bill (Boehner Op-Ed in The Dallas Morning News)
Oct 29, 2009
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Special-interest deals forged in secret behind closed doors. Massive bills unveiled in the dark of night and rushed to a vote before anyone in America could possibly know the details. Wasteful pork projects stuffed into giant bills passed without scrutiny or debate.
This is what passes for busine...
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New-Media Tools Boost Transparency, Help to Hold Congress Accountable (Boehner Op-Ed in The Hill)
Oct 15, 2009
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Since I was first elected to Congress in 1990, I’ve sought to promote a smaller, more accountable government. As a freshman I worked with other reform-minded colleagues in the “Gang of Seven” to close the House Bank and stop illegal activities within the House Restaurant and Post Office. Back then...
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Boehner Op-Ed on Townhall.com: Fact-Checking President Obama’s Health Care Talking Points
Sep 23, 2009
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http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=3e31ef87-f29a-47cc-ae59-bb809ec05110&t=c
Fact-Checking President Obama’s Health Care Talking Points
By John Boehner
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
“If you misrepresent what's in this plan, we will call you out,” President Obama warned in his healt...
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Americans Aren’t Going to Buy Health Care Spin, Mr. President (Boehner Op-Ed in USA Today)
Aug 13, 2009
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Why is President Obama letting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congress run health care reform into the ground?
Since
President Obama took office, Republicans have stood ready to work with
him to pass bipartisan health care reforms that reflect the priorities
of struggling American families and s...
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Democrats’ Health Bill Could Handicap Small Businesses (Boehner Op-Ed on CNN.com)
Jul 31, 2009
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Before I was elected to Congress, I ran a small plastics packaging business in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing products and services, creating jobs and meeting payroll.
Thanks to the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), which shields employers who offer benefits to their employees from...
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Pelosi’s Tax Measure Would Kill Jobs, Raise Utility Prices (Boehner Op-Ed in The Hill)
Jul 22, 2009
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All year long, Democrats have made promises about job creation. They promised unemployment would not rise above 8 percent if Congress passed the trillion-dollar “stimulus.” It now stands at 9.5 percent nationally — and 15 states already face double-digit unemployment. In the wake of Congress’s recor...
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Dems’ Health Plan Will Increase Costs for Families, Small Businesses (Boehner Op-ed on Yahoo News)
Jul 20, 2009
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Middle-class families are struggling every day with rising costs of housing, food, transportation, and taxes. But for many, rising costs of health care are the most devastating of all. That’s why Americans’ top priority during the ongoing health care debate is a plan that will reduce costs. Unfor...
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Reform Health Care Without Government Takeover (Boehner/Camp Op-Ed in Detroit News)
Jul 14, 2009
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When President Barack Obama arrives in Michigan today, he'll continue our national dialogue on giving Americans better access to affordable health care. The question is how we get there.
House Republicans have a plan that will reduce costs, expand access and increase the quality of care in a way w...
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Spending Taxpayer Dollars with Reckless Abandon Does Not Create More Jobs (Boehner Op-Ed in Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Jul 3, 2009
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Last Friday, in an hour-long speech on the House floor prior to a vote on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's “cap-and-trade” national energy tax, I used my privileges as minority leader to outline just how dangerous this bureaucratic nightmare would be for our economy. The American people needed to hear the tru...
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