John Boehner represents the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:50:15 GMT Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:50:15 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ All summer long, Americans have been hit hard - and continually - by high gas prices. Vacation plans have been altered. Family visits have been shortened or cancelled. And commutes to and from work are more costly... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/08/15/giving_parents,_students,_and_school_officials_a_voice_in_the_american_energy_debate b7886764-f197-4d77-b936-ea35d9d972a5 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:50:15 GMT Prior to leaving Washington, D.C. for the Independence Day district work period, I promised Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other Democratic leaders that my Republican colleagues and I would be right back on the House... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/07/03/when_will_democrats_heed_americas_call_for_more_american_energy da5621a2-a972-401a-8a38-91c1bb490b29 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:10:28 GMT There's something fishy in the Farm Bill, and taxpayers should beware. It's a $170 million earmark for the salmon industry, quietly tucked into the mammoth bill at the last minute by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/05/12/farm_bill_yet_another_example_of_democrats_broken_promises_on_earmark_reform eca11fd5-edac-406f-935b-978502c35f27 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:39:13 GMT WASHINGTON - A scandal has been emerging in the trial lawyer industry. It points to a potentially cancerous growth in our economy that is killing jobs and hampering prosperity at a time when families are being... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/05/09/follow_the_money_trail_to_see_why_dem_congress_shields_trial_lawyers 3c656c18-9e7f-4680-bcf5-d42653d5d9ff Fri, 09 May 2008 15:19:48 GMT This week, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will return to Capitol Hill to provide their latest update on the progress made by our troops and their Iraqi counterparts in the year since the troop surge... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/04/07/general_petraeus'_report_is_about_far_more_than_election_year_politics 174ac184-3c98-41ac-b302-e291a51e446e Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:41:25 GMT House Republicans have taken a stand against wasteful Washington spending by calling for a complete freeze on all "earmarks" and pork-barrel projects. While our challenge has largely fallen on deaf ears - House... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/03/21/american_taxpayers_beware d34af4a2-eaf1-4897-9586-779a7dac51e2 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:01:11 GMT Middle class families fighting to make ends meet aren't seeing too many signs of relief, especially when it comes to energy. With the price of oil topping $101 per barrel last week, skyrocketing gasoline and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/02/27/energy_solutions_to_help_american_families,_not_hugo_chavez 58ed2f23-47d9-4354-bd4b-486dd18bc467 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:01:00 GMT Earlier this month, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle came together to pass an economic growth package to help get our economy moving again. I hoped this same spirit of bipartisanship would extend to other critical... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/02/17/democrats'_inaction_on_fisa_harms_america's_national_security 800fd0dc-10fc-4b14-bc77-59870154cfc7 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:01:50 GMT WASHINGTON - American families are feeling the crunch of spiking energy costs, runaway college tuition, ever-burdensome home mortgages and steadily rising prices for consumer goods. T http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/10/29/pelosi-rangel_really_is_'mother_of_all_tax_hikes' 9dca5333-d7b3-4960-91d3-badd8d779599 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:46:15 GMT Last week, the House of Representatives considered several resolutions to congratulate sports teams and one measure hailing Brett Favre, the soon-to-be Hall of Fame quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. This week... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/10/17/it's_time_to_put_children_first 4ceb979c-f463-4283-9b4b-689415b6dd7d Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:06:07 GMT Every day millions of Americans reap the benefits of having the best health system in the world. We have the most skilled specialists, doctors, nurses, and medical technicians available to us, usually within a short... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/10/04/looming_entitlement_tsunami_threatens_americas_health_care_freedom 9c0047b8-cd66-404a-9626-12110e76faca Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:21:51 GMT House Republicans have launched a renewed effort to change the way Congress spends taxpayers' money. Our goal: Stop Congress from tucking members' pet spending projects into bills without public scrutiny and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/09/27/pork_barrel_stonewall ae8e9e54-6c79-4527-952e-e04d139c7d85 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:18:57 GMT On January 19 of this year, just days before President Bush delivered his State of the Union address, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) delivered what they... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/09/10/listen_to_the_general e6de6236-e58d-48a4-8851-899e45220157 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:34:21 GMT President Reagan famously joked that the federal government's view of the economy can be summed-up like this: "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Just eight... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/09/04/congressional_one-trick_ponies e865438f-224d-4b43-b10b-db82ec535a37 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:56:06 GMT There's no better way to get a beat on what Americans are thinking than to get out of Washington, DC. I'm halfway through an 11 state swing in support of House Republicans that's taking me to 18 different Congressional... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/08/23/what_i'm_hearing 3d33ac41-d641-4406-af16-2aa9f3224709 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:24:25 GMT