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) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Last week, President Obama traveled all the way to Racine, Wisconsin - a city suffering from 14 percent unemployment - and used his time there to talk about me. Of course, it's easier for the president to attack... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2010/07/08/where_are_the_jobs,_mr_president dba59c24-fb3c-4422-b38e-1636c997bab8 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:01:00 GMT Families and small businesses across the nation face soaring costs of living, a struggling economy, and, as expected, rising gasoline prices as we head into the summer months. What is the Obama Administration's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2010/04/16/more_american_energy_will_produce_lower_prices,_more_american_jobs 5062e81e-6d69-4649-a6dc-7afa71169db8 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:19:46 GMT Today marks the one-year anniversary of President Obama's executive order to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within his first year in office. We are fortunate that the President did not meet... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2010/01/22/dont_keep_this_campaign_promise,_mr_president 7d1ee0d5-c9d7-4670-8437-32e9f5253a31 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:01:00 GMT Time after time, Republicans have reached out to President Obama and congressional Democrats to work together on common-sense solutions to lower health care costs for families and small businesses. President Obama... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2009/10/31/republicans_are_offering_better_solutions_to_lower_health_care_costs 802403b6-9b63-43ef-a78f-1c17960f9e25 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:00:45 GMT "If you misrepresent what's in this plan, we will call you out," President Obama warned in his health care address to Congress earlier this month. Fair enough. But the President himself has made numerous claims... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2009/09/23/fact-checking_president_obama's_health_care_talking_points 3e31ef87-f29a-47cc-ae59-bb809ec05110 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:46:26 GMT Like the old joke goes, President Obama isn't a doctor, but he plays one on TV -- giving Americans a discomforting glimpse of life under ObamaCare, with government leaders and bureaucrats dispensing medical... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2009/08/03/we_aren't_doctors,_but_we_know_what's_best_for_you b1f53333-fbfe-462f-b591-45946b343b20 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT Our country has lost nearly three million jobs this year and today the Labor Department will release its monthly jobs report for June where analysts expect unemployment to increase once again. Families and small... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2009/07/02/new_bloodhounds_web_video_asks_where_are_the_jobs d3aeef70-85a9-41d5-85d9-0ccf1fba044b Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:04 GMT The American people have much riding on the results of two major debates in the House of Representatives this summer. Over the next eight weeks, House Democrats have promised to rush through legislation on health care... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2009/06/09/democrats'_plan_will_increase_taxes,_raise_health_care_costs__ration_care_for_middle_class_families c74f850b-7e96-4d9f-854d-a63ddda8ae11 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:55:41 GMT Next week, the Obama Administration will mark its 100th day in power. The first three-plus months of this Administration have been turbulent, to say the least. Confronted with the most severe economic crisis in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2009/04/22/debt_day_a_symbol_of_washington's_arrogant_culture_of_borrowing_and_spending 1a89e75b-d75a-4a53-92c6-5a0984c6e66a Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:13 GMT President Obama last week delivered a rousing address to Congress meant to inspire hope in the hearts of anxious Americans. It was an excellent speech. But the next day, Democratic leaders in Congress responded in a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2009/03/07/hope_in_all_the_wrong_places 20d07526-2ad4-4631-afd7-1bb4c23df0bd Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:00:45 GMT House Republicans met with President Obama yesterday -- the third time this month that I had the opportunity to discuss with him our shared goal of crafting a bipartisan plan to help fix our economy. The President has... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2009/01/28/creating_jobs_through_fast-acting_tax_relief,_not_slow-moving_government_spending 93581e29-4414-40f8-a83c-5763490c7ab8 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:34:27 GMT Washington has been abuzz lately with debate over possible federal action to save the American auto industry from financial collapse. American autoworkers and taxpayers deserve better than a taxpayer-funded bailout of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/12/16/autoworkers_and_taxpayers_deserve_better_than_washingtons_flawed_bailout 600bef87-7909-4916-93ba-d86b4ff84960 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:01:00 GMT I spoke to President-elect Obama on the phone briefly last week. We had a good conversation. I congratulated him on his historic election as our nation's 44th President, and expressed my sincere hope that Democrats... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/11/12/lets_work_together_to_make_america_energy_independent 88ac5aa8-425f-402e-8d6b-28c3e7e1e5e6 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:56:42 GMT Just days from now, voters will head to the polls facing the ultimate irony: potentially electing a President and congressional majority prepared to strip millions of Americans of the same right they will exercise on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2008/10/24/big_labor_payoff_obama__pelosi_plot_to_destroy_secret_ballot_rights_for_millions_of_americans 191aea2b-ced5-4bc2-bc24-38f469a7abe5 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:35:38 GMT 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 People often tell me that their first emotion on the night of November 7, 2006 was disappointment. Indeed, after spending many nights on the road last summer and fall, traveling around the country and seeing firsthand... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/08/14/earning_the_majority_the_road_back 276bf7a4-e837-4fee-9839-bb6a1f3ac2e7 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:46:41 GMT Seven months have passed since I handed the gavel to Nancy Pelosi, formally returning control of the House to Democrats for the first time in 12 years. In my remarks to the House that day, I offered a bit of advice to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/08/06/enough_is_enough 59afef6d-e38e-4e51-80d8-331e5e2c167c Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:40:26 GMT In January I wrote in The Hill that after our losses last November, House Republicans "must recommit to the principles of limited and accountable government." Here we are, seven months into the 110th Congress, and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/07/26/lessons_learned_republicans_returning_to_our_core_principles e4854447-1f33-40ce-8ca9-379ddd4cd146 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:54:44 GMT Two recent events confirm that measures taken since the September 11th attacks have made us safer. First, the National Intelligence Estimate, a summary of which has been unclassified, assessing terrorist... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/07/21/making_america_safe_remaining_vigilant_against_terror_threats 7d0f1d60-9f1e-44e3-bd26-b5cab4c5f925 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:00:05 GMT Runaway entitlement spending and the strength of our economy are on a collision course as baby boomers begin to retire next year in droves. Annual entitlement spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid already... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/07/12/college_bill_adds_to_entitlement_burden dbc3ea5f-ad1b-4205-9241-b2705a50f15c Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:01:00 GMT In November, House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, triumphantly declared that "Democrats are prepared to govern and ready to lead." She said Democrats would make the 110th Congress "the most honest,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/07/02/broken_promises 0f80d49d-0776-4ba2-8d76-271d0256b8ca Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:39:41 GMT WASHINGTON - House Republicans banded together this week to force Democrats to restore GOP earmark reforms that brought real transparency and accountability to the budget process. Faced with a united Republican... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/06/15/house_republicans_claim_victory_in_earmark_reform_showdown 55f54c0f-b0d0-47e3-929e-745519849cc9 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:59:53 GMT This week on the House floor Democrats in Congress will begin their efforts in earnest to hide pork-barrel projects from voters, budget watchdog groups, and Republicans who challenge wasteful spending. They're gutting... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/06/11/house_republicans_declare_war_on_secret_earmarks__wasteful_spending f07a551e-1fa7-4601-94ec-4b1bbbf94635 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:41:53 GMT After repeatedly promising the "most honest" and "most open" Congress in history, Democratic leaders have moved to make the earmark process entirely secret. It started in January when the House quickly adopted... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/06/08/taking_a_step_backward_on_earmarks 09483d4f-31be-49ee-8593-d1ca28b1e047 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:43:33 GMT This week, House Republicans were united in backing down an attempt by Democrats to rewrite House rules to make it easier to raise taxes on middle-class families and increase government spending without having to vote a http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/05/17/house_gop_forces_democrats_to_back_down_on_unaccountable_tax_hikes 6596c870-90cc-4901-ba9b-c748cf708a79 Thu, 17 May 2007 18:24:29 GMT House Republicans will have no trouble sustaining the President's veto of a Democratic bill that shamefully ties critical troop funding to a series of arbitrary conditions and timelines, not to mention billions in unr http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/05/02/we_need_a_clean_troop_funding_bill,_and_we_need_it_now 1913c044-28df-43e3-8373-4b3b5b81d300 Wed, 02 May 2007 15:58:19 GMT Earlier this year, top Democrats in both houses of Congress refused to attend a bipartisan briefing offered by General David Petraeus to discuss the challenges in Iraq. Next week they'll have another chance when the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/04/21/madame_speaker,_meet_general_petraeus d0cfc119-5f34-4018-bed0-5decf3f7be50 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:00:53 GMT This week Americans were shocked over the methodical murder of 32 Virginia Tech students and faculty at the hands of a suicidal lunatic. These brutal murders are a tragic reminder that life is a precious and fragile... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/04/19/partial-birth_abortion_ban_affirmed 9ebd17db-fe73-4817-a898-03ccd6bc4c32 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:24:34 GMT Democrats in Congress are evidently guided by a belief that skating on thin ice is better than skating on no ice at all. They insist on sending the White House a troop funding bill loaded with billions for completely... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/04/05/mr_president,_veto_this_bill af888e69-dc93-40e6-85d2-6100b2106377 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:19:53 GMT The same folks who larded up the emergency war appropriations bill with billions of dollars in pork-barrel projects are at it again. Yesterday House Democrats voted to impose the largest tax hike in American history.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/03/30/back_to_the_future 5b61df3b-466e-408a-ba61-98fcda51fa3c Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:13:15 GMT WASHINGTON - When was the last time you read a newspaper article urging Congress to micromanage the global war on terror? Never? Well, does anyone you know support denying our soldiers critical resources? Or has anyone... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/03/22/democrats_iraq_plan_is_irresponsible_on_national_security_and_spending 651771b1-6814-4930-b160-259326d40327 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:28:32 GMT WASHINGTON - When was the last time you read a newspaper article urging Congress to micromanage the global war on terror? Never? Well, does anyone you know support denying our soldiers critical resources? Or has anyone... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/03/22/democrats_iraq_plan_is_irresponsible_on_national_security_and_spending e54a3dfe-a1ce-4164-9160-81e66896ec99 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:42:55 GMT Over the last 12 years of a Republican majority in Congress, we provided tax relief every year. It is one of my proudest accomplishments as a member representing the 8th district of Ohio. But with Democrats in control... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/03/20/we_can_balance_budget_without_raising_taxes edfb4443-fc3c-469c-8abf-3ce1c1a4fc37 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:53:56 GMT Today, House Democrats introduced a 10-line non-binding resolution criticizing the new strategy for victory in Iraq being implemented by General Petraeus. According to many liberal Democrats, this non-binding resolution... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/02/12/democrats_take_the_"first_step"_in_cutting-off_funding_for_american_troops a96a7f45-1286-45e6-8248-c527ad8d434f Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:37:29 GMT This week, President Bush will kick off a critical discussion about our country's future when he unveils his budget proposal. His plan will balance the federal budget within five years - an important goal Republicans... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2007/02/04/strong_economy,_spending_restraint_the_keys_to_a_balanced_budget c6241e38-59b6-4334-a00f-7a4779a3cc21 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:46:15 GMT I'll be the first to admit it: The Republican Party took a beating this election cycle. However, the initial news accounts and analysis of this election got it all wrong. By and large the pundits have portrayed this... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnBoehner/2006/11/15/ready_to_lead_the_way_back_to_the_majority 382994d7-195e-448d-befd-1eca9fe35c4c Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:38:19 GMT