John Boehner
John Boehner
John Andrew Boehneris an American politician who served as the 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Boehner was the U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district, serving from 1991 to 2015. The district included several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 November 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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We have to deal with two issues. Spending and taxes.
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The work ahead of us will not be easy. We must act swiftly to restore the trust between Congress and the American people.
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Putting all the pieces in place takes a long, long time. You've got to do the planning up front before you lay it out on the table.
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As the new House majority leader, I can assure you that under my leadership, legislation that is in any way perceived as anti-Israel will not be considered in the House of Representatives.
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continue to remain hopeful that before the day is over we will be able to announce a plan that will balance the federal budget, provide tax relief to the American people, and strengthen and preserve Medicare.
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Comprehensive reform is critical to strengthening our worker pension system, and I remain confident that the House and Senate can complete our work on broad reforms this year,
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victory not only for low-income parents and students, but for American education as well.
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Listen, I think what's best for the economy and to create jobs is to extend all of the current tax rates - for all Americans. It - it begins to reduce the uncertainty. And for small businesspeople, they can look up and begin to plan.
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Without compliance reform, more companies will default on their plans or simply stop offering plans to their employees, and taxpayers will be at a greater risk of being stuck with a multibillion-dollar bailout of the PBGC.
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It is dead. The House will vote this week to make it clear that it is dead.
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The American people know that our government's too big, and it spends too much. And they expect Congress to do something about it.
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The answer, I learned, is quite simple: Iraq did not have a police force that you or I would recognize during the long reign of Saddam Hussein.
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I didn't need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country.
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Poll after poll shows that the American people don't want marriage to be redefined by judges today and for our children tomorrow.