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Republican from Ohio
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio is the leader of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Recent statements involving John Boehner
"President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent."
"President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."
"A majority of Americans still oppose this health care bill."
"PWNED: House GOP Dominates Twitter, YouTube, Social Media in Congress."
Senate health care legislation will "levy a new 'abortion premium' fee on Americans in the government-run plan."
Recent stories featuring John Boehner
Checking the GOP response to the State of the Union:
Republicans offered some rebuttals to President Obama's State of the Union address. We check their facts.
Tweets from the right: GOP leads in social media:
We find John Boehner is right: In the House, Republicans have the lead on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
'Rationing' and other scare words in health debate:
Opponents of the health care reform bills in Congress have unleashed a slew of scare words into the debate.
Abortion and the health care reform bill:
Critics say the bill would lead to taxpayer-subsidized abortions and abortions at school health clinics. We find that's not true.
PolitiFact sniffs out distortions in GOP video:
A Republican Web ad claims stimulus money bought a bridge to a saloon and paid a city worker to find more stimulus money. But we find the ad distorts the facts.
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