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Republican from Ohio
John Boehner of Ohio is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was formerly the Republican minority leader from 2007-2011, and was the majority leader briefly prior to that.
Recent statements involving John Boehner
"Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
"The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy."
"We've got a personal tax system that's so complicated it costs Americans about $500 billion a year to comply with the current tax code."
Recent stories featuring John Boehner
The flood of falsehoods about the health care law:
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's health care law, we review the falsehoods that simply won't stop.
Defining just what constitutes a 'jobs bill' :
Led by Speaker John Boehner, Republicans cite the "Forgotten 15," which they describe as jobs bills that have passed the Republican-controlled House but not the Democrat-led Senate.
But we found that nailing down the definitions needed to rate the speaker's claim about those bills wasn't so easy.
Checking John Boehner on millionaire taxes, impact on small businesses:
Will increasing taxes on millionaires squelch job creation?
That’s been an often repeated assertion of Republican leaders like House Speaker John Boehner.
But how well does that argument hold up on the Truth-O-Meter?
Last-minute deal gives transparency a beating:
The debt deal was not posted online for three days before a vote. Promise Broken on the GOP Pledge-O-Meter.
Truth-O-Meter works hard during federal debt debate:
The daily back-and-forth in Washington over the federal government’s finances has provided numerous opportunities for the Truth-O-Meter and PolitiFact researchers.
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