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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
"There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester."
"The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."
"The president went on a stimulus-fueled spending binge that stuck every American man, woman and child with a $50,000 share of this $16 trillion debt."
The United States has "the best health care delivery system in the world."
"Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
Recent stories featuring John Boehner
Top 10 PolitiFact checks of claims by, and about, Barack Obama as he hies to Texas:
What better way to welcome Obama to Central Texas than walking through the most popular PolitiFact fact checks of, or about, him this year--plus they include a 2012 check of Romney.
Do Obama and Democrats plan to fix the sequester?:
John Boehner says they don't. We check the facts.
Did the House GOP keep its campaign promises?:
In our final report card on the GOP Pledge-O-Meter, we look at how House Republicans fared on the promises they made to voters in 2010.
As the GOP convention kicks off, we review the GOP Pledge-O-Meter:
PolitiFact and PolitiFact Georgia will be using the Truth-O-Meter to rate statements made by politicians and power brokers at the Republican and Democratic conventions. To kick off the GOP convention, we review the "GOP Pledge-O-Meter," which tracks promises made by Republicans during the 2010 midterm election cycle.
Top 5 'Back to the Future' health care claims:
Remember the summer of 2009? We sure do, and right now, we're feeling a lot of deja vu.
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