1 People 314 Fact-checks 163 Articles People (1) John Boehner Fact-checks (314) Robert Gibbs stated on September 12, 2010 in a White House news release: Says John Boehner changed his position on extending Bush tax cuts. By Louis Jacobson• September 13, 2010 Barack Obama stated on September 05, 2010 in a speech on Labor Day: John Boehner said the jobs of "teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters" are "'government jobs' that weren't worth saving." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 8, 2010 Austan Goolsbee stated on September 12, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people." By Robert Farley• September 13, 2010 John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2011 John Boehner stated on February 15, 2011 in a press conference: "Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs." By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2011 John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address: "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." By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2010 Nancy Pelosi stated on September 23, 2010 in a blog post: Says John Boehner "admits 'we are not going to be any different than we’ve been' " by returning to "the same failed economic policies" that "wrecked our economy." By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2010 John Boehner stated on July 15, 2010 in an op-ed in the Detroit News: "Since February 2009, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the federal government has grown by more than 400,000 jobs." By Sabrina Eaton, Louis Jacobson• July 15, 2010 John Boehner stated on March 13, 2014 in a press conference: The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare. By Steve Contorno• March 18, 2014 John Boehner stated on March 12, 2009 in a news conference: "I don't do earmarks. I've never done one. I'm not going to do one." By Robert Farley• March 16, 2009 John Boehner stated on September 12, 2013 in a press conference: According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs." By Louis Jacobson• September 16, 2013 John Boehner stated on August 01, 2010 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years." By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2010 John Boehner stated on November 05, 2010 in a blog post: Says the House Rules Committee is the only panel, other than the Intelligence and Ethics committees, not able to telecast proceedings in its main hearing room. By Tom Feran• November 25, 2010 John Boehner stated on April 22, 2009 in an opinion piece.: "About halfway through fiscal year 2009, Washington has run out of money." By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 30, 2009 John Boehner stated on May 03, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics." By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2015 David Axelrod stated on September 26, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour: The GOP's "Pledge to America" includes "a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... Eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this budget." By Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2010 John Boehner stated on June 08, 2009 in a press release.: Says Vice President Joe Biden "admits that the American people are being scammed" with the economic stimulus package. By Catharine Richert• June 8, 2009 Barack Obama stated on September 08, 2010 in a speech in Cleveland, Ohio.: "When these same Republicans –- including Mr. Boehner –- were in charge, the number of earmarks and pet projects went up, not down." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 9, 2010 John Boehner stated on August 24, 2010 in a speech at the City Club of Cleveland: "Since February 2009, the private sector has lost millions of jobs while the federal government has grown by hundreds of thousands of workers." By Stephen Koff• August 24, 2010 John Boehner stated on August 08, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "There's still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don't we stop it." By Robert Farley• August 10, 2010 Articles (163) Speaker-to-be Boehner often speaks the truth By Robert Higgs• November 4, 2010 Fact-checking Boehner and Hoyer on 'This Week' By Bill Adair• June 14, 2010 'Best health care delivery system in the world'? John Boehner thinks so By Louis Jacobson• July 5, 2012 Fact-checking John Boehner on 'Face the Nation' By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 1, 2015 False ratings for both Obama, Boehner By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2011 White House exaggerates Boehner's tax cut stance By Louis Jacobson• September 13, 2010 Checking Palin and Boehner on the Bush tax cuts By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2010 Checking Boehner's speech on the economy By Bill Adair• August 25, 2010 Fact-checking John Boehner's comments on 'Face the Nation' By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 1, 2015 Fact-checking Pelosi's criticism of Boehner By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2010 Checking John Boehner on millionaire taxes, impact on small businesses By Robert Higgs• November 16, 2011 McConnell and Boehner's goals for the 114th Congress By Lauren Carroll• November 10, 2014 Checking the GOP response to the State of the Union By Bill Adair• January 28, 2010 Boehner has said no to earmarks By Robert Farley• March 16, 2009 Trading barbs on job creation and the stimulus By Louis Jacobson• July 15, 2010 John Boehner says Americans spend more on antacids than politics By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• May 3, 2015 Louie Gohmert, House speaker aspirant, has PolitiFact report card By W. Gardner Selby• January 5, 2015 Defining just what constitutes a 'jobs bill' By Tom Feran• December 6, 2011 Rep. John Boehner's ice maker claim rated as No. 4 By Robert Higgs• December 28, 2010 Fact-checking Boehner and Obama on debt duel By Martha M. Hamilton• July 26, 2011
Robert Gibbs stated on September 12, 2010 in a White House news release: Says John Boehner changed his position on extending Bush tax cuts. By Louis Jacobson• September 13, 2010 Barack Obama stated on September 05, 2010 in a speech on Labor Day: John Boehner said the jobs of "teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters" are "'government jobs' that weren't worth saving." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 8, 2010 Austan Goolsbee stated on September 12, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people." By Robert Farley• September 13, 2010 John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2011 John Boehner stated on February 15, 2011 in a press conference: "Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs." By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2011 John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address: "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." By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2010 Nancy Pelosi stated on September 23, 2010 in a blog post: Says John Boehner "admits 'we are not going to be any different than we’ve been' " by returning to "the same failed economic policies" that "wrecked our economy." By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2010 John Boehner stated on July 15, 2010 in an op-ed in the Detroit News: "Since February 2009, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the federal government has grown by more than 400,000 jobs." By Sabrina Eaton, Louis Jacobson• July 15, 2010 John Boehner stated on March 13, 2014 in a press conference: The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare. By Steve Contorno• March 18, 2014 John Boehner stated on March 12, 2009 in a news conference: "I don't do earmarks. I've never done one. I'm not going to do one." By Robert Farley• March 16, 2009 John Boehner stated on September 12, 2013 in a press conference: According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs." By Louis Jacobson• September 16, 2013 John Boehner stated on August 01, 2010 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years." By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2010 John Boehner stated on November 05, 2010 in a blog post: Says the House Rules Committee is the only panel, other than the Intelligence and Ethics committees, not able to telecast proceedings in its main hearing room. By Tom Feran• November 25, 2010 John Boehner stated on April 22, 2009 in an opinion piece.: "About halfway through fiscal year 2009, Washington has run out of money." By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 30, 2009 John Boehner stated on May 03, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics." By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2015 David Axelrod stated on September 26, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour: The GOP's "Pledge to America" includes "a 20 percent cut ... for education. ... Eight million kids would have their college aid slashed under this budget." By Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2010 John Boehner stated on June 08, 2009 in a press release.: Says Vice President Joe Biden "admits that the American people are being scammed" with the economic stimulus package. By Catharine Richert• June 8, 2009 Barack Obama stated on September 08, 2010 in a speech in Cleveland, Ohio.: "When these same Republicans –- including Mr. Boehner –- were in charge, the number of earmarks and pet projects went up, not down." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 9, 2010 John Boehner stated on August 24, 2010 in a speech at the City Club of Cleveland: "Since February 2009, the private sector has lost millions of jobs while the federal government has grown by hundreds of thousands of workers." By Stephen Koff• August 24, 2010 John Boehner stated on August 08, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "There's still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don't we stop it." By Robert Farley• August 10, 2010
Speaker-to-be Boehner often speaks the truth By Robert Higgs• November 4, 2010 Fact-checking Boehner and Hoyer on 'This Week' By Bill Adair• June 14, 2010 'Best health care delivery system in the world'? John Boehner thinks so By Louis Jacobson• July 5, 2012 Fact-checking John Boehner on 'Face the Nation' By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 1, 2015 False ratings for both Obama, Boehner By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2011 White House exaggerates Boehner's tax cut stance By Louis Jacobson• September 13, 2010 Checking Palin and Boehner on the Bush tax cuts By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2010 Checking Boehner's speech on the economy By Bill Adair• August 25, 2010 Fact-checking John Boehner's comments on 'Face the Nation' By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 1, 2015 Fact-checking Pelosi's criticism of Boehner By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2010 Checking John Boehner on millionaire taxes, impact on small businesses By Robert Higgs• November 16, 2011 McConnell and Boehner's goals for the 114th Congress By Lauren Carroll• November 10, 2014 Checking the GOP response to the State of the Union By Bill Adair• January 28, 2010 Boehner has said no to earmarks By Robert Farley• March 16, 2009 Trading barbs on job creation and the stimulus By Louis Jacobson• July 15, 2010 John Boehner says Americans spend more on antacids than politics By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• May 3, 2015 Louie Gohmert, House speaker aspirant, has PolitiFact report card By W. Gardner Selby• January 5, 2015 Defining just what constitutes a 'jobs bill' By Tom Feran• December 6, 2011 Rep. John Boehner's ice maker claim rated as No. 4 By Robert Higgs• December 28, 2010 Fact-checking Boehner and Obama on debt duel By Martha M. Hamilton• July 26, 2011
