Latest Fact-checks on John Boehner Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category John Boehner stated on May 3, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics." John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did." John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama made "unilateral changes" to Obamacare "38 times." John Boehner stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create." John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." John Boehner stated on June 2, 2014 in a post on his website: New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year." 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. John Boehner stated on February 4, 2014 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs." John Boehner stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country." 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." John Boehner stated on July 22, 2013 in a blog post: President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated." John Boehner stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference: "This is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences." John Boehner stated on June 26, 2013 in a news conference: "About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal." John Boehner stated on March 3, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": "There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester." John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners." John Boehner stated on September 4, 2012 in a news release: "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." John Boehner stated on July 1, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": The United States has "the best health care delivery system in the world." John Boehner stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post: "Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them." John Boehner stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address: "The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days." John Boehner stated on March 7, 2012 in a news release: "New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years." John Boehner stated on December 1, 2011 in a news conference: "The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy." John Boehner stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference: "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." John Boehner stated on November 6, 2011 in an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour: "Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople." John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' " John Boehner stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview: "We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day." John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support." John Boehner stated on July 5, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job." John Boehner stated on June 24, 2011 in a press conference: "The American people don't want us to raise taxes." 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." John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
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John Boehner stated on May 3, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics." John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did." John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama made "unilateral changes" to Obamacare "38 times." John Boehner stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create." John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." John Boehner stated on June 2, 2014 in a post on his website: New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year." 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. John Boehner stated on February 4, 2014 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs." John Boehner stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country." 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." John Boehner stated on July 22, 2013 in a blog post: President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated." John Boehner stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference: "This is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences." John Boehner stated on June 26, 2013 in a news conference: "About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal." John Boehner stated on March 3, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": "There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester." John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners." John Boehner stated on September 4, 2012 in a news release: "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." John Boehner stated on July 1, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": The United States has "the best health care delivery system in the world." John Boehner stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post: "Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them." John Boehner stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address: "The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days." John Boehner stated on March 7, 2012 in a news release: "New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years." John Boehner stated on December 1, 2011 in a news conference: "The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy." John Boehner stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference: "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." John Boehner stated on November 6, 2011 in an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour: "Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople." John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' " John Boehner stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview: "We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day." John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support." John Boehner stated on July 5, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job." John Boehner stated on June 24, 2011 in a press conference: "The American people don't want us to raise taxes." 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." John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
John Boehner stated on May 3, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics."
John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did."
John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": Says President Barack Obama made "unilateral changes" to Obamacare "38 times."
John Boehner stated on January 25, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes": The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."
John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
John Boehner stated on June 2, 2014 in a post on his website: New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."
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.
John Boehner stated on February 4, 2014 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs."
John Boehner stated on October 6, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country."
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."
John Boehner stated on July 22, 2013 in a blog post: President Barack Obama has "announced that he would not sign ANY spending bills this year unless sequestration spending cuts are eliminated."
John Boehner stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference: "This is the same (farm) bill we voted on a few weeks ago, with the exception of one or two sentences."
John Boehner stated on June 26, 2013 in a news conference: "About 95 percent of (Ohio’s) electricity comes from burning coal."
John Boehner stated on March 3, 2013 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": "There's no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester."
John Boehner stated on November 9, 2012 in a news conference: "The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."
John Boehner stated on September 4, 2012 in a news release: "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."
John Boehner stated on July 1, 2012 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": The United States has "the best health care delivery system in the world."
John Boehner stated on April 24, 2012 in a Twitter post: "Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
John Boehner stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address: "The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
John Boehner stated on March 7, 2012 in a news release: "New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years."
John Boehner stated on December 1, 2011 in a news conference: "The Social Security trust fund … is already facing imminent bankruptcy."
John Boehner stated on December 15, 2011 in a news conference: "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."
John Boehner stated on November 6, 2011 in an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour: "Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople."
John Boehner stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
John Boehner stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview: "We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."
John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support."
John Boehner stated on July 5, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "POTUS’ economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per job."
John Boehner stated on June 24, 2011 in a press conference: "The American people don't want us to raise taxes."
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."
John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
