• ABC's Good Morning America Highlights Billions of Non-Economic Spending in Democrats' Trillion Dollar "Stimulus" Bill
    Jan 29, 2009  - On ABC’s Good Morning America, White House Correspondent Jake Tapper highlighted the billions upon billions of spending in the congressional Democrats’ trillion dollar bill that has nothing to do with creating jobs and strengthening the economy.  From $335 million for education on sexually transmitt... More
  • Unemployment Figures Rise on Day After Congressional Democrats Oppose GOP Plan to Create 6.2 Million Jobs
    Jan 29, 2009  - The Labor Department released the weekly unemployment benefits report today, and once again, the news is not getting any better.  According to Reuters, “The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose 3,000 last week, data on Thursday showed, while so-called continued claims h... More
  • On ABC's Good Morning America, Boehner Expresses Desire to Work with President Obama to Create Jobs - Not More Government Programs
    Jan 28, 2009  - On ABC’s Good Morning America this morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) recounted the House GOP’s meeting with President Obama yesterday – a meeting in which both House Republicans and the President pledged to continue working together on a plan that fulfills the initial intent of th... More
  • Creating Jobs through Fast-Acting Tax Relief, Not Slow-Moving Government Spending (Op-Ed on Townhall.com)
    Jan 28, 2009  - House Republicans met with President Obama yesterday – the third time this month that I had the opportunity to discuss with him our shared goal of crafting a bipartisan plan to help fix our economy.  The President has repeated on several occasions that he wants to work across party lines on a recove... More
  • House GOP Economic Recovery Alternative Will Create 6.2 Million New American Jobs
    Jan 28, 2009  - As the House prepares to vote on the congressional Democrats’ trillion dollar spending package, more attention than ever is being paid to the bill’s massive slate of slow-moving government spending.  The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office yesterday confirmed that the House Democrats’ massive s... More
  • Boehner Floor Speech Opposing Democrats’ Trillion Dollar Spending Plan, Supporting House GOP’s Economic Recovery Plan to Create 6.2 Million New Jobs
    Jan 28, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) made the following remarks today on the House floor opposing Democrats’ $1 trillion “stimulus” package and supporting the Republican proposal crafted by House Ways & Means Committee ranking member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)... More
  • Boehner: “This Was a Bipartisan Rejection of a Partisan Bill”
    Jan 28, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the House advanced a trillion dollar spending bill authored solely by congressional Democratic leaders: “This was a bipartisan rejection of a partisan bill.  Families and small businesses across America are strugglin... More
  • CBO: Congressional Democrats' Trillion Dollar Spending Package "Falls Short of Obama Goal"
    Jan 27, 2009  - As the House prepares to debate the trillion dollar spending bill written by a handful of congressional Democrats, supporters of the bloated legislation have endured yet another harsh blow from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).  A Reuters story titled “Stimulus Bill Falls Short of ... More
  • Boehner: Non-Partisan CBO Confirms House Democrats’ Bill Tops $1.1 Trillion
    Jan 27, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on a letter from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf to Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan (R-WI), in which he noted that the federal government’s interest costs related to the legisl... More
  • CBS Evening News Highlights GOP Concerns About Wasteful Spending in the Dems' "Stimulus" Bill
    Jan 27, 2009  - CBS’ Evening News highlighted the concerns of House Republicans about the wasteful spending included in the Capitol Hill Democrats’ “stimulus” bill scheduled for a House vote tomorrow.  House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH), in an interview with CBS White House Correspondent Chip Reid, said th... More