• 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • NBC Nightly News Highlights Republicans' Call for Economic Plan Focused on Protecting & Creating American Jobs
    Jan 26, 2009  - Nightly News highlighted Republicans’ concerns about how congressional Democrats have taken President Obama’s initial vision of an economic plan focused on immediate job creation and fast-acting tax relief and turned it into just another bloated, unfocused, wasteful Washington spending bill.  The bi... More
  • Top 20 Fast Facts About the House Democrats' Trillion Dollar Spending Plan
    Jan 26, 2009  - Earlier this month, when then-President-elect Obama met with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders, he laid out a vision of crafting a bipartisan economic recovery package focused on creating jobs and fast-acting tax relief.  However, in the weeks since that meeting, Democratic leaders in ... More
  • Boehner on the Radio: House GOP Leader Urges President Obama to "Intervene" to Fix Economic Recovery Bill
    Jan 26, 2009  - During a national radio interview with talk show host Sean Hannity this afternoon, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) underscored his concerns about the trillion dollar spending plan proposed by congressional Democrats.  House Republicans believe fast-acting tax relief – not slow-moving and... More
  • On NBC's Meet the Press, Boehner Outlines Republican Ideas to Create Jobs, Help Fix Our Economy
    Jan 25, 2009  - In an appearance this morning on NBC’s Meet the Press, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) highlighted the economic recovery proposals Republicans presented to President Obama in a White House meeting on Friday.  The plan is based on fast-acting tax relief, rather than slow-moving and wastef... More