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Latest Fact-Checks On John Boehner

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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 28, 2012 a video address
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
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By Tom Feran • April 26, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 7, 2012 a news release
"New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years."
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By Tom Feran • March 23, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 19, 2011 a television interview
"We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day."
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By Sabrina Eaton • September 26, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 5, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
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By Stephen Koff • January 10, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 5, 2010 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.
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By Tom Feran • November 25, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 3, 2010 a news conference
Says that the new financial services law requires 358 regulatory filings.  
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By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on October 30, 2010 a Saturday address
Members of Congress did not have three days to read the bill "when the stimulus was rushed into law."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on August 24, 2010 a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
Under the new health care law, "if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds."
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By Stephen Koff • August 31, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 13, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week''
"The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 24, 2010 an op-ed in the Des Moines Register
"Our national debt ... is on track to exceed the size of our entire economy ... in just two more years."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 19, 2010 a press release
In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."
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February 19, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 27, 2010 a blog post
"President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent."
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January 28, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 22, 2010 a press release
"PWNED: House GOP Dominates Twitter, YouTube, Social Media in Congress."
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January 25, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 10, 2009 a statement from the Minority Leader's office
As a candidate, President Obama "declared that everyone deserves access to reproductive health care that includes abortion, and vowed that this 'right' would be at the heart of his health care reform plan if elected president."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 22, 2009 an opinion piece.
"About halfway through fiscal year 2009, Washington has run out of money."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 30, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 12, 2009 a news conference
"I don't do earmarks. I've never done one. I'm not going to do one."
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March 16, 2009
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 25, 2009 a speech on the House floor.
"The president campaigned against this type of legislation."
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By Alexander Lane • March 3, 2009