Congressman John Boehner

Statement:WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement today on the attempted airline terrorist attack as well as the Obama Administration’s response:“The terrorist plot to bring down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 exposed a near-catastrophic failure at every level of our government. News reports suggest our government had intelligence in hand that this attack was coming, yet did not piece...  

House Republican Leader John Boehner's statement on Flight 253 and the Obama administration's response: “It’s time for the President to halt terrorist transfers to other countries, including Yemen, and to reevaluate his decision to close the prison at Guantanamo.” “The terrorist plot to bring down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 exposed a near-catastrophic failure at every level of our government.  News reports suggest our government had...  

Fashion icon John Boehner (or somebody who looks EXACTLY LIKE HIM) was spotted in a regal white-mock-turtleneck-and-khaki-shorts combo at a southwest Florida redneck bar this weekend. Wonkette tipster “Jelly of the Month” sends us this photo of His Nibs, looking “orange as the day he was born.” This reminds us, it has been how long [...] Florida - John Boehner - United States - Wonkette - C-SPAN  

Asked about fears some Americans might have about Gitmo detainees being transferred to a prison in Thomson, Illinois, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs today singled out House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, suggesting the tanned Ohioan’s comments were less than sane.  

From Politico: "House Minority Leader John Boehner said Tuesday that the Obama administration’s plan to move some Guantanamo detainees to Illinois shows that the White House 'must've forgotten' about the Americans who died on Sept. 11. 'I think the administration wasn't around for 9/11,' Boehner said after emerging from a weekly meeting with House Republicans."  

In another GQ feature about D.C. today, GQ Style Guy Glen O'Brien critiques House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) who will forever be razzed about his bronze skin and surname that GQ eloquently explains for the two people in Washington who may not know. Long known for making fun of reporters for their clothing and hair at his pressers, Boehner is in the hot seat in this issue. "The minority leader just looks vain," writes O'Brien...  

From Matt's Congressman, Minority Leader, and Great American John Boehner: With Washington Democrats’ job-killing agenda more unpopular than ever, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) outlined better solutions to tackle the immediate challenges facing the American people during the weekly GOP leadership press conference: “It’s been a long year for the American people. We’ve seen American families and small businesses struggling all year...  

By: Dan Weil "House Republican Leader John Boehner, Ohio, says Senate Democrats’ healthcare bill doesn’t keep federal money from financing abortions, as they claim.“Fixed it is not,” Boehner writes on his web site.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s, D-Nev., latest healthcare ‘manager’s amendment’ would still levy a new ‘abortion premium’ fee on Americans under the Democrats’ healthcare plan.”The amendment...  

GIBBS 1, BOEHNER 0.... House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) probably realizes his rhetoric about closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is ridiculous. But now that detainees are being transferred from Gitmo to Thomson, Illinois, Boehner has a story...  

Here's one way to save your political skin in 2010. An Alabama Democrat has had enough with the Nancy Pelosi/Harry Reid/Barack Obama "Axis of Evil" and has decided to join the House Republican Caucus. The Republican Party has a big tent, folks. Democrats with common-sense are welcome.Boehner Welcomes Rep. Parker Griffith to the House Republican Conference | Republican Leader John Boehner  

WASHINGTON — House Republican Leader John Boehner warned on Thursday that he wouldn't back emergency funding for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop surge if the White House request includes money to transfer Guantanamo detainees to the U.S.  

It’s beginning to feel a lot like empty resolution time for House Republicans: It was just six weeks ago that House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) decided he was fed up with empty, meaningless congressional resolutions. These largely symbolic measures are taken up all the time — it’s been routine fare for years — but Boehner [...]  

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Friday that he was confused by the conflicting messages Congress has been recieving over the withdrawal timetable for Afghanistan. Boehner says that Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen have both stated that the timetable is based on conditions, whereas the [...]  

In an op-ed for USA Today, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) takes the White House to task for "letting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [D-CA] and Congress run health care reform into the ground," and says that Republicans have always "stood ready to work with him to pass bipartisan health care reforms that reflect the priorities of struggling American families and small businesses." Boehner says Pelosi and the Congressional Democrats have...  

Responding to Michael Steele -- and agreeing with Steele that a Republican "litmus test" is a bad idea -- legendary conservative fundraiser Richard Viguerie wrote this: The current Republican leadership has consistently supported our national slide to socialism. I'm talking about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader John Boehner, and the leading architect of Republican endorsed...