September 08, 2010 3:05 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Boehner's "Compromise": Extend Bush Tax Cuts For Two Years...Forever
September 08, 2010 2:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner's "Compromise": Extend Bush Tax Cuts For Two Years...Forever
September 08, 2010 11:52 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Refuses To Condemn Quran-Burning Pastor
September 08, 2010 11:48 am ET filed under Video
Rep. Boehner Refuses To Condemn Qur'an-Burning Pastor
September 05, 2010 11:25 pm ET filed under Blog
Five Ways "Speaker Boehner" Would Hurt American Workers
August 24, 2010 5:43 pm ET filed under Blog
CBO Smacks Down Rep. Boehner's Talking Points
August 24, 2010 5:26 pm ET filed under Fact Check
The Would-Be Speaker Has No Clothes: Rep. Boehner's Dishonest Economic Speech
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) gave a speech to the City Club of Cleveland in which he blasted President Obama and Democrats over the economy, and argued that businesses aren't hiring because they're afraid of Democrats' policies. In reality, Rep. Boehner's speech was full of dishonest claims about taxes and spending, the most egregious of which are collected below.
August 20, 2010 12:59 pm ET filed under Blog
Poll: 69 Percent Of Americans Disagree With GOP On Bush Tax Cuts
August 09, 2010 12:41 pm ET filed under Blog
Midwest Two-Step: Heartland GOPers Dance Around Bush Tax Cut Questions
August 09, 2010 12:41 pm ET filed under Video
(FULL VIDEO) Heartland GOPers Dance Around Bush Tax Cut Questions
August 09, 2010 10:04 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - August 8, 2010
August 09, 2010 10:02 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - August 8, 2010
On Sunday's Meet the Press, Reps. John Boehner (R-OH) and Mike Pence (R-IN) dodged repeated questions about the cost of extending the Bush tax cuts. Both indirectly suggested that government doesn't need to pay for tax cuts. There is a clear consensus among economists across the political spectrum that tax cuts don't pay for themselves, and that letting tax cuts swell deficits is, in a Bush adviser's words, "just future taxes." Rep. Boehner also suggested Social Security is unsustainable, and Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) agreed on Fox News Sunday. In fact, Social Security is solvent through 2037, and the shortfall thereafter is fairly small. Elsewhere, Tony Perkins told Face the Nation viewers that the Prop. 8 decision ignored the impact of no-fault divorce laws on marriage, when in fact the ruling specifically addressed the subject.
August 05, 2010 4:40 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Bachmann Decries "Bailout" For Teachers
August 02, 2010 10:44 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - August 1, 2010
August 02, 2010 10:41 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - August 1, 2010
On this week's edition of Fox News Sunday, former Gov. Sarah Palin read a sheet of talking points accusing President Obama of plotting a $3.8 trillion tax hike. Of course, none of Palin's critique was accurate — Republicans wrote the Bush tax cuts with an expiration date, and Palin's fearmongering bears no resemblance to the actual White House proposal for extending pieces of the Bush cuts. Later in the show, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recited misleading GOP boilerplate about government takeovers and small businesses, and House Minority Leader John Boehner claimed the Democrats' response to the economic crisis has been ineffective, despite much evidence to the contrary. Elsewhere, Sen. Jon Kyl misled Face the Nation viewers about the impact of illegal immigrants on state budgets.
July 28, 2010 4:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Boehner, RNC Revive Wildly Misleading Claim About Taxes & Small Businesses
July 27, 2010 11:19 am ET filed under Blog
GOP Misrepresents CNN Poll That Shows Americans Are More Concerned With Job Creation Than Deficit Reduction
July 09, 2010 3:54 pm ET filed under Blog
House GOP Agrees To Stream Lobbyist Meeting Online
July 08, 2010 3:43 pm ET filed under Blog
Boehner Should Broadcast Lobbyist Meeting On "America Speaking Out" Website
June 29, 2010 1:19 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Sees "Rebellion" Akin To 1776
June 23, 2010 4:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Continues Misleading Assault On Health Care Reform
June 17, 2010 5:29 pm ET filed under Blog
House Republican Leaders Call The Oil Spill A "Natural Disaster"
June 04, 2010 11:54 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Claims Job Growth Shows Need To Repeal The Affordable Care Act
May 04, 2010 6:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Banking Industry Lobbyists Fear Wall Street Reform
April 28, 2010 11:45 am ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner Lies About Wall Street Reform In Ohio Op-Ed
In an April 28, 2010 op-ed in Hillsboro, Ohio's Times Gazette, House Minority Leader John Boehner repeated the Frank Luntz-inspired lie that Wall Street reform would create a permanent bailout fund. In reality, the bill does NOT reward or bail out firms, but safely dismantles "any failed financial company" that threatens the stability of the entire economy. The costs of dissolving these companies are paid NOT by taxpayers, but by fees levied on financial companies.
April 27, 2010 6:12 pm ET filed under Video
Once Again, Rep. Boehner Lies About Wall Street Reform
April 27, 2010 5:59 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Boehner Repeats Permanent Bailout Lie
April 27, 2010 5:39 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Once Again, Rep. Boehner Lies About Wall Street Reform
During an April 27, 2010 appearance on Fox News, House Minority Leader John Boehner repeated the Frank Luntz-inspired lie that Wall Street reform would create a permanent bailout fund. In reality, the bill does NOT reward or bail out firms, but safely dismantles "any failed financial company" that threatens the stability of the entire economy. The costs of dissolving these companies are paid NOT by taxpayers, but by fees levied on financial companies.
April 22, 2010 2:34 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Digs In For Fight On Wall Street Reform
April 22, 2010 12:21 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner Repeats "Permanent Bailout" Lie
During an April 22, 2010 appearance on Fox News, House Minority Leader John Boehner repeated the Frank Luntz-inspired lie that Wall Street reform would create a permanent bailout fund. In reality, the bill does NOT reward or bail out firms, but safely dismantles "any failed financial company" that threatens the stability of the entire economy. The costs of dissolving these companies are paid NOT by taxpayers, but by fees levied on financial companies.
