Showing posts with label John Boehner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Boehner. Show all posts

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Boehner Pretends He's Not Sure if Sequester Will Cause Economic Damage

Boehner Pretends He's Not Sure if Sequester Will Cause Economic Damage
"After previously giving dire warnings about the sequester in a recent op-ed he penned for The Wall Street Journal, House Speaker John Boehner did an about face and told Meet the Press' David Gregory that he wasn't sure if it was going to hurt the economy or not and he told Gregory “I don't think anyone quite understands how it gets resolved." If he really wants to get the country out of this self-inflicted mess, there's a pretty simple way, which is to pass the bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers this week, entitled the Cancel the Sequester Act of 2013."

Thursday, February 28, 2013

PERRspectives: Boehner Misleadingly Claims Tax Revenue at a Record High

PERRspectives: Boehner Misleadingly Claims Tax Revenue at a Record High
"Back in 2010, Ohio Rep. John Boehner defied recent history and basic math when he comically denied that the Bush tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 played any role in producing federal budget deficits ever since. Now in his refusal to countenance any new tax revenue in a last minute compromise to avoid the job-killing sequester, Speaker Boehner is peddling a new deception. Pretending to ignore inflation, population growth and the expansion of the American economy, Boehner is now claiming federal tax revenue is at a record high."

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Speaker Boehner Rejects Obama’s Proposal To Raise The Minimum Wage

Speaker Boehner Rejects Obama’s Proposal To Raise The Minimum Wage: President Obama called for an increase in the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 per hour during his State of the Union last night, a proposal that was quickly rejected by top Republicans like Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Paul Ryan. Today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) also came out against the proposal. “When you [...]/p