July 28, 2010 4:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Boehner, RNC Revive Wildly Misleading Claim About Taxes & Small Businesses
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
July 07, 2010 3:07 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Ad Check: Rob Portman Lies About Democrats' Clean Energy Proposals
Former Rep. Rob Portman, the current GOP candidate for Senate in Ohio, is lying about Democrat-sponsored clean energy policy in a new ad. The ad parrots the main Republican talking point on energy policy: that any effort to put a price on pollution amounts to a job-killing national tax on anyone who flips a light switch. In fact, House Democrats passed a bill last year that would create millions of jobs and cost families "less than a postage stamp a day," and the American Power Act pending in the Senate would hold polluters accountable and start reducing our dependence on foreign oil. On top of Portman's lies, his ad asks voters to read his energy proposal. Unfortunately for Ohioans, the "Portman Plan on Energy" is based on bad science and full of bad policy.
June 29, 2010 1:19 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Sees "Rebellion" Akin To 1776
June 04, 2010 11:54 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Claims Job Growth Shows Need To Repeal The Affordable Care Act
May 24, 2010 5:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Blackwell Likens Rand Paul Controversy To "Lynching"
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 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.
April 16, 2010 4:22 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner Gets It Wrong On Clean Energy
In an April 16, 2010 column at Townhall.com, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) claimed that clean energy legislation would kill jobs, raise energy prices, and cost families up to $1,700 per year. In reality, investing in clean energy would boost America's economy by $111 billion and create up to 1.9 million jobs -- all for the cost of a postage stamp per day.
April 13, 2010 3:47 pm ET filed under Blog
Poll: Barely 1/4 Of Voters Approve Of GOP
March 22, 2010 10:58 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - March 21, 2010
On yesterday's political talk shows, Reps. John Boehner and Paul Ryan, Sen. John Cornyn, and RNC Chairman Michael Steele repeated worn out obstructionist talking points. Despite the GOP's slanderous attempts to derail health care reform, the bill will stop insurance company abuses, cut the deficit, create jobs, and provide millions of Americans with affordable health care coverage.
March 20, 2010 11:23 am ET filed under Fact Check
In Weekly Address, Rep. Boehner Reprises Tired GOP Falsehoods
In the Weekly Republican Address on March 20, 2010, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) repeated worn out Republican talking points in a last ditch effort to smear health care reform. Contrary to Boehner's claims, health care reform will stop insurance company abuses, cut the deficit, create jobs, and provide millions of Americans with affordable health care coverage. The GOP plan, however, does nothing to cover the uninsured or stop insurers from taking advantage of American patients.
March 12, 2010 2:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Would Rep. Boehner Really Repeal Reform?
March 09, 2010 12:38 pm ET filed under Fact Check
GOP Leader Alert Wrongly States Health Care Reform Will Kill Jobs
In a "GOP Leader Alert" sent on March 9, 2010, House Minority Leader John Boehner's office repeated the false claim that the Democratic health care reform legislation would kill jobs. In reality, the plan would create up to 4 million American jobs over the next ten years.
March 08, 2010 1:56 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner Sticks To False GOP Health Care Talking Points
Responding to the president's remarks on March 8, 2010, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) repeated multiple debunked claims about Democrats' health care reform legislation. In reality, the plan would rein in insurance company abuses, lower costs, and create up to 4 million American jobs.
March 03, 2010 5:03 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner Falsely Claims Health Care Reform Is "An Out-And-Out Job Killer"
On March 3, 2010, House Minority Leader John Boehner issued a statement in which he called health care reform "an out-and-out job killer." In reality, reduced health care costs resulting from the legislation's passage would create up to 4 million jobs over the next ten years.
March 02, 2010 4:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Cantor Criticizes Obama For Accepting Republican Ideas
March 01, 2010 1:28 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner Wrongly Claims Health Care Reform Will Kill Jobs
On March 1, 2010, the office of House Minority Leader John Boehner sent a "GOP Leader Alert" wrongly claiming health care reform is killing jobs. In reality, reduced health care costs resulting from the legislation's passage would create up to 4 million American jobs over the next ten years.
February 25, 2010 3:16 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Even Before Summit, Republicans Declared It A Failure
Today the president is hosting a bipartisan, bicameral health care summit at the Blair House in hopes of finding the common ground between Republicans and Democrats. Yet even before the summit had started, Republicans were publicly deriding it as a useless photo-op.
February 23, 2010 6:11 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Sherrod Brown Calls Out Sen. Vitter For Obstruction
February 11, 2010 1:20 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner Misleads Constituents On Clean Energy
In a February 10, 2010 column in Ohio's Brewton Standard, House Minority Leader John Boehner repeated a slew of debunked attacks on President Obama's 2010 budget proposal. Especially misleading were Boehner's false claims about the effects of clean energy legislation
February 10, 2010 12:35 pm ET filed under Blog
President Obama Rejects GOP's Definition Of Bipartisanship
February 09, 2010 9:39 am ET filed under Fact Check
Reps. Boehner & Cantor Falsely Claim Health Care Bills Would Kill Jobs
On February 8, 2010, House Minority Leader John Boehner and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor wrote a letter to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel falsely claiming current health care reform legislation would kill jobs. In reality, the bills in front of Congress could create up to 400,000 jobs.
February 04, 2010 2:05 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Boehner Embraces Extremism: "No Difference" Between GOP And Tea Party
February 01, 2010 10:30 am ET filed under Video
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows - January 31, 2010
On Sunday, January 31, 2010, it was abundantly clear what the Republicans' talking points were. On Sunday show after Sunday show, the Republican guests repeated falsehoods about Democrats' actions to tackle the recession. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD), were the worst offenders, repeatedly spreading falsehoods about the economy, jobs, the deficit, and health care.
February 01, 2010 10:07 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows - January 31, 2010
On Sunday, January 31, 2010, it was abundantly clear what the Republicans' talking points were. On Sunday show after Sunday show, the Republican guests repeated falsehoods about Democrats' actions to tackle the recession. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD), were the worst offenders, repeatedly spreading falsehoods about the economy, jobs, the deficit, and health care.
January 28, 2010 3:26 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Boehner Falsely Claims Republicans' Health Care Plan Meets Obama's Objectives
On January 28, 2010, House Minority Leader John Boehner falsely claimed the Republican health care "plan" met Obama's objectives: "bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses." In reality, the GOP proposal doesn't cover the uninsured or stop insurance company abuses, and it reduces the deficit $36 billion less than the Democratic proposal.
