• Staying the Course: Obama Administration Stands By Crooked 'Stimulus' Statistics
    Nov 23, 2009  - The Obama Administration is now standing by its crooked ‘stimulus’ statistics just days after acknowledging the inaccuracies exposed by government watchdogs and excoriated by congressional Democrats. By choosing to stay the course, the Obama Administration continues to undermine its credibility at a... More
  • Excuses for 'Stimulus' Errors Widen Obama Administration's "Credibility Gap"
    Nov 20, 2009  - A growing “credibility gap” is plaguing the Obama Administration as its trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ continues to produce countless instances of wasteful or unaccounted-for government spending while more than three million Americans have lost their jobs. The “credibility gap” brought on by the errors ... More
  • White House Awash in Phony “Stimulus” Claims, Phantom Districts, Phantom “Jobs Saved or Created”
    Nov 20, 2009  - This hasn’t been a very good week for the Democrats’ trillion-dollar “stimulus.”    On Monday, ABC News reported that the $18 million recovery.gov website set up as part of the “stimulus” spending bill was listing hundreds of “phantom” congressional districts as recipients of “stimulus” funds, wh... More
  • Boehner: GAO Report “Yet Another Indictment” of Democrats’ Trillion-Dollar ‘Stimulus’
    Nov 19, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress’s non-partisan watchdog, released a report exposing a “range of significant reporting and processing problems” in how taxpayer dollars have been spent as part of the ... More
  • House GOP Launches Congressional Transparency Initiative
    Nov 19, 2009  - House Republicans today launched a new effort to change the way Congress works, calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to schedule an immediate vote on five common-sense reforms that will bring greater transparency to the legislative process and make Congress more open and accountable to the p... More
  • Boehner: Irresponsible ‘Doc Fix’ Proves Democrats “Cannot Help Themselves”
    Nov 19, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed “doc fix” legislation (H.R. 3961) that would add nearly $300 billion to the federal budget deficit: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats have voted to add nearly $300 billion to t... More
  • Boehner Slams Obama Administration for Stripping Workers of their Right to High-Quality, Independent Investment Advice
    Nov 19, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today blasted the decision by the Obama Administration to strip workers of their right to high-quality, independent investment advice. Boehner issued the following statement: “It is outrageous that the Obama Administration would deny workers their righ... More
  • Binge Spenders: Democrats Discover Budget Deficits, Then Ignore Them
    Nov 18, 2009  - Washington Democrats are trying to make amends for their unprecedented spending binge and the record red ink it has created by warning about the dangers of deficits and promising to be more fiscally responsible next year. The Obama Administration spent more in its first 100 days than all previous pr... More
  • Boehner: Speaker Pelosi’s “Doc Fix” Bill “An Absolute Train Wreck”
    Nov 18, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner issued the following statement strongly opposing Speaker Pelosi’s attempt to pass a 'doc fix' bill that would add nearly $300 billion to the deficit and force seniors to pay higher Medicare premiums: “Republicans agree on the need to address this critical iss... More
  • Boehner Signs Discharge Petition to Force Vote on Keep Terrorists Out of America Act
    Nov 18, 2009  - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today signed a discharge petition filed by Intelligence Committee Ranking Republican Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) to force Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democratic leaders to give Members – and the American people – a vote on the Keep Terrorists Out of Ame... More