Boehner RSS Articles http://republicanleader.house.gov/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156681 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156681 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 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 themselves – which include phantom congressional districts and phantom jobs – has only been widened by the excuses employed by the Obama Administration to explain away these discrepancies. From blaming the states to ‘who knows, man,’ the excuses range from the absurd to the offensive. http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156307 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156307 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 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, which were credited with “saving or creating” jobs in those “phantom” districts. But the story didn’t end there. In fact, according to the Houston Chronicle: “Nationally, the recovery.gov site has mistakenly attributed $6.4 billion in stimulus spending to 440 nonexistent districts in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and even four American territories, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan government oversight group watchdog.org.” Ed Pound, the director of communications for the Obama Administration’s “stimulus” website (recovery.gov), dropped a bombshell in interview with the New Orleans Times Picayune this week, stating that the Obama Administration has no idea how phantom congressional districts - such as Ohio’s 00th or Louisiana’s 26th - received “stimulus” funds. http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156444 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156444 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156004 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156004 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 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 people it serves. The House GOP congressional transparency initiative includes “read the bill” reform that would ensure all bills are posted online at least 72 hours before coming to a vote, a ban on “phantom amendments” being added to bills in secret after they pass committee, a resolution requiring the upcoming House-Senate health care negotiations to be open to the public, and other critical reforms. http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156062 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156062 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156189 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156189 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156251 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=156251 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 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 presidents have combined, prompting Washington to run out of money halfway through fiscal year 2009. The trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ has produced countless examples of wasteful government spending, including directing taxpayer dollars to congressional districts that don’t even exist. The national debt has topped $12 trillion for the first time in U.S. history. For all that, Americans are left asking ‘where are the jobs?’ http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155667 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155667 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155790 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155790 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT 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 America Act (H.R. 2294), which is aimed at stopping the transfer or release of terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison into the United States. Boehner issued the following statement: “Despite Americans’ strong opposition to importing terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay prison into the United States, the Obama Administration continues to move forward with their dangerous plans to do so anyway. The ‘Keep Terrorists Out of America Act’ does exactly what the American people want, and they deserve a vote on this common-sense bill. http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155813 http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155813 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT