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{{Officeholder
|name=John Boehner
|image=Boehner.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Deborah L. Gunlack
|religion=Roman Catholic
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Ohio
|district=8th
|terms=January 3, 1991-present
|preceded=Buz Lukens
|former=n
|succeeded=
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'''John Andrew Boehner''' (pronounced "BAY-ner") (born November 17, 1949), is a [[Republican]] Representative from [[Ohio]]'s 8th congressional district. On Feb. 2, 2006, he was elected [[House Majority Leader]] and later [[House Minority Leader|Minority Leader]] after Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives in 2006. If Republicans were to win control of the House in 2010, he would likely become Speaker of the House.
'''John Andrew Boehner''' (pronounced "BAY-ner") (born November 17, 1949), is a [[Republican]] Representative from [[Ohio]]'s 8th congressional district. On Feb. 2, 2006, he was elected [[House Majority Leader]] and later [[House Minority Leader|Minority Leader]] after Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives in 2006. If Republicans were to win control of the House in 2010, he would likely become Speaker of the House.
In 1990, Boehner was elected to represent Ohio’s Eighth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. From 1995 to 1999, Boehner was the House Republican Conference Chairman. He was the Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee from 2001 until 2006, when he resigned to become House Majority Leader. Boehner is widely credited with championing the 1994 Contract With America, the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, and the passage of "[[No Child Left Behind]] Act." After Republicans lost control of the [[House of Representatives]] in November of 2006, Boehner was elected by his colleagues to serve as House Minority Leader. Boenher takes a conservative position on most issues. He has worked to lower income and inheritance taxes, arguing, "Americans are being taxed almost every moment of their lives. My goodness, when they are dead, do we have to tax them again?"
In 1990, Boehner was elected to represent Ohio’s Eighth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. From 1995 to 1999, Boehner was the House Republican Conference Chairman. He was the Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee from 2001 until 2006, when he resigned to become House Majority Leader. Boehner is widely credited with championing the 1994 Contract With America, the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, and the passage of "[[No Child Left Behind]] Act." After Republicans lost control of the [[House of Representatives]] in November of 2006, Boehner was elected by his colleagues to serve as House Minority Leader. Boenher takes a conservative position on most issues. He has worked to lower income and inheritance taxes, arguing, "Americans are being taxed almost every moment of their lives. My goodness, when they are dead, do we have to tax them again?"
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://johnboehner.house.gov/ John Boehner House website]
*[http://johnboehner.house.gov/ John Boehner House website]
*[http://republicanleader.house.gov/ House Republican Leader website]
*[http://republicanleader.house.gov/ House Republican Leader website]
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