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John Roberts

2012-12-05T20:27:34Z

BrucePakinski: Epilepsy med side effect

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'''John G. Roberts, Jr.''' (1955- ) is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (2005-). He was appointed by [[President]] [[George W. Bush]] to replace [[William Rehnquist]] as Chief Justice, after having served on the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]]. Chief Justice Roberts provided the pivotal 5th vote to uphold [[ObamaCare]] on the unexpected grounds that he found it to be a tax, rather than a proper exercise of [[Commerce Clause]] authority.

Chief Justice John Roberts is known best for building a consensus, and writing opinions to maximize support by fellow Justices. While other Justices often cite their own prior opinions, Chief Justice Roberts is a master at citing the decisions of fellow Justices to win their support for his opinion. But by emphasizing consensus rather than clarity and force of an opinion, Roberts can issue a weak 6-3 or 9-0 opinion rather than a stronger 5-4 version.<ref>''See, e.g.'', ''[[Medellin v. Texas]]'' (2008).</ref>
{{cquote|'''If you watched the confirmation hearings for his nomination to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, you know why the Left hates him. Without notes, Roberts, a [[Strict constructionism|constructionist]], schooled every single one of the Judiciary Committee’s far-Left senators on constitutional jurisprudence. Having someone of his intellect, worldview and legal understanding as chief justice does wonders to protect the Constitution from those who would amend it by judicial fiat. <small>--- Town Hall Magazine</small> <ref>[http://media.glennbeck.com/docs/100americans-pg1.pdf Town Hall Magazine; The 100 Americans The Left Hates Most]</ref>}}

However, Justice Roberts showed he lacked firm convictions as far as being a constructionist by cowardly abdicating his responsibility as a Supreme Court judge in his unconstitutional upholding of ObamaCare.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/roberts_the_coward_rLGKy8EebRuDi8KrIXXAmL Roberts the Coward - NY Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/the_real_reason_john_roberts_upheld_obamacare.html The Real Reason John Roberts Upheld ObamaCare? By Selwyn Duke]</ref> Others have referred to this decision as being the result of a lack of judgment and clear thinking as a result of the side effects of an epilepsy medication, which immediately calls into question whether he is mentally suitable to continue serving on the bench.

==Confirmation Process==
With the death of Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] in 2005, President Bush withdrew Roberts' nomination for associate justice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor and renominated him for chief justice, with only a slight delay in his confirmation hearings to allow for Rehnquist's funeral services. The nomination was first considered by the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee. On September 22, the committee voted 13-5 to send Roberts' confirmation to the full Senate, winning the support of Judiciary Committee Chairman [[Arlen Specter]] (R-Pennsylvania), and ranking minority member [[Patrick Leahy]] (D-Vermont). On September 29, Roberts was confirmed by the full Senate by a vote of 78-22. Hours after confirmation, he was sworn in by the senior associate justice, [[John Paul Stevens]] at the White House.
===Right to Privacy===
Until 1965, some US states criminalized the distribution of contraceptives. In 1965 the Supreme Court in [[Griswold v. Connecticut]], ruled the laws unconstitutional because they violated the right of privacy. Roberts upheld "Griswold" at his 2005 confirmation hearings to be Chief Justice, and indicated the issue was closed.<ref> See [http://privacy-law.blogspot.com/2005/09/john-roberts-right-to-privacy-part-5.html quotations]</ref>
:asked, "Do you agree that there is a right of privacy to be found in the liberty clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?" Roberts responded:
::"I do, Senator. I think that the court's expressions, and I think if my reading of the precedent is correct, I think every justice on the court believes that, to some extent or another. Liberty is not limited to freedom from physical restraint. It does cover areas, as you said, such as privacy. And it's not protected only in procedural terms but it is protected substantively as well."

::"I agree with the Griswold court's conclusion that marital privacy extends to contraception and availability of that. The court, since Griswold, has grounded the privacy right discussed in that case in the liberty interest protected under the due process clause."

::"I feel comfortable commenting on Griswold and the result in Griswold because that does not appear to me to be an area that is going to come before the court again."
[[Image:Roberts-Newsweek.jpg|175px|left]]
==United States Supreme Court==
In his first two years on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], Chief Justice Roberts has written only 24 opinions, mostly on uncontroversial or simple topics. In his first year he sought unanimity in his decisions, leading him to dilute the strength of his opinions to satisfy everyone. For example, Chief Justice Roberts obtained unanimity on a controversial Solomon Amendment opinion by stretching to satisfy protesters against military recruiters:<ref>126 S. Ct. 1297, 1307 (2006).</ref>

:The Solomon Amendment neither limits what law schools may say nor requires them to say anything. Law schools remain free under the statute to express whatever views they may have on the military's congressionally mandated employment policy, all the while retaining eligibility for federal funds. See Tr. of Oral Arg. 25 (Solicitor General acknowledging that law schools "could put signs on the bulletin board next to the door, they could engage in speech, they could help organize student protests"). As a general matter, the Solomon Amendment regulates conduct, not speech. It affects what law schools must do--afford equal access to military recruiters--not what they may or may not say.

Similarly, in the campaign finance case, Roberts invalidated the restriction at issue but avoided establishing a bright-line rule in favor of political [[free speech]].<ref>FEC v. Wis. Right to Life, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 2652 (2007).</ref>

== Record as an Appellate Judge ==

Chief Justice John Roberts served only briefly as a judge on the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] before being nominated and confirmed for the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (he was originally nominated in 1992 for the Court of Appeals by the first President Bush, but the Senate controlled by the Democrats at the time did not allow a vote on his nomination). In one important dissent, then-Judge Roberts declared that "a facial challenge can succeed only if there are no circumstances in which the Act at issue can be applied without violating the" Constitution. ''Rancho Viejo, LLC v. Norton'', 334 F.3d 1158, 1160 (D.C. Cir. 2003), ''cert. denied'', 541 U.S. 1006 (2004).

==Health Problems==
Justice Roberts suffered a seizure on July 30th 2007 while at his vacation home in Port Clyde, [[Maine]] on Hupper Island. As a result of the seizure he fell five to ten feet but suffered only minor scrapes. The fall occurred on a dock near his house and he was taken by private boat to the mainland. Doctors called the incident a benign idiopathic seizure which means there was no obvious physiological cause. Roberts suffered a similar seizure in 1993.
== References ==
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John Roberts

2012-12-05T20:24:13Z

BrucePakinski: hardly

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'''John G. Roberts, Jr.''' (1955- ) is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (2005-). He was appointed by [[President]] [[George W. Bush]] to replace [[William Rehnquist]] as Chief Justice, after having served on the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]]. Chief Justice Roberts provided the pivotal 5th vote to uphold [[ObamaCare]] on the unexpected grounds that he found it to be a tax, rather than a proper exercise of [[Commerce Clause]] authority.

Chief Justice John Roberts is known best for building a consensus, and writing opinions to maximize support by fellow Justices. While other Justices often cite their own prior opinions, Chief Justice Roberts is a master at citing the decisions of fellow Justices to win their support for his opinion. But by emphasizing consensus rather than clarity and force of an opinion, Roberts can issue a weak 6-3 or 9-0 opinion rather than a stronger 5-4 version.<ref>''See, e.g.'', ''[[Medellin v. Texas]]'' (2008).</ref>
{{cquote|'''If you watched the confirmation hearings for his nomination to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, you know why the Left hates him. Without notes, Roberts, a [[Strict constructionism|constructionist]], schooled every single one of the Judiciary Committee’s far-Left senators on constitutional jurisprudence. Having someone of his intellect, worldview and legal understanding as chief justice does wonders to protect the Constitution from those who would amend it by judicial fiat. <small>--- Town Hall Magazine</small> <ref>[http://media.glennbeck.com/docs/100americans-pg1.pdf Town Hall Magazine; The 100 Americans The Left Hates Most]</ref>}}

However, Justice Roberts showed he lacked firm convictions as far as being a constructionist by cowardly abdicating his responsibility as a Supreme Court judge in his unconstitutional upholding of ObamaCare.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/roberts_the_coward_rLGKy8EebRuDi8KrIXXAmL Roberts the Coward - NY Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/the_real_reason_john_roberts_upheld_obamacare.html The Real Reason John Roberts Upheld ObamaCare? By Selwyn Duke]</ref>

==Confirmation Process==
With the death of Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] in 2005, President Bush withdrew Roberts' nomination for associate justice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor and renominated him for chief justice, with only a slight delay in his confirmation hearings to allow for Rehnquist's funeral services. The nomination was first considered by the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee. On September 22, the committee voted 13-5 to send Roberts' confirmation to the full Senate, winning the support of Judiciary Committee Chairman [[Arlen Specter]] (R-Pennsylvania), and ranking minority member [[Patrick Leahy]] (D-Vermont). On September 29, Roberts was confirmed by the full Senate by a vote of 78-22. Hours after confirmation, he was sworn in by the senior associate justice, [[John Paul Stevens]] at the White House.
===Right to Privacy===
Until 1965, some US states criminalized the distribution of contraceptives. In 1965 the Supreme Court in [[Griswold v. Connecticut]], ruled the laws unconstitutional because they violated the right of privacy. Roberts upheld "Griswold" at his 2005 confirmation hearings to be Chief Justice, and indicated the issue was closed.<ref> See [http://privacy-law.blogspot.com/2005/09/john-roberts-right-to-privacy-part-5.html quotations]</ref>
:asked, "Do you agree that there is a right of privacy to be found in the liberty clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?" Roberts responded:
::"I do, Senator. I think that the court's expressions, and I think if my reading of the precedent is correct, I think every justice on the court believes that, to some extent or another. Liberty is not limited to freedom from physical restraint. It does cover areas, as you said, such as privacy. And it's not protected only in procedural terms but it is protected substantively as well."

::"I agree with the Griswold court's conclusion that marital privacy extends to contraception and availability of that. The court, since Griswold, has grounded the privacy right discussed in that case in the liberty interest protected under the due process clause."

::"I feel comfortable commenting on Griswold and the result in Griswold because that does not appear to me to be an area that is going to come before the court again."
[[Image:Roberts-Newsweek.jpg|175px|left]]
==United States Supreme Court==
In his first two years on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], Chief Justice Roberts has written only 24 opinions, mostly on uncontroversial or simple topics. In his first year he sought unanimity in his decisions, leading him to dilute the strength of his opinions to satisfy everyone. For example, Chief Justice Roberts obtained unanimity on a controversial Solomon Amendment opinion by stretching to satisfy protesters against military recruiters:<ref>126 S. Ct. 1297, 1307 (2006).</ref>

:The Solomon Amendment neither limits what law schools may say nor requires them to say anything. Law schools remain free under the statute to express whatever views they may have on the military's congressionally mandated employment policy, all the while retaining eligibility for federal funds. See Tr. of Oral Arg. 25 (Solicitor General acknowledging that law schools "could put signs on the bulletin board next to the door, they could engage in speech, they could help organize student protests"). As a general matter, the Solomon Amendment regulates conduct, not speech. It affects what law schools must do--afford equal access to military recruiters--not what they may or may not say.

Similarly, in the campaign finance case, Roberts invalidated the restriction at issue but avoided establishing a bright-line rule in favor of political [[free speech]].<ref>FEC v. Wis. Right to Life, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 2652 (2007).</ref>

== Record as an Appellate Judge ==

Chief Justice John Roberts served only briefly as a judge on the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] before being nominated and confirmed for the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (he was originally nominated in 1992 for the Court of Appeals by the first President Bush, but the Senate controlled by the Democrats at the time did not allow a vote on his nomination). In one important dissent, then-Judge Roberts declared that "a facial challenge can succeed only if there are no circumstances in which the Act at issue can be applied without violating the" Constitution. ''Rancho Viejo, LLC v. Norton'', 334 F.3d 1158, 1160 (D.C. Cir. 2003), ''cert. denied'', 541 U.S. 1006 (2004).

==Health Problems==
Justice Roberts suffered a seizure on July 30th 2007 while at his vacation home in Port Clyde, [[Maine]] on Hupper Island. As a result of the seizure he fell five to ten feet but suffered only minor scrapes. The fall occurred on a dock near his house and he was taken by private boat to the mainland. Doctors called the incident a benign idiopathic seizure which means there was no obvious physiological cause. Roberts suffered a similar seizure in 1993.
== References ==
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John Boehner

2012-12-05T20:22:29Z

BrucePakinski: He no longer fits this category

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'''John Andrew Boehner''' (pronounced "BAY-ner"), born November 17, 1949 (age {{age|1949|11|17}}), is the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Ohio]]'s 8th congressional district and currently serves as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]], succeeding [[Nancy Pelosi]]. He was elected Majority Leader in February 2006 upon the resignation of [[Tom DeLay]] because of allegations of campaign fundraising irregularities, and Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011.

Following the [[2010 Midterm Elections|2010 congressional elections]] Republicans gained control of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from the [[Democrat]]s. Boehner had a strongly [[conservative]] voting record on all major issues, and his successes had been interpreted as a watershed moment in the revival of American conservatism. However, like many others who came before him, Boehner has recently showed signs of abandoning his principles and constituents in favor of "bipartisan compromise," which, of course, means caving to the demands of liberals. One such prominent issue on which he has done this is with the so-called "fiscal cliff" that will supposedly occur at the end of 2012. True conservatives such as [[Mark Levin]] have called Boehner out for this and for punishing Republicans who refuse to compromise and thus break their promises to their constituents.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/12/04/mark_levin_rips_boehner_who_the_hell_does_he_think_he_is.html</ref>

As shown below, Boehner also has a major problem with using profanity repeatedly in public.

==Career==

Boehner was born to a German Catholic family in [[Cincinnati]]; he was the second of 12 children. After working in his family restaurant he graduated from Xavier University in 1977. Fresh out of college Boehner joined Nucite Sales, a small plastics sales company. He worked his way up the ladder and eventually became president of the company, resigning when he was elected to Congress. He was elected to local offices and served in the state legislature, 1984-90. In 1990 he was elected to Congress from the suburban-rural district north of Cincinnati; it is a Republican stronghold, giving [[George W. Bush]] 64% of the presidential vote in 2004 and [[John McCain]] 61% in 2008.

==United States Congress==

Soon after he was first elected, Boehner helped to expose the House banking scandal, which revealed that many members were essentially writing bad checks. From 1995 to 1999, he 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 [http://www.conservapedia.com/Bill_Clinton#1994_Republican_Revolution 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 in November of 2006, Boehner was elected by his colleagues to serve as House Minority Leader. Boehner 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?" <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/22/politics/main1743783.shtml</ref>

In the 111th Congress, Boehner was successful in persuading the Republican leadership to unanimously vote against [[Barack Obama]]'s $787 billion [[economic stimulus package]]. In 2009, Boehner offered an equivalent to a [[filibuster]] when he spent an hour reading from the 1200-plus page [[cap and trade]] [[climate change]] bill that was amended less then a day before the House of Representatives voted on it. Critics argue it would impose a national energy tax, which would result in job loses, and raise [[electricity]] bills. When asked why he read portions of the bill, he told the Hill newspaper, "People deserve to know what's in this pile of s--t." <ref>http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/boehner-climate-bill-a-pile-of-s--t-2009-06-27.html</ref>

Boehner was asked about the healthcare reform plan the Democrats are trying to "ram through" Congress, which Boehner has referred to as a "garlic milkshake."

"Yesterday was rather interesting. I walked by a Democratic press conference where the Speaker of the House and other Democrat leaders [were] talking about how there were going to be no cuts for seniors, how they were protecting Medicare. Now I don't know how they can do this with a straight face."

"They're the ones offering some $500 billion in cuts to Medicare and yet they say it's not going to affect seniors." <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/boehner_healthcare_reform/2009/10/02/267705.html Rep. Boehner Accuses Obama of Subverting Constitution, NewsMax.com, October 2, 2009]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000589 Congressional Biography]
*[http://johnboehner.house.gov/ John Boehner House website]
*[http://speaker.house.gov/ Speaker of the House website]

==References==
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John Boehner

2012-12-05T20:21:39Z

BrucePakinski:

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'''John Andrew Boehner''' (pronounced "BAY-ner"), born November 17, 1949 (age {{age|1949|11|17}}), is the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Ohio]]'s 8th congressional district and currently serves as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]], succeeding [[Nancy Pelosi]]. He was elected Majority Leader in February 2006 upon the resignation of [[Tom DeLay]] because of allegations of campaign fundraising irregularities, and Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011.

Following the [[2010 Midterm Elections|2010 congressional elections]] Republicans gained control of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from the [[Democrat]]s. Boehner had a strongly [[conservative]] voting record on all major issues, and his successes had been interpreted as a watershed moment in the revival of American conservatism. However, like many others who came before him, Boehner has recently showed signs of abandoning his principles and constituents in favor of "bipartisan compromise," which, of course, means caving to the demands of liberals. One such prominent issue on which he has done this is with the so-called "fiscal cliff" that will supposedly occur at the end of 2012. True conservatives such as [[Mark Levin]] have called Boehner out for this and for punishing Republicans who refuse to compromise and thus break their promises to their constituents.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/12/04/mark_levin_rips_boehner_who_the_hell_does_he_think_he_is.html</ref>

As shown below, Boehner also has a major problem with using profanity repeatedly in public.

==Career==

Boehner was born to a German Catholic family in [[Cincinnati]]; he was the second of 12 children. After working in his family restaurant he graduated from Xavier University in 1977. Fresh out of college Boehner joined Nucite Sales, a small plastics sales company. He worked his way up the ladder and eventually became president of the company, resigning when he was elected to Congress. He was elected to local offices and served in the state legislature, 1984-90. In 1990 he was elected to Congress from the suburban-rural district north of Cincinnati; it is a Republican stronghold, giving [[George W. Bush]] 64% of the presidential vote in 2004 and [[John McCain]] 61% in 2008.

==United States Congress==

Soon after he was first elected, Boehner helped to expose the House banking scandal, which revealed that many members were essentially writing bad checks. From 1995 to 1999, he 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 [http://www.conservapedia.com/Bill_Clinton#1994_Republican_Revolution 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 in November of 2006, Boehner was elected by his colleagues to serve as House Minority Leader. Boehner 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?" <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/22/politics/main1743783.shtml</ref>

In the 111th Congress, Boehner was successful in persuading the Republican leadership to unanimously vote against [[Barack Obama]]'s $787 billion [[economic stimulus package]]. In 2009, Boehner offered an equivalent to a [[filibuster]] when he spent an hour reading from the 1200-plus page [[cap and trade]] [[climate change]] bill that was amended less then a day before the House of Representatives voted on it. Critics argue it would impose a national energy tax, which would result in job loses, and raise [[electricity]] bills. When asked why he read portions of the bill, he told the Hill newspaper, "People deserve to know what's in this pile of s--t." <ref>http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/boehner-climate-bill-a-pile-of-s--t-2009-06-27.html</ref>

Boehner was asked about the healthcare reform plan the Democrats are trying to "ram through" Congress, which Boehner has referred to as a "garlic milkshake."

"Yesterday was rather interesting. I walked by a Democratic press conference where the Speaker of the House and other Democrat leaders [were] talking about how there were going to be no cuts for seniors, how they were protecting Medicare. Now I don't know how they can do this with a straight face."

"They're the ones offering some $500 billion in cuts to Medicare and yet they say it's not going to affect seniors." <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/boehner_healthcare_reform/2009/10/02/267705.html Rep. Boehner Accuses Obama of Subverting Constitution, NewsMax.com, October 2, 2009]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000589 Congressional Biography]
*[http://johnboehner.house.gov/ John Boehner House website]
*[http://speaker.house.gov/ Speaker of the House website]

==References==
<references/>

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John Boehner

2012-12-05T20:19:57Z

BrucePakinski: Not conservative anymore

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'''John Andrew Boehner''' (pronounced "BAY-ner"), born November 17, 1949 (age {{age|1949|11|17}}), is the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Ohio]]'s 8th congressional district and currently serves as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]], succeeding [[Nancy Pelosi]]. He was elected Majority Leader in February 2006 upon the resignation of [[Tom DeLay]] because of allegations of campaign fundraising irregularities, and Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011.

Following the [[2010 Midterm Elections|2010 congressional elections]] Republicans gained control of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from the [[Democrat]]s. Boehner had a strongly [[conservative]] voting record on all major issues, and his successes had been interpreted as a watershed moment in the revival of American conservatism. However, like many others who came before him, Boehner has recently showed signs of abandoning his principles and constituents in favor of "bipartisan compromise," which, of course, means caving to the demands of liberals. One such prominent issue on which he has done this is with the so-called "fiscal cliff" that will supposedly occur at the end of 2012. True conservatives such as [[Mark Levin]] have called Boehner out for this and for punishing Republicans who refuse to compromise and thus break their promises to their constituents.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/12/04/mark_levin_rips_boehner_who_the_hell_does_he_think_he_is.html</ref>

==Career==

Boehner was born to a German Catholic family in [[Cincinnati]]; he was the second of 12 children. After working in his family restaurant he graduated from Xavier University in 1977. Fresh out of college Boehner joined Nucite Sales, a small plastics sales company. He worked his way up the ladder and eventually became president of the company, resigning when he was elected to Congress. He was elected to local offices and served in the state legislature, 1984-90. In 1990 he was elected to Congress from the suburban-rural district north of Cincinnati; it is a Republican stronghold, giving [[George W. Bush]] 64% of the presidential vote in 2004 and [[John McCain]] 61% in 2008.

==United States Congress==

Soon after he was first elected, Boehner helped to expose the House banking scandal, which revealed that many members were essentially writing bad checks. From 1995 to 1999, he 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 [http://www.conservapedia.com/Bill_Clinton#1994_Republican_Revolution 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 in November of 2006, Boehner was elected by his colleagues to serve as House Minority Leader. Boehner 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?" <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/22/politics/main1743783.shtml</ref>

In the 111th Congress, Boehner was successful in persuading the Republican leadership to unanimously vote against [[Barack Obama]]'s $787 billion [[economic stimulus package]]. In 2009, Boehner offered an equivalent to a [[filibuster]] when he spent an hour reading from the 1200-plus page [[cap and trade]] [[climate change]] bill that was amended less then a day before the House of Representatives voted on it. Critics argue it would impose a national energy tax, which would result in job loses, and raise [[electricity]] bills. When asked why he read portions of the bill, he told the Hill newspaper, "People deserve to know what's in this pile of s--t." <ref>http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/boehner-climate-bill-a-pile-of-s--t-2009-06-27.html</ref>

Boehner was asked about the healthcare reform plan the Democrats are trying to "ram through" Congress, which Boehner has referred to as a "garlic milkshake."

"Yesterday was rather interesting. I walked by a Democratic press conference where the Speaker of the House and other Democrat leaders [were] talking about how there were going to be no cuts for seniors, how they were protecting Medicare. Now I don't know how they can do this with a straight face."

"They're the ones offering some $500 billion in cuts to Medicare and yet they say it's not going to affect seniors." <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/boehner_healthcare_reform/2009/10/02/267705.html Rep. Boehner Accuses Obama of Subverting Constitution, NewsMax.com, October 2, 2009]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000589 Congressional Biography]
*[http://johnboehner.house.gov/ John Boehner House website]
*[http://speaker.house.gov/ Speaker of the House website]

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