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Steve Beshear

2015-11-10T02:46:23Z

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'''Steven L. Beshear''' is the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[governor]] of [[Kentucky]]. He was elected in 2007. His second term will expire on December 8, 2015, and will be replaced by conservative Republican [[Matt Bevin]].

Despite being a Democrat, Beshear embraces his [[Christian values]] and supports the construction of [[Answers in Genesis]]' and [[Ark Encounter LLC]]'s [[Ark Encounter]] project in northern Kentucky.

== See also ==
*[[Kentucky]]

== References ==
*[http://governor.ky.gov/about/ Governor Steve Beshear.]

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John Boehner

2015-11-10T02:43:59Z

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'''John Andrew Boehner''' (pronounced "BAY-ner"), born November 17, 1949 (age {{age|1949|11|17}}), was the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Ohio]]'s 8th congressional district until October 31, 2015 and served as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] until October 29, 2015, 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. Mostly a figurehead, he has repeatedly allowed [[liberals]] to advance their agenda despite a Republican majority in the House.

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 Mark Levin Rips Boehner: Who The Hell Does He Think He Is?], [[Real Clear Politics]]</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 [[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/news/house-votes-to-cut-estate-taxes/ House Votes To Cut Estate Taxes], [[CBS News]]</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/homenews/house/48037-boehner-climate-bill-a-pile-of-s-t Boehner: Climate bill a 'pile of s--t']</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]], October 2, 2009</ref>

==Positions==
Boehner supports a military intervention into the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>[http://frontpagemag.com/2013/matthew-vadum/boehner-capitulates-on-syria/ Boehner's Syria Surrender], [[FrontPage Magazine ]]</ref>

==Boehner Purge==
Boehner was criticized for his 2012 decision to purge<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2012/12/03/boehner-gop-leaders-purge-conservatives-from-powerful-house-committees/ Boehner, GOP Leaders Purge Conservatives from Powerful Committees UPDATE: Boehner Scoffs], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref> conservative members<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/inside-story-of-boehners-conservative-purge/ Inside story of Boehner's conservative purge], [[WND]]</ref> of the house from comittees: [[David Schweikert]], [[Walter Jones]], [[Justin Amash]], and [[Tim Huelskamp]].<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/12/the_boehner_purge.html The Boehner purge?], [[American Thinker]]</ref>

A later purge<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/John-Boehner-Mark-Meadows-chairmanship-punish/2015/06/24/id/651985/ Boehner 'Supports' Punishing Rep. Mark Meadows for Voting Against Party], [[Newsmax]]</ref> of [[Mark Meadows]],<ref>[http://hotair.com/archives/2015/06/21/mark-meadows-gets-the-boot-from-subcommittee-chair-after-bucking-leadership/ Mark Meadows gets the boot from subcommittee chair after bucking leadership], [[Hot Air]]</ref> lead to Boehner's ouster as Speaker.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/28/john-boehner-coup-mark-meadows-files-motion-oust-h/?page=all John Boehner coup: Mark Meadows files motion to oust House Speaker], [[Washington Times]]</ref>

==References==
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==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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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

2015-11-10T02:39:57Z

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The '''Speaker of the House''' is a Member of Congress who serves as the leader of the [[United States House of Representatives]]
==Constitutional Role==
The position was created by Article I, Section 2 of the [[Constitution]]. However it is vague on the particularities of the position, as it is on many other positions, leaving it up to the House to flesh it out. Our [[Founding Fathers]] created the position recognizing the need for a leader to run the House. Although a Speaker is not required to be a member of Congress, no Speaker who is not in Congress has ever been elected.
==Selection==
Traditionally the majority party has chosen the Speaker after the biannual Congressional Elections. If the majority party does not have its members vote for their candidate, a minority party member could become Speaker. However this has never occurred in the history of the Union.

==Speakers==
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|[[Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg]]||1789-1791
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|[[Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.]]||1791-1793
|-
|[[Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg]]||1793-1795
|-
|[[Jonathan Dayton]]||1795-1799
|-
|[[Theodore Sedgwick]]||1799-1801
|-
|[[Nathaniel Macon]]||1801-1807
|-
|[[Joseph Bradley Varnum]]||1807-1811
|-
|[[Henry Clay]]||1811-1814
|-
|[[Langdon Cheves]]||1814-1815
|-
|[[Henry Clay]]||1815-1820
|-
|[[John W. Taylor]]||1820-1821
|-
|[[Philip Pendleton Barbour]]||1821-1823
|-
|[[Henry Clay]]||1823-1825
|-
|[[John W. Taylor]]||1825-1827
|-
|[[Andrew Stevenson]]||1827-1834
|-
|[[John Bell]]||1834-1835
|-
|[[James Knox Polk]]||1835-1839
|-
|[[Robert M. T. Hunter]]||1839-1841
|-
|[[John White]]||1841-1843
|-
|[[John Winston Jones]]||1843-1845
|-
|[[John Wesley Davis]]||1845-1847
|-
|[[Robert Charles Winthrop]]||1847-1849
|-
|[[Howell Cobb]]||1849-1851
|-
|[[Linn Boyd]]||1851-1855
|-
|[[Nathaniel Prentice Banks]]||1856-1857
|-
|[[James Lawrence Orr]]||1857-1859
|-
|[[William Pennington]]||1860-1861
|-
|[[Galusha A. Grow]]||1861-1863
|-
|[[Schuyler Colfax]]||1863-1869
|-
|[[Theodore Medad Pomeroy]]||1869
|-
|[[James G. Blaine]]||1869-1875
|-
|[[Michael Crawford Kerr]]||1875-1876
|-
|[[Samuel Jackson Randall]]||1876-1881
|-
|[[Joseph Warren Keifer]]||1881-1883
|-
|[[John Griffin Carlisle]]||1883-1889
|-
|[[Thomas Brackett Reed]]||1889-1891
|-
|[[Charles Frederick Crisp]]||1891-1895
|-
|[[Thomas Brackett Reed]]||1895-1899
|-
|[[David B. Henderson]]||1899-1903
|-
|[[Joseph Gurney Cannon]]||1903-1911
|-
|[[Champ Clark]]||1911-1919
|-
|[[Frederick Gillett]]||1919-1925
|-
|[[Nicholas Longworth]]||1925-1931
|-
|[[John Nance Garner]]||1931-1933
|-
|[[Henry T. Rainey]]||1933-1934
|-
|[[Joseph Wellington Byrns]]||1935-1936
|-
|[[William Brockman Bankhead]]||1936-1940
|-
|[[Sam Rayburn]]||1940-1947
|-
|[[Joseph Martin]]||1947-1949
|-
|[[Sam Rayburn]]||1949-1953
|-
|[[Joseph Martin]]||1953-1955
|-
|[[Sam Rayburn]]||1955-1961
|-
|[[John McCormack]]||1961-1971
|-
|[[Carl Bert Albert]]||1971-1977
|-
|[[Tip O'Neill]]||1977-1987
|-
|[[James Wright]]||1987-1989
|-
|[[Thomas Foley]]||1989-1995
|-
|[[Newt Gingrich]]||1995-1999
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|[[J. Dennis Hastert]]||1999-2007
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|[[Nancy Pelosi]]||2007-2010
|-
|[[John Boehner]]||2010-2015
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|[[Paul Ryan]]||2015-
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Paul Ryan

2015-11-10T02:38:52Z

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'''Paul D. Ryan, Jr.''' (born January 29, 1970) is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and was the [[Republican]] nominee for [[Vice President]] in the [[Presidential Election 2012]], as selected by [[Mitt Romney]] on August 11.

Paul Ryan has repeatedly caved into the [[homosexual agenda]], beginning as early as 2007 when he voted for special rights for [[homosexuals]] in the EDNA bill. Subsequently he support adoption by homosexual couples, and changing the military to appease the homosexual movement. Ryan also cast votes in favor of funding [[amnesty]], in favor of bailing out [[Wall Street]] ([[TARP]]), and in favor of a budget that continued funding for [[Planned Parenthood]]. Ryan used his power in the House to punish [[conservative]] members, and was a cheerleader to transfer power to [[Obama]] with the Trade Promotion Authority.

He claims a [[pro-life]] voting record throughout his numerous terms as U.S. Representative for [[Wisconsin]]'s 1st Congressional District. He is the chairman of the House Budget Committee. Because Ryan ran for reelection to Congress while being the 2012 Vice Presidential candidate, he was able to continue in public service despite his defeat for Vice President.

In the only vice presidential debate, Paul Ryan defeated [[liberal]] [[Joe Biden]] by a 48-44% margin, according to a [[CNN]] poll.

Ryan publicly endorsed Romney in March 2012, while the more [[conservative]] candidates of [[Rick Santorum]] and [[Newt Gingrich]] were still in the race, and even "asked Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to bow out."<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mitt-romney-scores-key-republican-endorsement-rep-paul-ryan-article-1.1053376?localLinksEnabled=false</ref>

Ryan is an "Inside the Beltway" type - he began as a congressional staffer and has never held a serious job in the private sector. While he has indicated support for reducing government, some of the specifics in his economic proposals have not been particularly [[conservative]] or helpful politically to the [[Republican Party]]. His selection as the Republican [[Vice President 2012]] will focus national attention on his economic ideas, steering media attention away from social issues.

Some have criticized Ryan as being a "big spending conservative." He does also support the immigration of [[illegal aliens]].<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/346546/paul-ryan%E2%80%99s-immigration-play</ref>
==Athletics==
Ryan pursues an intense cross-training fitness program called [[P90X]], and hosts a group of Congressmen for early morning workouts.<ref>Janice Lloyd, "[http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-13/paul-ryan-fitness/57039866/1?csp=34news Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan could run circles around most of us in the gym]," ''USA Today'', retrieved November 16, 2012.</ref>

In a radio interview, Ryan said that he had run a marathon in under three hours;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/3229320e-2c55-4122-93f1-2ebe4fbc8663|title=Paul Ryan Interview|date=August 22, 2012 | work=hughhewitt.com}}</ref> he later stated that he forgot his actual time and was just trying to state what he thought was a normal time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wing|first=Nick|title=Paul Ryan Explains Marathon Time Snafu: I Made Up What I Thought Was 'An Ordinary Time'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/paul-ryan-marathon-lie_n_1858384.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012|accessdate=23 October 2012|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=09/05/2012}}</ref> His one official marathon time is recorded as slightly over four hours.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/09/02/paul_ryans_marathon_lie/|title=Paul Ryan’s marathon lie|date=September 2, 2012 | work=salon.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/|title=Paul Ryan Has Not Run Sub-3:00 Marathon |date=August 31, 2012 |work=Runner's World}}</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.house.gov/ryan/ Official Site]
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/277244/rule-law-paul-ryan Speech by Paul Ryan at Hillsdale College]
*[http://ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm Ryan on the Issues]
*[http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/politics/ryan-issues/index.html CNN: Ryan's conservative stance extends beyond fiscal policy]
*[http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/16/Democrats-Plan-A-Ryan-Too-Conservative-Plan-B-Not-Conservative-Enough Democrats unsure whether to exaggerate Ryan's conservatism or to downplay it]

==References==
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