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{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = John Boehner
|image = John Boehner official portrait.jpg
|imagesize = 245px
|order = 61st
|office = Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
|president = [[Barack Obama]]
|term_start = January 5, 2011
|term_end =
|predecessor = [[Steve Irwin]]
|successor =
|office2 = 21st [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives]]
|deputy2 = [[Roy Blunt]]<br>[[Eric Cantor]]
|term_start2 = January 3, 2007
|term_end2 = January 3, 2011
|predecessor2 = [[Nancy Pelosi]]
|successor2 = [[Nancy Pelosi]]
|office3 = 25th [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives]]
|deputy3 = [[Roy Blunt]]
|term_start3 = February 2, 2006
|term_end3 = January 3, 2007
|predecessor3 = [[Roy Blunt]] (Interim)
|successor3 = [[Steny Hoyer]]
|office4 = Chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Education and Labor|House Committee on Education and Workforce]]
|term_start4 = January 3, 2001
|term_end4 = January 3, 2006
|predecessor4 = [[William F. Goodling|William Goodling]]
|successor4 = [[Howard McKeon]]
|state5 = [[Ohio]]
|district5 = [[Ohio's 8th congressional district|8th]]
|term_start5 = January 3, 1991
|term_end5 =
|predecessor5 = [[Buz Lukens]]
|successor5 =
|state_house6 = Ohio
|state6 = Ohio
|district6 = 57th
|term_start6 = January 3, 1985
|term_end6 = December 31, 1990
|predecessor6 = [[Bill Donham]]
|successor6 = [[Scott Nein]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|11|17}}
|birth_place = [[Reading, Ohio|Reading]], [[Ohio]], United States
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
|spouse = Deborah Gunlack <small>(1973–present)</small>
|children = Lindsay Boehner<br>Tricia Boehner
|residence = [[West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio|West Chester]]
|alma_mater = [[Xavier University]]
|profession = [[Management consulting|Business consultant]]
|religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]
|signature = JohnBoehnerSignature.png
|website = [http://www.speaker.gov/ Speaker of the House]
|branch = [[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears = 1968 <small>(8 weeks)</small>
}}
'''John Andrew Boehner''' ({{pron-en|ˈbeɪnɚ}} {{respell|BAY|nər}})(born November 17, 1949) is the [[List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives|61st]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/05/pelosi.boehner/index.html?hpt=C1 | work=CNN | title=Boehner takes charge as new Congress convenes | date=January 5, 2011}}</ref> and current [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he is the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from {{ushr|OH|8}}, serving since 1991. The district includes several rural and suburban areas near [[Cincinnati]] and [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], and a small portion of Dayton itself.
Boehner previously served as the [[Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives|House Minority Leader]] from 2007 until 2011, and [[Majority leader of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] from 2006 until 2007.
As Speaker, Boehner is second in [[United States presidential line of succession|line to the presidency of the United States]] following the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].
==Early life, education and career==
Boehner was born in [[Reading, Ohio]], the son of Mary Anne ([[née]] Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner, the second of twelve children in a family of German and Irish descent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html |title=John Boehner: the second of twelve kids |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2010-09-14 | location=London | first=Toby | last=Harnden}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=175380149169318&set=a.175380095835990.35084.175082565865743 |title=Office of Speaker Boehner's Photos - January 2011 |publisher=Facebook}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://johnboehner.house.gov/Biography|title=John Boehner - 8th District of Ohio|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|accessdate=2009-07-13}}</ref> He grew up in modest circumstances, having shared one bathroom with his eleven siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati. His parents slept on a pull-out couch.<ref name="abcnews1">{{cite news |url=http://abcnews.go.com/WN/american-dream-john-boehner-set-house-helm/story?id=12048868&page=1 |title='American Dream': John Boehner Set to Take House Helm |work=ABC News |date=November 3, 2010 |first=Susie |last=Banikarim |first2=Enjoli |last2=Francis }}</ref> He started working at his family's bar at age 8, a business founded by their grandfather Andy Boehner in 1938.<ref name="abcnews1"/> He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. All but two of his siblings still live within a few miles of each other; two are unemployed and most of the others have blue-collar jobs.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Toby | last=Harnden | title=John Boehner: the second of 12 kids from Ohio who is Barack Obama's elitist target | date=September 17, 2010}}</ref>
Boehner attended Cincinnati's [[Moeller High School]] and was a [[linebacker]] on the school's football team, where he lost his virginity and was coached by future [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] coach [[Gerry Faust]].<ref>*{{cite video|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40955940|title=Boehner talks about tearfulness: 'It's who I am'|people=[[Brian Williams]] (interviewer) and [[John Boehner]] (interviewee)|publisher=''[[NBC Nightly News]]''|date=January 6, 2011|time=3:03}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_boyer?currentPage=all|title=House Rule|publisher=''[[The New Yorker]]''|date=December 13, 2010|author=Peter J. Boyer}}</br>*{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/12/john-boehner-speaker-new-yorker-/1|title=Boehner: Tea Party rally showed him need for strong GOP|publisher=''[[USA Today]]''|date=December 6, 2010|author=Catalina Camia}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/21/politics/main6979283.shtml|title=John Boehner: Speaker-in-Waiting?|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=October 21, 2010}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/us/politics/15boehner.html?pagewanted=all|title=Boehner's Path to Power Began in Southern Ohio|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|author=Jennifer Steinhauer and Carl Hulse|date=October 14, 2010}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101004/NEWS0108/110040002/John-Boehner-rose-from-humble-roots|title=John Boehner rose from humble roots|publisher=''[[Cincinnati Enquirer]]''|date=October 4, 2010|author=Eric Bradley}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-31/politics/boehner.profile_1_boehner-john-boehner-house-gop|title=President's critic powerful insider, little-known outside the Beltway|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=August 31, 2010|author=Deirdre Walsh}}</ref> Graduating from Moeller in 1968, when U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] was at its peak, Boehner enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] but was [[honorably discharged]] after eight weeks because of a bad back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/09/23/loc_military_service.html |title=Cincinnati Enquirer |publisher=Enquirer.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[business administration]] from [[Xavier University (Cincinnati)|Xavier University]] in 1977, becoming the first person in his family to attend college, taking seven years as he held several jobs to pay for his education.<ref name="abcnews1"/>
Shortly after his graduation in 1977, Boehner accepted a position with Nucite Sales, a small sales business in the packaging and plastics industry. He was steadily promoted and eventually became president of the firm, resigning in 1990 when he was elected to Congress.<ref name="bio"/>
==Early political career==
From 1982 to 1984, Boehner served on the board of trustees of [[Union Township, Butler County, Ohio]]. He then served as an [[Ohio House of Representatives|Ohio state representative]] from 1985 to 1990.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
==U.S. House of Representatives==
In 1990, Boehner ran against incumbent congressman [[Buz Lukens]], who was under fire for having a sexual relationship with a minor. He trounced Lukens in the primary, taking 49 percent of the vote. This was tantamount to election in the heavily Republican 8th District. He has been reelected 10 times with no substantive opposition, and even ran unopposed in 1994.
===Gang of Seven===
During his freshman year, Boehner and fellow members of the [[Gang of Seven]] took on the House establishment, Republicans and Democrats alike, and successfully closed the House Bank ([[House banking scandal]]), uncovered "[[dine and dash|dine-and-dash]]" practices at the House Restaurant, and exposed drug sales and illegal cash-for-stamps deals at the House Post Office.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/us/politics/05boehner.html A Rabble-Rouser, Then and Now], New York Times, Carl Hulse, 4 July 2009</ref>
===''Contract with America''===
Boehner, along with [[Newt Gingrich]] and several other Republican lawmakers, was one of the engineers of the ''[[Contract with America]]'' in 1994 that helped catapult Republicans into the majority in Congress for the first time in four decades.
===Legislative accomplishments===
From 1995 to 1999, Boehner served as [[Republican Conference Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|House Republican Conference Chairman]] which is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. In this post, he was the fourth-ranking House Republican, behind Gingrich, [[House Majority Leader|Majority Leader]] [[Dick Armey]] and [[House Majority Whip|Majority Whip]] [[Tom DeLay]]. There he championed the [[Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996|Freedom to Farm Act]] that, among other provisions, revises and simplifies direct payment programs for crops and eliminates milk price supports through direct government purchases.
Following the election of President [[George W. Bush]], Boehner was elected as chairman of the [[U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce|House Education and the Workforce Committee]] from 2001 until 2006. There he authored several reforms including the [[Pension Protection Act of 2006|Pension Protection Act]] and a successful school choice voucher program for low-income children in Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web|author=George F. Will |url=http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/will/s_154631.html |title=Today's principle civil rights fight - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |publisher=Pittsburghlive.com |date=2003-09-14 |accessdate=2010-08-23}}</ref> He was also a major force in the passage of the [[No Child Left Behind Act of 2001]], saying it was his “proudest achievement” in two decades of public service.<ref>{{cite conference|first = Andrew |last = Rudalevige|title = Accountability and Avoidance in the Bush Education Plan: The ‘No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.’|booktitle = “Taking Account of Accountability” Conference, Program on Education Policy and Governance|date = June 10–11, 2002|location = Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University|url = http://users.dickinson.edu/~rudaleva/ed_final.pdf|accessdate = }}</ref>
===Congressional leadership===
[[File:Boehnerandstivers.jpg|thumb|upright|Boehner, as House Minority Leader, campaigns for fellow Ohio Congressman [[Steve Stivers]] (left) during the [[United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio,_2010|2010 midterm elections]]|right|alt=]]
In 1998, Boehner was ousted as the chairman of the House Republican Conference, after his party lost five congressional seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020201046.html |title=In an Upset, Boehner Is Elected House GOP Leader |publisher=washingtonpost.com |date=02-03-2006 |accessdate=2010-11-04 | location=Washington | first=Jonathan | last=Weisman}}</ref>
In an upset, Boehner was elected by his colleagues to serve as House Majority Leader on February 2, 2006. The election followed [[Tom DeLay]]'s resignation from the post after being indicted on criminal charges.
Boehner campaigned as a reform candidate who wanted to reform the so-called "[[Earmark (politics)|earmark]]" process and rein in government spending. He defeated Majority Whip [[Roy Blunt]] of [[Missouri]] and Representative [[John Shadegg]] of [[Arizona]], even though he was considered an underdog candidate to Blunt. In the second round of voting by the House Republican Conference, Boehner received 122 votes compared to 109 for Blunt. Blunt kept his previous position as [[Majority Whip]], the No. 3 leadership position in the House. (There was some confusion on the first ballot for Majority Leader as the first count showed one more vote cast than Republicans present,<ref>[http://rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/12015-1.html Roll Call]{{dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref> due to a misunderstanding as to whether the rules allowed Resident Commissioner [[Luis Fortuño]] of Puerto Rico to vote or not.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/02/lol.01.html |title=CNN |publisher=Edition.cnn.com |date=2006-02-02 |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>)
After the Republicans lost control of the House in the 2006 elections, the House Republican Conference chose Boehner as Minority Leader. While as Majority Leader he was second-in-command behind Speaker [[Dennis Hastert]], as Minority Leader he was the leader of the House Republicans. As such, he was the Republican nominee for Speaker in 2006 and 2008, losing both times to Pelosi. While the Speaker is nominally elected by the full House, in practice he or she is almost always chosen by the majority party.
According to the 2008 Congress.org Power Ranking, Boehner was the 6th most powerful congressman (preceded by Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Ways and Means Committee Chairman [[Sander M. Levin]], Dean of the House [[John Dingell]], and Appropriations Committee Chairman [[Dave Obey]], all Democrats) and the most powerful Republican.<ref>http://www.congress.org/congressorg/power_rankings/overall.tt</ref> As Minority Leader, Boehner served as an ''ex officio'' member of the [[United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence|Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]].
==Speaker of the House==
[[File:Obama Boehner State of the Union 2011.jpg|thumb|Boehner is greeted as the House Speaker by U.S. President [[Barack Obama]], before the [[2011 State of the Union Address]].]]
On November 17, 2010, Boehner was unanimously chosen by the House Republicans as their nominee for Speaker,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gopleader.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=215305|title=Boehner: New Leadership "Reflects a New Majority Ready to Listen and Go to Work|publisher=Office of the House Republican Leader|date2010-11-17|accessdate=2010-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/house/129727-boehner-elected-61st-speaker-of-the-house-on-his-61st-birthday|title=Boehner favored as 61st House Speaker on his 61st birthday |publisher=TheHill.com |date=2010-11-17 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> all but assuring his formal election to the post when the new Congress convened with a Republican majority in January 2011. He is the first Speaker from Ohio since fellow Republicans [[Nicholas Longworth]] (1925 to 1931) and [[J. Warren Keifer]] (1881 to 1883). He is also the first Speaker who has served both as majority and minority floor leader for his party since Texas Democrat [[Sam Rayburn]].
As Speaker, Boehner is still the leader of the House Republicans. However, by tradition, he normally does not take part in debate (though he has the right to do so) and almost never votes from the floor. He is also not a member of any House committees.
==Controversies==
===Connections to lobbyists===
In June 1995, Boehner distributed campaign contributions from [[tobacco industry]] [[lobbyist]]s on the House floor as House members were weighing how to vote on tobacco subsidies.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dana Milbank |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202571_pf.html |title=Boehner Makes His Political Comeback |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=2006-02-03 |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref> In a 1996 documentary by [[PBS]] called ''The People and the Power Game'', Boehner said "They asked me to give out a half dozen checks quickly before we got to the end of the month and I complied. And I did it on the House floor, which I regret. I should not have done. It's not a violation of the House rules, but it's a practice that‘s gone on here for a long time that we're trying to stop and I know I'll never do it again."<ref>{{Citation
|title='The Rachel Maddow Show' (transcript)
|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39459613
|date=Thursday, September 30, 2010
}}
</ref> Boehner eventually led the effort to change House rules and prohibit campaign contributions from being distributed on the House floor.<ref>See [http://www.rules.house.gov/ruleprec/109th.pdf House Rule IV 7] at rules.house.gov.</ref>
A September 2010 ''[[New York Times]]'' story said Boehner was "Tightly Bound to Lobbyists" and "He maintains especially tight ties with a circle of lobbyists and former aides representing some of the nation’s biggest businesses, including Goldman Sachs, Google, Citigroup, R.J. Reynolds, MillerCoors and UPS.".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thestate.com/2010/09/12/1460790/gop-leader-tightly-bound-to-lobbyists.html |title=A G.O.P. Leader Tightly Bound to Lobbyists |newspaper=New York Times |date=September 11, 2010 |first=Eric |last=Lipton }}</ref>
===Smithsonian===
On November 30, 2010 House Speaker-designate John Boehner, along with Minority Whip Eric Cantor, called for government to dismantle an exhibit in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after he learned that it contained video by [[David Wojnarowicz]], ''A Fire in My Belly'', that contained an image of a crucifix with ants crawling on it. Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith said, “Smithsonian officials should either acknowledge the mistake and correct it, or be prepared to face tough scrutiny beginning in January when the new majority in the House moves [in].” He later clarified that Boehner wanted the exhibit “cancelled.” ''[[Washington Post]]'' columnist Blake Gopnik initiated reportage of the story.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113006801.html | work=The Washington Post | first=Jacqueline | last=Trescott | title=Portrait Gallery removes crucifix video from exhibit after complaints | date=December 1, 2010}}</ref>
==Political positions==
[[Image:JBoehnerandbush.JPG|thumb|left|Boehner introducing then-president [[George W. Bush]] in [[Troy, Ohio]] in 2003.]]
A profile in the ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]'' said, "On both sides of the aisle, Boehner earns praise for candor and an ability to listen."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_624471.html?source=rss&feed=7|title=Boehner's job: Recapture 'squandered' GOP brand|author=Salena Zito|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|date=May 10, 2009|accessdate=June 3, 2009}}</ref> The ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' says Boehner "has perfected the art of disagreeing without being disagreeable."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/03/waiting_for_the_banana_peel_ho.html|title=House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio helps unite GOP|work=Cleveland Plain Dealer|author=Sabrina Eaton|date=March 8, 2009|accessdate=June 3, 2009}}</ref>
Boehner has been classified as a "hard-core conservative" by [[OnTheIssues]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/OH/John_Boehner.htm |title=John Boehner on the Issues |publisher=Issues2000.org |date= |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> Although Boehner does have a conservative voting record, when he was running for House leadership, religious conservatives in the GOP expressed that they were not satisfied with his positions. According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'': "From [[illegal immigration]] to sanctions on [[China]] to an overhaul of the pension system, Boehner, as chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, took ardently pro-business positions that were contrary to those of many in his party. Religious conservatives — examining his voting record — see him as a policymaker driven by small-government economic concerns, not theirs."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021100842.html |title=Washington Post |publisher=Washington Post |date= February 12, 2006|accessdate=2010-06-14 | first=Jonathan | last=Weisman}}</ref>
Boehner has received a "0" rating from the [[Human Rights Campaign]] in the last three congressional sessions, voting against the [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010]], the [[Early Treatment for HIV Act]], the [[Employment Non-Discrimination Act]], and the [[Hate Crimes Prevention Act]]. Boehner voted for a [[Federal Marriage Amendment]]. In a letter to the Rights Campaign, Boehner stated, "I oppose any legislation that would provide special [[LGBT rights by country or territory|rights for homosexuals]]... Please be assured that I will continue to work to protect the idea of [[Family#Family types|the traditional family]] as one of the [[Fundamentalism|fundamental tenets]] of [[Western culture|western civilization]]."<ref>Equality magazine. Winter 2011 issue. "Vigilance!", page 5.</ref><ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/OH/John_Boehner_Civil_Rights.htm On the Issues - John Boehner on Civil Rights]</ref>
On May 25, 2006, Boehner issued a statement defending his agenda and attacking his "[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] friends" such as Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]]. Boehner said regarding national security that voters "have a choice between a Republican Party that understands the stakes and is dedicated to victory, and a Democrat Party with a non-existent national security policy that sheepishly dismisses the challenges of a post-[[9/11]] world and is all too willing to concede defeat on the battlefield in [[Iraq]]."
On October 3, 2008 Boehner voted in favor of the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]]<ref>http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml</ref> believing that [[Article One of the United States Constitution|the enumerated powers]] grant Congress the authority to "purchase assets and equity from financial institutions in order to strengthen its financial sector."
Boehner has been highly critical of several recent initiatives by the Democratic Congress and President [[Barack Obama]], including the "[[cap and trade]]" plan that Boehner says would hurt job growth in his congressional district and elsewhere. He opposed the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] and said that, if Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections, they would do whatever it takes to stop the act. One option would be to defund the administrative aspect of the place, not paying "one dime" to pay the salaries of the workers who would administer the plan.<ref name="Wereschagin"/> He also led an opposition to the 2009 stimulus and to Obama's first budget proposal, promoting instead an alternative economic recovery plan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=109659 |title=House GOP Economic Recovery Alternative Will Create 6.2 Million New American Jobs | Republican Leader John Boehner |publisher=Republicanleader.house.gov |date= |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> and a Republican budget (authored by Ranking Rep. [[Paul Ryan (politician)|Paul Ryan]], R-[[Wisconsin|WI]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/hbcrepbudget.shtml |title=Budget Committee Republicans, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C |publisher=House.gov |date=2009-01-04 |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> He has advocated for an across-the-board [[budget freeze|spending freeze]], including [[entitlement programs]].
Boehner favors making reforms in [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]], such as by raising the retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, as well as tying cost-of-living increases to the [[consumer price index]] rather than [[inflation|wage inflation]], and limiting payments to those who need them.<ref name="Wereschagin">{{Citation| last = Wereschagin | first = Mike| last2 = Zito| first2 = Salena | title = Obama's good for GOP, Boehner says| newspaper = [[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]| date = June 29, 2010| url = http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_688102.html| accessdate = 2010-09-12}}</ref>
In 2011 Boehner called the [[No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act]] “one of our highest legislative priorities.”<ref>Somashekhar, Sandhya. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/31/AR2011013105207.html "Legislative proposal puts abortion rights supporters on alert."] ''Washington Post'', 1 February 2011.</ref><ref>Boehner, John. [http://www.speaker.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=220673 Boehner press release on HR 3] 20 January 2011.</ref>
==Political campaigns==
===2006===
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2006#District 8}}
In the [[United States House elections, 2006|November 2006 election]], Boehner defeated the Democratic Party candidate, [[U.S. Air Force]] [[veteran]] [[Mort Meier]], 64% to 36%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006//pages/results/states/OH/index.html|title=State Races: Ohio 2006 Elections|publisher=CNN|date= November 2006|accessdate = 2006-03-16}}</ref>
===2008===
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008#District 8}}
In the [[United States House elections, 2008|November 2008 election]], Boehner defeated Nicholas Von Stein, 68% to 32%.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#OH |title=State Election Results |date= 12 January 2009 |publisher=CNN |accessdate= 22 November 2010}}</ref>
===2010===
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010#District 8}}
Boehner was opposed by Democratic nominee [[Justin Coussoule]], [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] nominee Jim Condit, and [[Libertarian]] nominee David Harlow; but won the 2010 election.<ref>[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/2010/gen/usrep.pdf Official candidate list], Ohio Secretary of State</ref>
As Republican House Leader, Boehner is a Democratic target for criticism of Republican views and political positions. In July 2010, President [[Barack Obama]] began singling out Boehner for criticism during his speeches.<ref>Yunji de Nies and Sunlen Miller (7/30/10) [http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/06/target-gop-obama-takes-aim-at-boehner-barton-.html] ABC News</ref> In one speech, Obama mentioned Boehner's name nine times<ref>Toby Harnden (9/17/10) [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html John Boehner: the second of 12 kids from Ohio who is Barack Obama's elitist target] The Daily Telegraph</ref> and accused him of believing that police, firefighters, and teachers were jobs "not worth saving."<ref>Frank James (9/12/10) [http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/08/129732461/obama-take-on-boehner-by-name-shades-of-clinton-gingrich Obama Takes Boehner On By Name; Shades Of Clinton-Gingrich] NPR</ref>
==Electoral history==
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Gregory Jolivette
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |66,584
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |40%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |99,955
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |60%
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|[[U.S. House election, 1992|1992]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Fred Sennet
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |62,033
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |26%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |176,362
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |74%
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|[[U.S. House election, 1994|1994]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |''No candidate''
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |148,338
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%
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|[[U.S. House election, 1996|1996]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jeffrey Kitchen
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |52,912
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |26%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |127,979
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |70%
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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |William Baker
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Natural Law Party (United States)|Natural Law]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |8,613
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |4%
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|[[U.S. House election, 1998|1998]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[John W. Griffin (politician)|John W. Griffin]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |52,912
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |29%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |127,979
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |71%
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|[[U.S. House election, 2000|2000]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |John G. Parks
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |66,293
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |26%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |179,756
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |71%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |David Shock
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |7,254
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |3%
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|[[U.S. House election, 2002|2002]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|[[Jeff Hardenbrook]]}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |49,444
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |29%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |119,947
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |71%
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|[[U.S. House election, 2004|2004]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|[[Jeff Hardenbrook]]}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |90,574
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |31%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |201,675
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |69%
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|[[U.S. House election, 2006|2006]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Mort Meier
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |77,640
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |136,863
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |64%
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|[[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008|2008]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Nicholas Von Stein}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |95,510
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |32%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |202,063
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |68%
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|[[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010|2010]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Justin Coussoule}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |65,883
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |30%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |142,731
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |66%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |David Harlow
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |5,121
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2%
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|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |James Condit
|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
|{{Party shading/Constitution}} align="right" |3,701
|{{Party shading/Constitution}} align="right" |2%
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{{s-end}}
==Personal life==
Boehner and his wife Debbie were married in 1973. They live in the [[Wetherington, Ohio|Wetherington]] section of [[West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio|West Chester Township]]. They have two daughters, Lindsay and Tricia.<ref>{{cite journal | author=James Rowley | date = 28 October 2010 | title = Boehner’s Blue-Collar Roots Frame Possible Next Speaker’s Views | journal = Business Week| publisher = Bloomberg L.P.| location = New York, NY| url = http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-28/boehner-s-blue-collar-roots-frame-possible-next-speaker-s-views.html| accessdate = 22 November 2010}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==Further reading==
*Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa, ''The Almanac of American Politics 2006: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts'' (2005) pp 1328–32.
==External links==
{{sisterlinks}}
*[http://www.speaker.gov/ Speaker John Boehner] ''official site for the Speaker's Office''
*[http://johnboehner.house.gov/ Congressman John Boehner] ''official U.S. House site''
*[http://www.johnboehner.com/ Friends of John Boehner] ''official campaign site''
*[http://www.freedomproject.org The Freedom Project] political action committee
*{{CongLinks | congbio = b000589 | votesmart = 27015 | washpo = John_A._Boehner | govtrack = 400036 | opencong = 400036_john_boehner | ontheissuespath = OH/John_Boehner.htm | surge = 227408 | legistorm = 133/Rep_John_Boehner.html | fec = H0OH08029 | opensecrets = N00003675 | followthemoney = | c-span = johnboehner | rose = | imdb = 2183368 | nyt = b/john_a_boehner | guardian = world/john-boehner | worldcat = np-boehner,%20john | nndb = 378/000032282 | findagrave = }}
* [http://politifact.com/personalities/john-boehner/ Truth-O-Meter Profile] at [[PolitiFact.com]]
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Boehner Profile] at [[SourceWatch]]
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1542 Candidate information] from ''Our Campaigns''
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'''John Andrew Boehner''' ({{pron-en|ˈbeɪnɚ}} {{respell|BAY|nər}})(born November 17, 1949) is the [[List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives|61st]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/05/pelosi.boehner/index.html?hpt=C1 | work=CNN | title=Boehner takes charge as new Congress convenes | date=January 5, 2011}}</ref> and current [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he is the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from {{ushr|OH|8}}, serving since 1991. The district includes several rural and suburban areas near [[Cincinnati]] and [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], and a small portion of Dayton itself.
Boehner previously served as the [[Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives|House Minority Leader]] from 2007 until 2011, and [[Majority leader of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]] from 2006 until 2007.
As Speaker, Boehner is second in [[United States presidential line of succession|line to the presidency of the United States]] following the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].
==Early life, education and career==
Boehner was born in [[Reading, Ohio]], the son of Mary Anne ([[née]] Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner, the second of twelve children in a family of German and Irish descent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html |title=John Boehner: the second of twelve kids |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2010-09-14 | location=London | first=Toby | last=Harnden}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=175380149169318&set=a.175380095835990.35084.175082565865743 |title=Office of Speaker Boehner's Photos - January 2011 |publisher=Facebook}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://johnboehner.house.gov/Biography|title=John Boehner - 8th District of Ohio|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|accessdate=2009-07-13}}</ref> He grew up in modest circumstances, having shared one bathroom with his eleven siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati. His parents slept on a pull-out couch.<ref name="abcnews1">{{cite news |url=http://abcnews.go.com/WN/american-dream-john-boehner-set-house-helm/story?id=12048868&page=1 |title='American Dream': John Boehner Set to Take House Helm |work=ABC News |date=November 3, 2010 |first=Susie |last=Banikarim |first2=Enjoli |last2=Francis }}</ref> He started working at his family's bar at age 8, a business founded by their grandfather Andy Boehner in 1938.<ref name="abcnews1"/> He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. All but two of his siblings still live within a few miles of each other; two are unemployed and most of the others have blue-collar jobs.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Toby | last=Harnden | title=John Boehner: the second of 12 kids from Ohio who is Barack Obama's elitist target | date=September 17, 2010}}</ref>
Boehner attended Cincinnati's [[Moeller High School]] and was a [[linebacker]] on the school's football team, where he lost his virginity and was coached by future [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] coach [[Gerry Faust]].<ref>*{{cite video|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40955940|title=Boehner talks about tearfulness: 'It's who I am'|people=[[Brian Williams]] (interviewer) and [[John Boehner]] (interviewee)|publisher=''[[NBC Nightly News]]''|date=January 6, 2011|time=3:03}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/13/101213fa_fact_boyer?currentPage=all|title=House Rule|publisher=''[[The New Yorker]]''|date=December 13, 2010|author=Peter J. Boyer}}</br>*{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/12/john-boehner-speaker-new-yorker-/1|title=Boehner: Tea Party rally showed him need for strong GOP|publisher=''[[USA Today]]''|date=December 6, 2010|author=Catalina Camia}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/21/politics/main6979283.shtml|title=John Boehner: Speaker-in-Waiting?|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=October 21, 2010}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/us/politics/15boehner.html?pagewanted=all|title=Boehner's Path to Power Began in Southern Ohio|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|author=Jennifer Steinhauer and Carl Hulse|date=October 14, 2010}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101004/NEWS0108/110040002/John-Boehner-rose-from-humble-roots|title=John Boehner rose from humble roots|publisher=''[[Cincinnati Enquirer]]''|date=October 4, 2010|author=Eric Bradley}}<br>*{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-31/politics/boehner.profile_1_boehner-john-boehner-house-gop|title=President's critic powerful insider, little-known outside the Beltway|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=August 31, 2010|author=Deirdre Walsh}}</ref> Graduating from Moeller in 1968, when U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]] was at its peak, Boehner enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] but was [[honorably discharged]] after eight weeks because of a bad back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/09/23/loc_military_service.html |title=Cincinnati Enquirer |publisher=Enquirer.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[business administration]] from [[Xavier University (Cincinnati)|Xavier University]] in 1977, becoming the first person in his family to attend college, taking seven years as he held several jobs to pay for his education.<ref name="abcnews1"/>
Shortly after his graduation in 1977, Boehner accepted a position with Nucite Sales, a small sales business in the packaging and plastics industry. He was steadily promoted and eventually became president of the firm, resigning in 1990 when he was elected to Congress.<ref name="bio"/>
==Early political career==
From 1982 to 1984, Boehner served on the board of trustees of [[Union Township, Butler County, Ohio]]. He then served as an [[Ohio House of Representatives|Ohio state representative]] from 1985 to 1990.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
==U.S. House of Representatives==
In 1990, Boehner ran against incumbent congressman [[Buz Lukens]], who was under fire for having a sexual relationship with a minor. He trounced Lukens in the primary, taking 49 percent of the vote. This was tantamount to election in the heavily Republican 8th District. He has been reelected 10 times with no substantive opposition, and even ran unopposed in 1994.
===Gang of Seven===
During his freshman year, Boehner and fellow members of the [[Gang of Seven]] took on the House establishment, Republicans and Democrats alike, and successfully closed the House Bank ([[House banking scandal]]), uncovered "[[dine and dash|dine-and-dash]]" practices at the House Restaurant, and exposed drug sales and illegal cash-for-stamps deals at the House Post Office.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/us/politics/05boehner.html A Rabble-Rouser, Then and Now], New York Times, Carl Hulse, 4 July 2009</ref>
===''Contract with America''===
Boehner, along with [[Newt Gingrich]] and several other Republican lawmakers, was one of the engineers of the ''[[Contract with America]]'' in 1994 that helped catapult Republicans into the majority in Congress for the first time in four decades.
===Legislative accomplishments===
From 1995 to 1999, Boehner served as [[Republican Conference Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|House Republican Conference Chairman]] which is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. In this post, he was the fourth-ranking House Republican, behind Gingrich, [[House Majority Leader|Majority Leader]] [[Dick Armey]] and [[House Majority Whip|Majority Whip]] [[Tom DeLay]]. There he championed the [[Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996|Freedom to Farm Act]] that, among other provisions, revises and simplifies direct payment programs for crops and eliminates milk price supports through direct government purchases.
Following the election of President [[George W. Bush]], Boehner was elected as chairman of the [[U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce|House Education and the Workforce Committee]] from 2001 until 2006. There he authored several reforms including the [[Pension Protection Act of 2006|Pension Protection Act]] and a successful school choice voucher program for low-income children in Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web|author=George F. Will |url=http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/will/s_154631.html |title=Today's principle civil rights fight - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |publisher=Pittsburghlive.com |date=2003-09-14 |accessdate=2010-08-23}}</ref> He was also a major force in the passage of the [[No Child Left Behind Act of 2001]], saying it was his “proudest achievement” in two decades of public service.<ref>{{cite conference|first = Andrew |last = Rudalevige|title = Accountability and Avoidance in the Bush Education Plan: The ‘No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.’|booktitle = “Taking Account of Accountability” Conference, Program on Education Policy and Governance|date = June 10–11, 2002|location = Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University|url = http://users.dickinson.edu/~rudaleva/ed_final.pdf|accessdate = }}</ref>
===Congressional leadership===
[[File:Boehnerandstivers.jpg|thumb|upright|Boehner, as House Minority Leader, campaigns for fellow Ohio Congressman [[Steve Stivers]] (left) during the [[United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio,_2010|2010 midterm elections]]|right|alt=]]
In 1998, Boehner was ousted as the chairman of the House Republican Conference, after his party lost five congressional seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020201046.html |title=In an Upset, Boehner Is Elected House GOP Leader |publisher=washingtonpost.com |date=02-03-2006 |accessdate=2010-11-04 | location=Washington | first=Jonathan | last=Weisman}}</ref>
In an upset, Boehner was elected by his colleagues to serve as House Majority Leader on February 2, 2006. The election followed [[Tom DeLay]]'s resignation from the post after being indicted on criminal charges.
Boehner campaigned as a reform candidate who wanted to reform the so-called "[[Earmark (politics)|earmark]]" process and rein in government spending. He defeated Majority Whip [[Roy Blunt]] of [[Missouri]] and Representative [[John Shadegg]] of [[Arizona]], even though he was considered an underdog candidate to Blunt. In the second round of voting by the House Republican Conference, Boehner received 122 votes compared to 109 for Blunt. Blunt kept his previous position as [[Majority Whip]], the No. 3 leadership position in the House. (There was some confusion on the first ballot for Majority Leader as the first count showed one more vote cast than Republicans present,<ref>[http://rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/12015-1.html Roll Call]{{dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref> due to a misunderstanding as to whether the rules allowed Resident Commissioner [[Luis Fortuño]] of Puerto Rico to vote or not.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/02/lol.01.html |title=CNN |publisher=Edition.cnn.com |date=2006-02-02 |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>)
After the Republicans lost control of the House in the 2006 elections, the House Republican Conference chose Boehner as Minority Leader. While as Majority Leader he was second-in-command behind Speaker [[Dennis Hastert]], as Minority Leader he was the leader of the House Republicans. As such, he was the Republican nominee for Speaker in 2006 and 2008, losing both times to Pelosi. While the Speaker is nominally elected by the full House, in practice he or she is almost always chosen by the majority party.
According to the 2008 Congress.org Power Ranking, Boehner was the 6th most powerful congressman (preceded by Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Ways and Means Committee Chairman [[Sander M. Levin]], Dean of the House [[John Dingell]], and Appropriations Committee Chairman [[Dave Obey]], all Democrats) and the most powerful Republican.<ref>http://www.congress.org/congressorg/power_rankings/overall.tt</ref> As Minority Leader, Boehner served as an ''ex officio'' member of the [[United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence|Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]].
==Speaker of the House==
[[File:Obama Boehner State of the Union 2011.jpg|thumb|Boehner is greeted as the House Speaker by U.S. President [[Barack Obama]], before the [[2011 State of the Union Address]].]]
On November 17, 2010, Boehner was unanimously chosen by the House Republicans as their nominee for Speaker,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gopleader.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=215305|title=Boehner: New Leadership "Reflects a New Majority Ready to Listen and Go to Work|publisher=Office of the House Republican Leader|date2010-11-17|accessdate=2010-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/house/129727-boehner-elected-61st-speaker-of-the-house-on-his-61st-birthday|title=Boehner favored as 61st House Speaker on his 61st birthday |publisher=TheHill.com |date=2010-11-17 |accessdate=2010-11-17}}</ref> all but assuring his formal election to the post when the new Congress convened with a Republican majority in January 2011. He is the first Speaker from Ohio since fellow Republicans [[Nicholas Longworth]] (1925 to 1931) and [[J. Warren Keifer]] (1881 to 1883). He is also the first Speaker who has served both as majority and minority floor leader for his party since Texas Democrat [[Sam Rayburn]].
As Speaker, Boehner is still the leader of the House Republicans. However, by tradition, he normally does not take part in debate (though he has the right to do so) and almost never votes from the floor. He is also not a member of any House committees.
==Controversies==
===Connections to lobbyists===
In June 1995, Boehner distributed campaign contributions from [[tobacco industry]] [[lobbyist]]s on the House floor as House members were weighing how to vote on tobacco subsidies.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dana Milbank |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020202571_pf.html |title=Boehner Makes His Political Comeback |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=2006-02-03 |accessdate=2010-11-22}}</ref> In a 1996 documentary by [[PBS]] called ''The People and the Power Game'', Boehner said "They asked me to give out a half dozen checks quickly before we got to the end of the month and I complied. And I did it on the House floor, which I regret. I should not have done. It's not a violation of the House rules, but it's a practice that‘s gone on here for a long time that we're trying to stop and I know I'll never do it again."<ref>{{Citation
|title='The Rachel Maddow Show' (transcript)
|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39459613
|date=Thursday, September 30, 2010
}}
</ref> Boehner eventually led the effort to change House rules and prohibit campaign contributions from being distributed on the House floor.<ref>See [http://www.rules.house.gov/ruleprec/109th.pdf House Rule IV 7] at rules.house.gov.</ref>
A September 2010 ''[[New York Times]]'' story said Boehner was "Tightly Bound to Lobbyists" and "He maintains especially tight ties with a circle of lobbyists and former aides representing some of the nation’s biggest businesses, including Goldman Sachs, Google, Citigroup, R.J. Reynolds, MillerCoors and UPS.".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thestate.com/2010/09/12/1460790/gop-leader-tightly-bound-to-lobbyists.html |title=A G.O.P. Leader Tightly Bound to Lobbyists |newspaper=New York Times |date=September 11, 2010 |first=Eric |last=Lipton }}</ref>
===Smithsonian===
On November 30, 2010 House Speaker-designate John Boehner, along with Minority Whip Eric Cantor, called for government to dismantle an exhibit in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after he learned that it contained video by [[David Wojnarowicz]], ''A Fire in My Belly'', that contained an image of a crucifix with ants crawling on it. Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith said, “Smithsonian officials should either acknowledge the mistake and correct it, or be prepared to face tough scrutiny beginning in January when the new majority in the House moves [in].” He later clarified that Boehner wanted the exhibit “cancelled.” ''[[Washington Post]]'' columnist Blake Gopnik initiated reportage of the story.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113006801.html | work=The Washington Post | first=Jacqueline | last=Trescott | title=Portrait Gallery removes crucifix video from exhibit after complaints | date=December 1, 2010}}</ref>
==Political positions==
[[Image:JBoehnerandbush.JPG|thumb|left|Boehner introducing then-president [[George W. Bush]] in [[Troy, Ohio]] in 2003.]]
A profile in the ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]'' said, "On both sides of the aisle, Boehner earns praise for candor and an ability to listen."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_624471.html?source=rss&feed=7|title=Boehner's job: Recapture 'squandered' GOP brand|author=Salena Zito|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|date=May 10, 2009|accessdate=June 3, 2009}}</ref> The ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' says Boehner "has perfected the art of disagreeing without being disagreeable."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/03/waiting_for_the_banana_peel_ho.html|title=House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio helps unite GOP|work=Cleveland Plain Dealer|author=Sabrina Eaton|date=March 8, 2009|accessdate=June 3, 2009}}</ref>
Boehner has been classified as a "hard-core conservative" by [[OnTheIssues]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/OH/John_Boehner.htm |title=John Boehner on the Issues |publisher=Issues2000.org |date= |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> Although Boehner does have a conservative voting record, when he was running for House leadership, religious conservatives in the GOP expressed that they were not satisfied with his positions. According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'': "From [[illegal immigration]] to sanctions on [[China]] to an overhaul of the pension system, Boehner, as chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, took ardently pro-business positions that were contrary to those of many in his party. Religious conservatives — examining his voting record — see him as a policymaker driven by small-government economic concerns, not theirs."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021100842.html |title=Washington Post |publisher=Washington Post |date= February 12, 2006|accessdate=2010-06-14 | first=Jonathan | last=Weisman}}</ref>
Boehner has received a "0" rating from the [[Human Rights Campaign]] in the last three congressional sessions, voting against the [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010]], the [[Early Treatment for HIV Act]], the [[Employment Non-Discrimination Act]], and the [[Hate Crimes Prevention Act]]. Boehner voted for a [[Federal Marriage Amendment]]. In a letter to the Rights Campaign, Boehner stated, "I oppose any legislation that would provide special [[LGBT rights by country or territory|rights for homosexuals]]... Please be assured that I will continue to work to protect the idea of [[Family#Family types|the traditional family]] as one of the [[Fundamentalism|fundamental tenets]] of [[Western culture|western civilization]]."<ref>Equality magazine. Winter 2011 issue. "Vigilance!", page 5.</ref><ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/OH/John_Boehner_Civil_Rights.htm On the Issues - John Boehner on Civil Rights]</ref>
On May 25, 2006, Boehner issued a statement defending his agenda and attacking his "[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] friends" such as Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]]. Boehner said regarding national security that voters "have a choice between a Republican Party that understands the stakes and is dedicated to victory, and a Democrat Party with a non-existent national security policy that sheepishly dismisses the challenges of a post-[[9/11]] world and is all too willing to concede defeat on the battlefield in [[Iraq]]."
On October 3, 2008 Boehner voted in favor of the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]]<ref>http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml</ref> believing that [[Article One of the United States Constitution|the enumerated powers]] grant Congress the authority to "purchase assets and equity from financial institutions in order to strengthen its financial sector."
Boehner has been highly critical of several recent initiatives by the Democratic Congress and President [[Barack Obama]], including the "[[cap and trade]]" plan that Boehner says would hurt job growth in his congressional district and elsewhere. He opposed the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] and said that, if Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections, they would do whatever it takes to stop the act. One option would be to defund the administrative aspect of the place, not paying "one dime" to pay the salaries of the workers who would administer the plan.<ref name="Wereschagin"/> He also led an opposition to the 2009 stimulus and to Obama's first budget proposal, promoting instead an alternative economic recovery plan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=109659 |title=House GOP Economic Recovery Alternative Will Create 6.2 Million New American Jobs | Republican Leader John Boehner |publisher=Republicanleader.house.gov |date= |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> and a Republican budget (authored by Ranking Rep. [[Paul Ryan (politician)|Paul Ryan]], R-[[Wisconsin|WI]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/budget_republicans/hbcrepbudget.shtml |title=Budget Committee Republicans, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C |publisher=House.gov |date=2009-01-04 |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> He has advocated for an across-the-board [[budget freeze|spending freeze]], including [[entitlement programs]].
Boehner favors making reforms in [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]], such as by raising the retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, as well as tying cost-of-living increases to the [[consumer price index]] rather than [[inflation|wage inflation]], and limiting payments to those who need them.<ref name="Wereschagin">{{Citation| last = Wereschagin | first = Mike| last2 = Zito| first2 = Salena | title = Obama's good for GOP, Boehner says| newspaper = [[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]| date = June 29, 2010| url = http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_688102.html| accessdate = 2010-09-12}}</ref>
In 2011 Boehner called the [[No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act]] “one of our highest legislative priorities.”<ref>Somashekhar, Sandhya. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/31/AR2011013105207.html "Legislative proposal puts abortion rights supporters on alert."] ''Washington Post'', 1 February 2011.</ref><ref>Boehner, John. [http://www.speaker.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=220673 Boehner press release on HR 3] 20 January 2011.</ref>
==Political campaigns==
===2006===
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2006#District 8}}
In the [[United States House elections, 2006|November 2006 election]], Boehner defeated the Democratic Party candidate, [[U.S. Air Force]] [[veteran]] [[Mort Meier]], 64% to 36%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006//pages/results/states/OH/index.html|title=State Races: Ohio 2006 Elections|publisher=CNN|date= November 2006|accessdate = 2006-03-16}}</ref>
===2008===
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008#District 8}}
In the [[United States House elections, 2008|November 2008 election]], Boehner defeated Nicholas Von Stein, 68% to 32%.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#OH |title=State Election Results |date= 12 January 2009 |publisher=CNN |accessdate= 22 November 2010}}</ref>
===2010===
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010#District 8}}
Boehner was opposed by Democratic nominee [[Justin Coussoule]], [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] nominee Jim Condit, and [[Libertarian]] nominee David Harlow; but won the 2010 election.<ref>[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/2010/gen/usrep.pdf Official candidate list], Ohio Secretary of State</ref>
As Republican House Leader, Boehner is a Democratic target for criticism of Republican views and political positions. In July 2010, President [[Barack Obama]] began singling out Boehner for criticism during his speeches.<ref>Yunji de Nies and Sunlen Miller (7/30/10) [http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/06/target-gop-obama-takes-aim-at-boehner-barton-.html] ABC News</ref> In one speech, Obama mentioned Boehner's name nine times<ref>Toby Harnden (9/17/10) [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8009943/John-Boehner-the-second-of-12-kids-from-Ohio-who-is-Barack-Obamas-elitist-target.html John Boehner: the second of 12 kids from Ohio who is Barack Obama's elitist target] The Daily Telegraph</ref> and accused him of believing that police, firefighters, and teachers were jobs "not worth saving."<ref>Frank James (9/12/10) [http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/08/129732461/obama-take-on-boehner-by-name-shades-of-clinton-gingrich Obama Takes Boehner On By Name; Shades Of Clinton-Gingrich] NPR</ref>
==Electoral history==
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|+ {{ushr|Ohio|8|}}: Results 1990–2010<ref name="clerkresults">{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |accessdate=2008-01-10 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections/electResultsMain.aspx | title =Election Results | author = | date = | work =[[Ohio Secretary of State]] | publisher = | accessdate = January 27, 2011}}</ref>
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|[[U.S. House election, 1990|1990]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Gregory Jolivette
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |66,584
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |40%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |99,955
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |60%
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|[[U.S. House election, 1992|1992]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Fred Sennet
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |62,033
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |26%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |176,362
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |74%
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|[[U.S. House election, 1994|1994]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |''No candidate''
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |148,338
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |100%
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|[[U.S. House election, 1996|1996]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jeffrey Kitchen
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |52,912
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |26%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |127,979
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |70%
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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |William Baker
|{{Party shading/Independent}} |[[Natural Law Party (United States)|Natural Law]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |8,613
|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |4%
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|[[U.S. House election, 1998|1998]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[John W. Griffin (politician)|John W. Griffin]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |52,912
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |29%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |127,979
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |71%
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|[[U.S. House election, 2000|2000]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |John G. Parks
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |66,293
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |26%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''John Boehner'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |179,756
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |71%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |David Shock
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |7,254
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |3%
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|[[U.S. House election, 2002|2002]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|[[Jeff Hardenbrook]]}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |49,444
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |29%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |119,947
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |71%
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|[[U.S. House election, 2004|2004]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|[[Jeff Hardenbrook]]}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |90,574
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |31%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |201,675
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |69%
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|[[U.S. House election, 2006|2006]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Mort Meier
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |77,640
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |136,863
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |64%
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|[[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008|2008]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Nicholas Von Stein}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |95,510
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |32%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |202,063
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |68%
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|[[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010|2010]]
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Justin Coussoule}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |65,883
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |30%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''John Boehner'''
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |142,731
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |66%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |David Harlow
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |[[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |5,121
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2%
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|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |James Condit
|{{Party shading/Constitution}} |[[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
|{{Party shading/Constitution}} align="right" |3,701
|{{Party shading/Constitution}} align="right" |2%
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==Personal life==
Boehner and his wife Debbie were married in 1973. They live in the [[Wetherington, Ohio|Wetherington]] section of [[West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio|West Chester Township]]. They have two daughters, Lindsay and Tricia.<ref>{{cite journal | author=James Rowley | date = 28 October 2010 | title = Boehner’s Blue-Collar Roots Frame Possible Next Speaker’s Views | journal = Business Week| publisher = Bloomberg L.P.| location = New York, NY| url = http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-28/boehner-s-blue-collar-roots-frame-possible-next-speaker-s-views.html| accessdate = 22 November 2010}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
*Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa, ''The Almanac of American Politics 2006: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts'' (2005) pp 1328–32.
==External links==
{{sisterlinks}}
*[http://www.speaker.gov/ Speaker John Boehner] ''official site for the Speaker's Office''
*[http://johnboehner.house.gov/ Congressman John Boehner] ''official U.S. House site''
*[http://www.johnboehner.com/ Friends of John Boehner] ''official campaign site''
*[http://www.freedomproject.org The Freedom Project] political action committee
*{{CongLinks | congbio = b000589 | votesmart = 27015 | washpo = John_A._Boehner | govtrack = 400036 | opencong = 400036_john_boehner | ontheissuespath = OH/John_Boehner.htm | surge = 227408 | legistorm = 133/Rep_John_Boehner.html | fec = H0OH08029 | opensecrets = N00003675 | followthemoney = | c-span = johnboehner | rose = | imdb = 2183368 | nyt = b/john_a_boehner | guardian = world/john-boehner | worldcat = np-boehner,%20john | nndb = 378/000032282 | findagrave = }}
* [http://politifact.com/personalities/john-boehner/ Truth-O-Meter Profile] at [[PolitiFact.com]]
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Boehner Profile] at [[SourceWatch]]
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1542 Candidate information] from ''Our Campaigns''
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|DATE OF BIRTH=November 17, 1949
|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Reading, Ohio]]
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