John Boehner 8TH DISCTRICT OF OHIO

At his weekly on-camera briefing today, Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-West Chester) urged Democratic leaders to focus on Americans’ top priority – creating jobs – by cutting spending and stopping all the job-killing tax hikes set to take effect in less than one month.  Boehner called Democratic leaders’ plan to hold a tax hike vote today “nonsense,” and said the lame-duck Congress should “act today” to cut spending and stop all the looming tax hikes.  Following are excerpts from Boehner’s comments:

Boehner Says Dems' Job-Killing Tax Hike is "Last Thing Our Economy Needs":

“On the floor today, the majority is holding a vote to raise taxes on American families and small businesses, and the last thing our economy needs right now is a job killing tax hike, and that's what this plan of theirs would mean.   I think it’s pretty clear to get the economy growing again and to create jobs we need to cut spending and stop all of the coming tax hikes.  This is something that even President Obama and Democrat leaders at the White House the other day acknowledged.”

Boehner Calls Dems' Tax Hike Vote "Nonsense," Says Lame-Duck Congress Should Focus on Cutting Spending & Stopping All the Tax Hikes:

“I'm trying to catch my breath so I don't refer to this maneuver going on today as chicken crap.  All right?  But this is nonsense.  All right?  The election was one month ago.  We are 23 months from the next election and the political games have already started trying to set up the next election.  We had an honest conversation at the White House about the challenges that we face to get out of here and to take care of what the American people expect us to. … The American people want us to stop all the looming tax hikes and to cut spending, and that should be the priority of the remaining days that we have in this Congress.”

Boehner Says Republicans Are Focused on Keeping Pledge to America to Cut Spending & Stop All the Tax Hikes:

“Instead of beating around the bush, the Congress ought to act today to stop all the tax hikes, to cut spending, because it would reduce the uncertainty that is affecting employers all across our country.  And if the lame duck Congress is unable or unwilling to cut spending and stop all the coming tax hikes, the new majority in January will.  That’s what we said in the Pledge to America.  We meant it when we said it and that's what we will do.”

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