Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)-Lies, Lies More Lies

CLAIM: Boehner on Meet the Press: “We’ve offered better solutions all year long on all these major policies.”

Reality on GOP Budget Alternative: NBC, 3/26/09. "Yesterday, House Republicans made a pretty big deal about unveiling their budget alternative. In fact, we received this email from a House GOP spokeswoman, "Given the President’s comments [Tuesday] night that, 'we haven’t seen a budget out of [Republicans],' we wanted to make sure to make you all aware that we are introducing our Republican Budget Alternative tomorrow." And then what happens today? House Republicans release a 19-page document that contains no hard spending numbers or deficit projections." http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/26/1867398.aspx

Reality on GOP Health Care Alternative: CBO, 11/4/09. "By 2019, CBO and JCT estimate, the number of nonelderly people without health insurance would be reduced by about 3 million relative to current law, leaving about 52 million nonelderly residents uninsured. The share of legal nonelderly residents with insurance coverage in 2019 would be about 83 percent, roughly in line with the current share."
[Congressional Budget Office]

CLAIM: Minority Leader John Boehner on Meet the Press: "We have our share of differences within our party. But I don’t see any big fractures that are out there"

Politico, Jan 29, 2010: "Bloody, expensive GOP primaries developing"
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0110/Bloody_expensive_GOP_primaries_developing.html?showall

Houston Chronicle , Jan 30, 2010: "Challenger labels Texas GOP incumbent a 'Socialist' for bailout votes"
http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2010/01/gop_lawmaker_faces_challenge_o.html

CQ, 11/5/09: "Texas Rep. Sessions Draws Primary Challenger"
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2009/11/texas-rep-sessions-draws-prima.html

Wall Street Journal, 11/16/09: "Tea-Party Activists Complicate Republican Comeback Strategy"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125564976279388879.html

Time, 10/30/09: "A GOP Civil War in Upstate New York"
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1933355,00.html

ThinkProgress, Jan 11, 2010: "At Least 16 Tea Party Activists Step Up To Challenge Top Republican Incumbents And Recruits"
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/11/steele-tea-challenge/

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