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Creating New Jobs - Without Raising Taxes or Increasing Spending

As a former small business owner, John has made job creation the top priority of this Congress. John wants to help small businesses – not big government – create new jobs without raising taxes or increasing spending. That's why John and his colleagues outlined A Plan for America’s Job Creators, a blueprint for long-term economic growth that's rooted in the Pledge to America and designed to remove barriers to private-sector job creation. John's plan would:

Lowering Health Care Costs for Families and Small Businesses

John believes we can lower health care costs for families and small businesses without destroying jobs, adding to the deficit, or putting Washington politicians between doctors and patients. That's why John voted to repeal the Democrats’ government takeover of health care and all of its job-crushing tax hikes, mandates, and penalties. And he led the effort to repeal the onerous small business paperwork mandate.

Liberating America From Foreign Oil

John believes we need an "all of the above" energy strategy to create jobs, lower gas prices, and liberate America from its dependence on foreign oil. That’s why he's leading the fight for the American Energy Initiative, an ongoing effort to expand energy production and stop policies that drive up prices and hurt job growth -- policies like the "cap and trade" national energy tax.

Cutting Government Spending

These are difficult times for Ohio families who are dealing with rising prices, high unemployment and a government that is more focused on spending, taxing and borrowing than on free-market policies that create new jobs.

Defending Ohio Farmers and Agriculture

John has been a consistent advocate for free markets, fair trade, and lower taxes -- and Buckeye State farmers have responded with their consistent support.

Ohio agriculture is a $68 billion industry, with one in every six Ohioans deriving his or her livelihood from an agriculture-related job. Scores of Ohio’s 73,000 farms lie in the Eighth Congressional District, which is why John’s record and experience on the House Agriculture Committee is so important.

Protecting America, Defeating Our Terrorist Enemies

John Boehner is fighting to make sure our armed forces have the resources they need in a timely manner. The last thing soldiers and veterans deserve is for Congress to hold their funding hostage to inside-the-beltway politics. Boehner believes defending America and providing our brave men and women with the tools they need to defeat our terrorist enemies is the most solemn duty of the federal government.

Securing Our Borders & Enforcing Our Laws

John Boehner believes that the violence on America’s border is out of control, and the federal government isn't doing its job. He believes we need strong immigration reform that secures our borders and puts a premium on strict enforcement of our immigration laws.

Above all else, John believes the success of our country depends on newcomers obeying the law, assimilating into American society by learning English and embracing our common identity as Americans.

Improving Education for Every Child

John believes that every child deserves a shot at a high quality education and has authored legislation to back it up.

On his watch as Chairman of the House Education & the Workforce Committee, Congress passed legislation bringing real reform and accountability to our schools. In fact, the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law at Hamilton High School, a symbol of John’s commitment to improving education for our children.

Rebuilding Families' Retirement, College, & Personal Savings

John has a record of making workers’ retirements more secure – he led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in passing the first overhaul of our nation’s pension laws in more than thirty years: the Pension Protection Act. The Pension Protection Act fixed outdated pension rules that no longer serve the interests of workers and retirees who are counting on their savings to be there when they retire.

Reforming Congress

John is working to make Congress more open and accountable. He’s led the drive for an aggressive set of reforms that require bills to be posted online at least three days before a vote, make it easier to cut spending, require legislation to cite its authority in the Constitution, and more.

Giving America 3 Days to Read the Bills

Several major pieces of legislation have been passed by Congress without having been read by lawmakers or the public, including the trillion-dollar “stimulus” and the “cap and trade” national energy tax. John Boehner wants to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Boehner is leading an effort to force Speaker Pelosi to post all bills online for at least 72 hours before a vote by Congress – that way both Americans and Congress have time to read them and understand their costs and consequences.

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