ENG: John Andrew Boehner (born November 17, 1949) is a Republican American politician who is currently serving as the House Minority Leader in the 111th Congress. He serves as a U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district, which includes several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton and a small portion of Dayton itself.
Background and personal life
John Boehner was born in Cincinnati to Mary Anne (Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner as one of 12 brothers and sisters. He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. He graduated from Cincinnati's Moeller High School in 1968, when US involvement in the Vietnam War was at its peak. Boehner enlisted in the United States Navy after his father begged him to be productive, but was honorably discharged after eight weeks ...
U.S. House minority leader is featured speaker at March 1 luncheon.
MIDDLETOWN — U.S. Rep. John Boehner will be the featured speaker at a special luncheon to be held March 1 at the Manchester Inn & Conference Center beginning at noon.The event, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe and Trenton, is open to the public. While chamber members are being encouraged to submit business-related questions in advance, at least half of the hourlong program will be dedicated to audience questions, said Bill Triick, president of the chamber.“This is ...
CPAC Convention, Washington - What if Rep. John Boehner was Speaker of the House? That's the picture the current minority leader wanted to paint for his fellow conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference today.As part of his introduction, audience members watched a montage of big Boehner moments on the House floor this past year: Boehner dropping the Democrat's health care bill on the floor in disgust, Boehner reading parts of the Democrat's cap and trade bill on the floor to make his point that members had no idea what was in it. Boehner's speech was a list of promises that ...
