Boehner slams Obama

Boehner slams Obama
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/28/09 12:05 PM ED POLITICO

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has released a blistering statement marking the first 100 days of the Obama presidency, sticking Democrats with blame for losing two million jobs and racking up an unprecedented federal debt.

“America has lost more than two million jobs in the last three months, so this is no time for Democrats in Washington to be taking a victory lap,” Boehner said. “The President’s first 100 days can be summed up in three words: spending, taxing, and borrowing.”

Full statement: HERE

Boehner slams Obama
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 4/28/09 12:05 PM ED

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has released a blistering statement marking the first 100 days of the Obama presidency, sticking Democrats with blame for losing two million jobs and racking up an unprecedented federal debt.

“America has lost more than two million jobs in the last three months, so this is no time for Democrats in Washington to be taking a victory lap,” Boehner said. “The President’s first 100 days can be summed up in three words: spending, taxing, and borrowing.”

Full statement:

“America has lost more than two million jobs in the last three months, so this is no time for Democrats in Washington to be taking a victory lap. It’s time to hit the ‘reset button’ and for the Administration to begin keeping its promises of a ‘new era of responsibility,’ more transparency, and more bipartisan cooperation by working with Republicans to ensure that Washington is making the same sacrifices that families and small businesses are forced to make every day.

“The President’s first 100 days can be summed up in three words: spending, taxing, and borrowing. While middle-class families and small businesses struggle during this economic crisis, the Administration and Democrats in Congress have spent more taxpayer dollars in 100 days than all previous presidents have spent combined, raised taxes on middle-class families in the middle of a recession, and piled an unprecedented amount of new debt on our children and grandchildren. Republicans have offered better solutions, including a stimulus plan that would create twice the jobs at half the cost of the Democrats’ legislation, a fiscally-responsible budget, and plans to revitalize the housing market and rebuild Americans’ savings.

“As we head into the next 100 days and beyond, Republicans will continue to keep our promise to work with the President when we can and offer better solutions when we cannot. I support the President’s responsible plans to bring our troops home from Iraq after victory and bring stability to Afghanistan, and I hope that the President will build on those strategies by laying out for the American people a comprehensive plan to confront and defeat the terrorist threat around the world. The world did not suddenly become safer in January 2009, and the American people deserve to know how their government will protect them and our allies. On this and the other challenges our nation will face in the weeks and months ahead, Republicans will continue reaching out to the President to find common ground and offer superior policy alternatives when we disagree.”