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name	Daisuke Takahashi
country
fullname	Daisuke Takahashi
birth date	March 16, 1986
birth place	Kurashiki, Okayama
hometown	Agamasaki
residence	Osaka
height
coach	Utako Nagamitsu
formercoach	Nikolai Morozov
choreographer	Shae-Lynn Bourne Pasquale Camerlengo Stéphane Lambiel
formerchoreographer	Nikolai Morozov Kenji Miyamoto
skating club	Kansai University SC
Currenttraininglocations	Osaka
Beganskating	1994
Worldranking	1 ('''')
Pbrankings	3 (''2010–2011'') 1 (''2009–2010'')
combined total	264.41
combined date	2008 Four Continents
sp score	90.25
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fs date	2008 Four Continents
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is a Japanese figure skater, notable as the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World Champion, the 2007 World silver medalist, a two-time (2008, 2011) Four Continents Champion, and a four-time (2006–2008, 2010) Japanese national champion.

Takahashi represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics was the first Olympic medal for Japan in the men's singles event.

Career

Early career

Born in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Takahashi began figure skating when he was 8 years old. When a skating rink was built near his house, he went with his mother to watch the skaters at the rink, and afterwards, enrolled in the figure skating club. His mother intended for him enroll in the ice hockey club, but he didn't like the protective gear of ice hockey, so he enrolled in the figure skating club, instead.

Takahashi had a successful junior career, winning the 2002 World Junior Championships, in his first, and only, appearance at that competition. Takahashi is the first Japanese man to have won the title.

Senior career

Senior debut

For the following 2002-2003 season, Takahashi turned senior and his ascent slowed. He struggled with consistency during those first few years of his senior career. He won a bronze medal at the 2005 Four Continents and went on to the 2005 World Championships as the second-ranked of the two Japanese men on the World team, after Takeshi Honda. However, when Honda was forced to withdraw due to injury, it fell on Takahashi to qualify spots for Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Takahashi placed 15th, qualifying only one spot for the Japanese men.

2005–2006 season

In the 2005–2006 season, Nobunari Oda emerged as a challenger for the Olympic spot. Oda and Takahashi both had very good Grand Prix seasons.

At the 2005–2006 Japanese nationals, Oda was declared the winner, and, thus, seemed to have qualified for the one Olympic slot, but his gold medal was quickly taken back, when an error was found in the way scores were tallied in the computer system at the event, and Takahashi was awarded the gold. The Japanese Skating Federation split the international assignments, and gave Takahashi the Olympic berth, and Oda a place at the World Championship. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Takahashi was in a good position after the short program, but had a poor long program and placed 8th overall.

2006–2007 season

In the 2006–2007 competitive season, Takahashi won a silver medal at 2006 Skate Canada International, then gold at the 2006 NHK Trophy. He qualified for the Grand Prix Final and won the silver medal, although he was ill. He won the Japanese Championships, taking the national title for the second year in a row, and then went on to the Winter Universiade in Turin, Italy which he won as well.

At the 2007 World Championships, Takahashi placed third in the short program. In the free skate, he skated the performance of his life in his home country, placing first in that segment and ending up winning the silver medal, trailing Brian Joubert narrowly. This was the first silver medal for Japan in the men's event at Worlds.

Following that season, Takahashi was ranked as first in the World by the ISU. However, over the summer, the ISU tweaked their scoring criteria. Takahashi had been placed on top, just ahead of Brian Joubert, in part due to Takahashi's victory at the Winter Universiade, a competition for which Brian Joubert was not eligible, as Joubert was not a university student. The ISU determined that the results of the Winter Universiade could not be used to calculate world ranking, and Takahashi's ranking fell from first to second place.

2007–2008 season

In the 2007–2008 season, he won gold at both his Grand Prix events and then silver at the Grand Prix Final behind Stéphane Lambiel. A few weeks later, he won his third Japanese national title and was named to the Four Continents and Worlds teams.

Takahashi won the 2008 Four Continents, scoring a new record in the free skate (175.84) and in the total score (264.41) under the ISU Judging System.

He was considered a favorite heading into the 2008 World Championships but finished off the podium after a disappointing free skate in which he fell on his second quad toe attempt, then stumbled on a triple axel and triple loop, and, finally, performed an extra combination, an invalid element, which did not count towards his points total.

2008–2009 season

Takahashi was originally assigned to the 2008 Cup of China and the 2008 NHK Trophy for the 2008-2009 Grand Prix season. He had to withdraw after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on October 31, 2008, only a few days before his first event. It was later reported that Takahashi would undergo surgery to repair ligament damage and his right meniscus and would miss the entire 2008-2009 season. A bolt was inserted into his right knee. He was able to return to the ice in April and began practicing jumps in June.

2009–2010 season

After recovering from the surgery and getting back to training normally, Takahashi was assigned to compete at the 2009 Skate Canada International and 2009 NHK Trophy for the 2009-2010 season. He placed second at Skate Canada and fourth at the NHK Trophy. Those placements qualified him to compete in the Grand Prix Final. At the final, he led after the short program with a new personal best of 89.95, but was fifth in the free skate and fifth overall.

He won his fourth national title at the 2009-2010 Japanese Championships. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Takahashi won the bronze medal with a score of 247.43. It is the first Olympic medal to be won by Japan in men's figure skating. He then won the gold medal at 2010 World Championships, becoming the first Asian to win a world championship in men's singles. In this competition Takahashi attempted a quadruple flip, but two-footed the landing.

2010–2011 season

For the 2010-2011 ISU Grand Prix season, Takahashi will compete in the 2010 NHK Trophy and the 2010 Skate America. At the 2010 NHK Trophy, he placed first with 234.79 points, 16.60 ahead of silver medalist Jeremy Abbott. Takahashi won 2010 Skate America as well, despite flawed short and free skates. During a practice session at the Grand Prix Final, Takahiko Kozuka inadvertently collided with him while Takahashi was doing his run-through; Takahashi said, "it wasn't such a serious injury, just a bit of bruising. [...] It was the first time for me (to be involved in such an accident). I was surprised but there was no malice involved." Takahashi placed third in the short program. In the long program, he attempted a quad flip but landed it two-footed. Multiple problems, including low levels on two spins, resulted in a sixth place finish in that segment, dropping him to fourth overall.

Takahashi won the bronze medal at the 2010–2011 Japan Nationals. At the 2011 World Championships he was third in the short program but finished in fifth overall. In the long program, a screw in his boot came loose on his first element, a quad toe. The Japanese team was able to get it fixed within the three minutes allowed and he resumed his program. He said it may occur at any time regardless of inspections, which his coach does every day, and he does not blame her. On May 19, Takahashi underwent surgery to remove a bolt in his right knee stemming from surgery in late 2008. Following the surgery, he said, "It is thinner around my knee, but I feel better now that there is nothing inside my body. I might be imagining it, but it feels lighter."

2011–2012 season

As part of his preparation for the 2011–2012 season, Takahashi spent two weeks in August 2011 working with ice dancing specialist Muriel Boucher-Zazoui in Lyon, France. His assigned Grand Prix events are 2011 Skate Canada and 2011 NHK Trophy.

Coaching changes

Takahashi is a student at Kansai University, along with Nobunari Oda. For several years, he split his time between Hackensack, New Jersey, where he trained under coach Nikolai Morozov, and Osaka, Japan, where he trains under coach Utako Nagamitsu and jump coach Takeshi Honda. In May 2008, Takahashi announced that he would be parting ways with Morozov.

In May 2008, Nikolai Morozov explained the split by stating that he could no longer coach Takahashi due to problems with Takahashi's new agent.

Public life and endorsements

Following his win the silver medal at 2007 Worlds, Takahashi made many media appearances and performed in many ice shows in Japan. He was also invited to the French team's show ''Stars Sur Glace (Stars On Ice)'' in Paris, France. It was the first guest performance at the foreign show for him. In 2008, he performed at ''Festa On Ice'' in South Korea.

In July 2007, the Japanese Olympic Committee has selected Takahashi as one of the "JOC symbol athletes" (JOC has paid about 20 million yen per year to the symbol athletes for the image rights. JOC partner companies can use images of JOC Symbol Athletes for free). After he became the "JOC symbol athletes", he has received material assistances from JOC partner companies.

After his won at 2010 Worlds, Takahashi appeared as a guest on many TV shows and as advertising spokespersons for "Use pesticides safety campaign" and Japan Post.

Programs

! Season	Short program (figure skating)>Short program	! Free skating	! Exhibition
! 2010–2011	Historia de un Amor played by Perez Prado Que Rico El Mambo by Perez Prado choreography by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Invierno Porteño by Tango Siempre composed by Ástor Piazzolla choreography by Pasquale Camerlengo
! 2009–2010		La Strada by Nino Rota choreography by Pasquale Camerlengo
! 2008–2009	Did not compete this season	Did not compete this season	Did not compete this season
! 2007–2008	Swan Lake Hip Hop version Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky remix choreography by Nikolai Morozov		Bachelorette (song)
! 2006–2007	Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreography by Nikolai Morozov
! 2005–2006			Nocturne (Secret Garden song)
! 2004–2005	Nyah from ''[[Mission: Impossible II'' by Hans Zimmer choreography by Tatiana Tarasova	Sabre Dance from ''Gayane (ballet)>Gayane'' by Aram Khachaturian	Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo	Nocturne (Secret Garden song)
! 2003–2004	Nyah from ''[[Mission: Impossible II'' by Hans Zimmerchoreography by Tatiana Tarasova	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Variation on a Theme of Niccolò Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoffchoreography by Tatiana Tarasova	Desert Rose (Sting song)
! 2002–2003
! 2001-2002	[[West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

Competitive highlights

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Event

! 2000–01

! 2001–02

! 2002–03

! 2003-04

! 2004–05

! 2005–06

! 2006–07

! 2007–08

! 2009–10

! 2010–11

Figure skating at the Winter Olympics

Winter Olympic Games

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8th

3rd

World Figure Skating Championships

World Championships

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11th

15th

2nd

4th

1st

5th

Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Four Continents Championships

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13th

6th

3rd

1st

1st

World Junior Figure Skating Championships

World Junior Championships

|

1st

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

Japan Junior Championships

|

4th

1st

Japanese Figure Skating Championships

Japanese Championships

|

5th

4th

3rd

6th

1st

1st

1st

1st

3rd

Grand Prix Final

|

3rd

2nd

2nd

5th

4th

NHK Trophy

|

8th

3rd

1st

1st

4th

1st

Skate America

|

1st

1st

1st

Skate Canada International

|

7th

2nd

2nd

Trophée Eric Bompard

|

5th

11th

Finlandia Trophy

|

1st

Figure skating at the Winter Universiade

Winter Universiade

|

1st

1st

2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix

ISU Junior Grand Prix Final

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4th

2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix

Junior Grand Prix, Japan

|

1st

2001–2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix

Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria

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2nd

2000–2001 ISU Junior Grand Prix

Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine

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8th

2000–2001 ISU Junior Grand Prix

Junior Grand Prix, China

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9th

WD = Withdrew; Takahashi did not compete in the 2008–2009 season.

References

External links

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Name	John Boehner
Order	61st
Office	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
President	Barack Obama
Term start	January 5, 2011
Predecessor	Nancy Pelosi
Office2	House Minority Leader
Deputy2	Roy Blunt (2007–2009)Eric Cantor (2009–2011)
Term start2	January 3, 2007
Term end2	January 3, 2011
Predecessor2	Nancy Pelosi
Successor2	Nancy Pelosi
Office3	House Majority Leader
Deputy3	Roy Blunt
Term start3	February 2, 2006
Term end3	January 3, 2007
Predecessor3	Roy Blunt (Acting)
Successor3	Steny Hoyer
Office4	Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Workforce
Term start4	January 3, 2001
Term end4	January 3, 2006
Predecessor4	William Goodling
Successor4	Howard McKeon
Office5	Chairman of the House Republican Conference
Term start5	January 3, 1995
Term end5	January 3, 1999
Preceded5	Dick Armey
Succeeded5	J.C. Watts
State6	Ohio
District6	8th
Term start6	January 3, 1991
Predecessor6	Buz Lukens
State house7	Ohio
State7	Ohio
District7	57th
Term start7	January 3, 1985
Term end7	December 31, 1990
Predecessor7	Bill Donham
Successor7	Scott Nein
Birth name	John Andrew Boehner
Birth date	November 17, 1949
Birth place
Party	Republican Party
Spouse	Deborah Gunlack (1973–present)
Children	Lindsay BoehnerTricia Boehner
Residence	West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio
Alma mater	Xavier University
Profession	Business consultant
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Signature	John Boehner Signature.svg
Website	Speaker of the House Friends of John Boehner Fighting for Freedom. Making a Difference. John Boehner - 8th District of Ohio
Branch	United States Navy
Serviceyears	1968 (8 weeks) }}

John Andrew Boehner ( ; born , 1949) is the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Representative from , serving since 1991. The district includes several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton, and a small portion of Dayton itself.

Boehner previously served as the House Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011, and House Majority Leader from 2006 until 2007. As Speaker of the House, Boehner is second in line to the presidency of the United States following the Vice President in accordance with the Presidential Succession Act.

Early life, education and career

Boehner was born in Reading, Ohio, the son of Mary Anne (née Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner, the second of twelve children. His father was of German descent and his mother had German and Irish ancestry. He grew up in modest circumstances, having shared one bathroom with his eleven siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati. His parents slept on a pull-out couch. He started working at his family's bar at age 8, a business founded by their grandfather Andy Boehner in 1938. He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. All but two of his siblings still live within a few miles of each other; two are unemployed and most of the others have blue-collar jobs.

Boehner attended Cincinnati's Moeller High School and was a linebacker on the school's football team, where he was coached by future Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust. Graduating from Moeller in 1968, when U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was at its peak, Boehner enlisted in the United States Navy but was honorably discharged after eight weeks because of a bad back. He earned his B.A. in business administration from Xavier University in 1977, becoming the first person in his family to attend college, taking seven years as he held several jobs to pay for his education.

Shortly after his graduation in 1977, Boehner accepted a position with Nucite Sales, a small sales business in the packaging and plastics industry. He was steadily promoted and eventually became president of the firm, resigning in 1990 when he was elected to Congress.

Early political career

From 1982 to 1984, Boehner served on the board of trustees of Union Township, Butler County, Ohio. He then served as an Ohio state representative from 1985 to 1990.

U.S. House of Representatives

In 1990, Boehner ran against incumbent congressman Buz Lukens, who was under fire for having a sexual relationship with a minor. He trounced Lukens in the primary, taking 49 percent of the vote. This was tantamount to election in the heavily Republican 8th District. He has been reelected 10 times with no substantial opposition, and even ran unopposed in 1994.

Gang of Seven

During his freshman year, Boehner and fellow members of the Gang of Seven took on the House establishment, Republicans and Democrats alike, and successfully closed the House Bank (House banking scandal), uncovered "dine-and-dash" practices at the House Restaurant, and exposed drug sales and illegal cash-for-stamps deals at the House Post Office.

''Contract with America''

Boehner, along with Newt Gingrich and several other Republican lawmakers, was one of the engineers of the ''Contract with America'' in 1994 that helped catapult Republicans into the majority in Congress for the first time in four decades.

Legislative accomplishments

From 1995 to 1999, Boehner served as House Republican Conference Chairman which is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. In this post, he was the fourth-ranking House Republican, behind Gingrich, Majority Leader Dick Armey and Majority Whip Tom DeLay. There he championed the Freedom to Farm Act that, among other provisions, revises and simplifies direct payment programs for crops and eliminates milk price supports through direct government purchases.

Following the election of President George W. Bush, Boehner was elected as chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee from 2001 until 2006. There he authored several reforms including the Pension Protection Act and a successful school choice voucher program for low-income children in Washington, DC. He was also a major force in the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, saying it was his “proudest achievement” in two decades of public service.

Leadership challenge

In the summer of 1997 several House Republicans, who saw Speaker Newt Gingrich's public image as a liability, attempted to replace him as Speaker. The attempted "coup" began July 9 with a meeting between Republican conference chairman Boehner and Republican leadership chairman Bill Paxon of New York. According to their plan, House Majority Leader Dick Armey, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, Boehner and Paxon were to present Gingrich with an ultimatum: resign, or be voted out. However, Armey balked at the proposal to make Paxon the new Speaker, and told his chief of staff to warn Gingrich about the coup.

On July 11, Gingrich met with senior Republican leadership to assess the situation. He explained that under no circumstance would he step down. If he was voted out, there would be a new election for Speaker, which would allow for the possibility that Democrats—along with dissenting Republicans—would vote in Dick Gephardt as Speaker. On July 16, Paxon offered to resign his post, feeling that he had not handled the situation correctly. Paxon was the only unelected member of the leadership group, having been appointed to his position by Gingrich.

Congressional leadership

In 1998, Boehner was ousted as the chairman of the House Republican Conference, after his party lost five congressional seats.

In an upset, Boehner was elected by his colleagues to serve as House Majority Leader on February 2, 2006. The election followed Tom DeLay's resignation from the post after being indicted on criminal charges.

Boehner campaigned as a reform candidate who wanted to reform the so-called "earmark" process and rein in government spending. He defeated Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri and Representative John Shadegg of Arizona, even though he was considered an underdog candidate to Blunt. In the second round of voting by the House Republican Conference, Boehner defeated Blunt with 122 to 109 votes. Blunt kept his previous position as Majority Whip, the No. 3 leadership position in the House. (There was some confusion on the first ballot for Majority Leader as the first count showed one more vote cast than Republicans present, due to a misunderstanding as to whether the rules allowed Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño of Puerto Rico to vote or not).

After the Republicans lost control of the House in the 2006 elections, the House Republican Conference chose Boehner as Minority Leader. While as Majority Leader he was second-in-command behind Speaker Dennis Hastert, as Minority Leader he was the leader of the House Republicans. As such, he was the Republican nominee for Speaker in 2006 and 2008, losing both times to Pelosi. While the Speaker is nominally elected by the full House, in practice he or she is almost always chosen by the majority party.

According to the 2008 Congress.org Power Ranking, Boehner was the 6th most powerful congressman (preceded by Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin, Dean of the House John Dingell, and Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey, all Democrats) and the most powerful Republican. As Minority Leader, Boehner served as an ''ex officio'' member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Speaker of the House

On November 17, 2010, Boehner was unanimously chosen by the House Republicans as their nominee for Speaker, all but assuring his formal election to the post when the new Congress convened with a Republican majority in January 2011. He is the first Speaker from Ohio since fellow Republicans Nicholas Longworth (1925 to 1931) and J. Warren Keifer (1881 to 1883). He is also the first Speaker who has served both as majority and minority floor leader for his party since Texas Democrat Sam Rayburn.

As Speaker, Boehner is still the leader of the House Republicans. However, by tradition, he normally does not take part in debate (though he has the right to do so) and almost never votes from the floor. He is also not a member of any House committees.

Controversies

Connections to lobbyists

In June 1995, Boehner distributed campaign contributions from tobacco industry lobbyists on the House floor as House members were weighing how to vote on tobacco subsidies. In a 1996 documentary by PBS called ''The People and the Power Game'', Boehner said "They asked me to give out a half dozen checks quickly before we got to the end of the month and I complied. And I did it on the House floor, which I regret. I should not have done. It's not a violation of the House rules, but it's a practice that‘s gone on here for a long time that we're trying to stop and I know I'll never do it again." Boehner eventually led the effort to change House rules and prohibit campaign contributions from being distributed on the House floor.

A September 2010 ''New York Times'' story said Boehner was "Tightly Bound to Lobbyists" and "He maintains especially tight ties with a circle of lobbyists and former aides representing some of the nation’s biggest businesses, including Goldman Sachs, Google, Citigroup, R.J. Reynolds, MillerCoors and UPS.".

Smithsonian

In November 2010, Boehner, along with Minority Whip Eric Cantor, called for the cancellation of an exhibit in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after he learned that it featured a video by David Wojnarowicz, ''A Fire in My Belly'', that contained an image of a crucifix with ants crawling on it. Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith said, "Smithsonian officials should either acknowledge the mistake and correct it, or be prepared to face tough scrutiny beginning in January when the new majority in the House moves [in]."

Political positions

A profile in the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'' said, "On both sides of the aisle, Boehner earns praise for candor and an ability to listen." ''The Plain Dealer'' says Boehner "has perfected the art of disagreeing without being disagreeable."

Boehner has been classified as a "hard-core conservative" by OnTheIssues. Although Boehner does have a conservative voting record, when he was running for House leadership, religious conservatives in the GOP expressed that they were not satisfied with his positions. According to the ''Washington Post'': "From illegal immigration to sanctions on China to an overhaul of the pension system, Boehner, as chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, took ardently pro-business positions that were contrary to those of many in his party. Religious conservatives — examining his voting record — see him as a policymaker driven by small-government economic concerns, not theirs."

Boehner has received a "0" rating from the Human Rights Campaign in the last three congressional sessions, voting against the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, the Early Treatment for HIV Act, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Boehner voted for a Federal Marriage Amendment. In a letter to the Rights Campaign, Boehner stated, "I oppose any legislation that would provide special rights for homosexuals... Please be assured that I will continue to work to protect the idea of the traditional family as one of the fundamental tenets of western civilization."

On May 25, 2006, Boehner issued a statement defending his agenda and attacking his "Democrat friends" such as Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Boehner said regarding national security that voters "have a choice between a Republican Party that understands the stakes and is dedicated to victory, and a Democrat Party with a non-existent national security policy that sheepishly dismisses the challenges of a post-9/11 world and is all too willing to concede defeat on the battlefield in Iraq."

Boehner is a signer of Americans for Tax Reform’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge.

Military spending

Boehner has called on the President to justify spending for military operations against terrorists.

Financial crisis

On September 18, 2008, Congressman Boehner attended a closed meeting with congressional leaders, then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and was urged to craft legislation to help financially troubled banks. That same day (trade effective the next day), Congressman Boehner cashed out of an equity mutual fund.

On October 3, 2008 Boehner voted in favor of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), believing that the enumerated powers grant Congress the authority to "purchase assets and equity from financial institutions in order to strengthen its financial sector." Boehner has been highly critical of several initiatives by the Democratic Congress and President Barack Obama, including the "cap and trade" plan that Boehner says would hurt job growth in his congressional district and elsewhere. He opposed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and said that, if Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections, they would do whatever it takes to stop the act. One option would be to defund the administrative aspect of the Act, not paying "one dime" to pay the salaries of the workers who would administer the plan. He also led an opposition to the 2009 stimulus and to Obama's first budget proposal, promoting instead an alternative economic recovery plan and a Republican budget (authored by Ranking Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI). He has advocated for an across-the-board spending freeze, including entitlement programs. Boehner favors making changes in Social Security, such as by raising the retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, as well as tying cost-of-living increases to the consumer price index rather than wage inflation, and limiting payments to those who need them.

In 2011 Boehner called the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act “one of our highest legislative priorities.”

Political campaigns

2006

In the November 2006 election, Boehner defeated the Democratic Party candidate, U.S. Air Force veteran Mort Meier, 64% to 36%.

2008

In the November 2008 election, Boehner defeated Nicholas Von Stein, 68% to 32%.

2010

Boehner was opposed by Democratic nominee Justin Coussoule, Constitution Party nominee Jim Condit, and Libertarian nominee David Harlow; but won the 2010 election.

As Republican House Leader, Boehner is a Democratic target for criticism of Republican views and political positions. In July 2010, President Barack Obama began singling out Boehner for criticism during his speeches. In one speech, Obama mentioned Boehner's name nine times and accused him of believing that police, firefighters, and teachers were jobs "not worth saving."

Electoral history

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="margin:0.5em; font-size:95%;" |+ : Results 1990–2010 !|Year ! !|Democrat !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Other !|Party !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Other !|Party !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |1990 | | |Gregory Jolivette | align="right" |66,584 | |40% | | | | align="right" |99,955 | |60% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |1992 | | |Fred Sennet | align="right" |62,033 | |26% | | | | align="right" |176,362 | |74% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |1994 | | |''No candidate'' | align="right" | | | | | | | align="right" |148,338 | |100% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |1996 | | |Jeffrey Kitchen | align="right" |52,912 | |26% | | | | align="right" |127,979 | |70% | | |William Baker | |Natural Law | align="right" |8,613 | align="right" |4% | | | | | | |- |1998 | | |John W. Griffin | align="right" |52,912 | |29% | | | | align="right" |127,979 | |71% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |2000 | | |John G. Parks | align="right" |66,293 | |26% | | | | align="right" |179,756 | |71% | | |David Shock | |Libertarian | align="right" |7,254 | align="right" |3% | | | | | | |- |2002 | | | | align="right" |49,444 | |29% | | |John Boehner | align="right" |119,947 | |71% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |2004 | | | | align="right" |90,574 | |31% | | |John Boehner | align="right" |201,675 | |69% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |2006 | | |Mort Meier | align="right" |77,640 | |36% | | |John Boehner | align="right" |136,863 | |64% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |2008 | | | | align="right" |95,510 | |32% | | |John Boehner | align="right" |202,063 | |68% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |2010 | | | | align="right" |65,883 | |30% | | |John Boehner | align="right" |142,731 | |66% | | |David Harlow | |Libertarian | align="right" |5,121 | align="right" |2% | | |James Condit | |Constitution | align="right" |3,701 | align="right" |2% |

Personal life

Boehner and his wife Debbie were married in 1973, and live in the Wetherington section of West Chester Township. They have two daughters, Lindsay and Tricia.

Notes

References

Further reading

Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa, ''The Almanac of American Politics 2006: The Senators, the Representatives and the Governors: Their Records and Election Results, Their States and Districts'' (2005) pp 1328–32.

External links

Speaker John Boehner ''official site for the Speaker's Office''

Congressman John Boehner ''official U.S. House site''

Friends of John Boehner ''official campaign site''

The Freedom Project political action committee

Truth-O-Meter Profile at PolitiFact.com

Profile at SourceWatch

Candidate information from ''Our Campaigns''

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