John Boehner

John Boehner became speaker of the house in the U.S. Senate due to the results of a general election in the United States on November 2, 2010.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/11/john-boehner-obama-fox-news.html He replaces Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who has been speaker of the house since January 4, 2007.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSJpxlSXIC0 http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-01-04/news/17226091_1_rep-nancy-pelosi-climate-change-110th-congress This advancement makes Boehner the third most powerful person in U.S. politics behind President Barrack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/03/john-boehner-us-midterms

Previously, Boehner was the Republican Minority Leader in the United States House of Representatives. He represents Ohio's 8th congressional district, including parts of Dayton and suburbs of Cincinnati.http://www.buzzbox.com/news/2010-11-03/barack-obama:john-boehner/?clusterId=2331792

From 1985 to 1990, Boehner served as an Ohio state representative.http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/b000589/ In 1990, he defeated Republican Representative Donald Lukens in the primary election and went on to win his seat.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/us/25lukens.html

After Majority Leader Tom DeLay was indicted on corruption charges and stepped down, Boehner replaced him on February 2, 2006, besting Majority Whip Roy Blunt, who was expected to take the position.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/jan-june06/boehner_02-02.html He has been a strong defender of The Bush Administration and the Republican agenda, particularly on issues of national security. He led the Freedom Project, with the aim of regaining a Republican majority in Congress. (The 2006 elections put both houses in Democratic hands.) On November 19, 2008, Boehner was elected for his second term as House Republican Leader.http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/11/date_11192008_1202_pm.html

On March 21, 2010, Boehner gave a speech criticizing how the new health care bill was written.http://tippnews.com/video/john-boehner-hell-no-you-cant/He addressed the people, referring to Obama, "Look at how this bill was written. Can you say it was done openly? With transparency and accountability? Without backroom deals and struck behind closed doors, hidden from the people? Hell no you can't. Have you read the bill? Have you read the reconciliation bill? Have you read the manager's amendment? Hell no you haven't!"

Boehner openly disagreed with the bill, and his comments summarized the Republican opposition to the new legislation.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-borosage/will-americans-reward-the_b_511165.html Video clips of the speech have received tens of thousands of views on YouTube, and additional publicity was generated when online Democratic news show The Young Turks featured a phrase from his speech on their sound effects board.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvvT9o_Wt_s http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2010/4/16/153813/548/Diary/Vote-for-your-favorite-TYT-sound-effect

Boehner was alleged to have known about Representative Mark Foley's inappropriate contact with House interns well before the story became widespread in the fall of 2006. Boehner insists he told Speaker Dennis Hastert about the Foley situation and had been assured it was "taken care of." Boehner testified before ethics investigators regarding the incident.http://www.deseretnews.com/article/650200180/Boehner-testifies-on-Foley.html

John Boehner addresses a cheering and supportive crowd. He talks about reducing spending, cutting the size of the government, reforming congress and working to help small businesses and create jobs. He pledges that the voice of the people will be his voice. He also states that President Obama has been sent a clear message to change course. Boehner hopes that Obama stands with the American people as it pertains to enacting certain changes. Though the crowd cheers and celebrates his victory, Boehner states that it is a time to roll up sleeves and get to work rather than a time to celebrate.