washingtonmonthly.com - 7/7/2009
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MAYBE BOEHNER IS SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME IN DC.... One of the hallmarks of a politician who's lost touch with his or her constituents is when the politician no longer knows what's going on back home. Take House Minority Leader...
cleveland.com - 7/7/2009
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cleveland.com —
When U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner told
a newscaster Sunday that not a single stimulus-funded road...
contract in his home state of Ohio had been let, he was wrong. The Ohio Department of Transportation has OK'd 52 stimulus-funded road and ...
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Boehner backpedals on stimulus comments
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... a single stimulus-funded road contract in his home state of Ohio had been let, he was wrong. The Ohio Department of Transportation has OK'd 52 stimulus-funded road and bridge projects at a cost of nearly $84 million.... An ODOT spokesman called Boehner's statement "disappointing." And Scott Varner noted that ODOT had just OK'd six more stimulus road projects which will cost about $43 million.Can he even find Ohio on a map anymore? Hat tip to Steve Benen. ...
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