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House Speaker John Boehner (R-West Chester) announced on Friday an updated open door schedule for the 2013.

Open door gives the 8th District residents the opportunity to meet face-to-face with a member of Boehner’s congressional staff to discuss concerns or opinions they have with regard to the federal government. 

“The new Open Door schedule will allow constituents to meet with my congressional staff in convenient locations across the 8th District,” Boehner said about the new schedule.  “I want to hear your opinions, concerns, and ideas so please come by an Open Door to share your thoughts and get involved in the process.”

Ohio’s 8th District includes all of Butler, Clark, Darke, Miami, and Preble counties, and the southernmost part of Mercer County.

Open Door sessions will be held at the following times:



First Tuesday of Each Month


9 a.m. – Union City Village Offices (419 East Elm Street)


10:30 a.m. – Darke County Administrative Building (520 South Broadway)


12 p.m. – Bradford Municipal Building (115 North Miami Avenue)


1 p.m. - Covington Village Hall (1 South High Street)


2:30 p.m. – Pleasant Hill Village Offices (8 West High Street)


3:30 p.m. – Piqua Municipal Building (201 West Water Street)




First Thursday of Each Month


11 a.m. – Lewisburg Village Offices (116 South Commerce Street)


12 p.m. – Preble County Council on Aging (800 East St. Clair Street)


1:30 p.m. – Camden Village Offices (56 North Main Street)


2:30 p.m. – Oxford Municipal Building (101 East High Street)


3:30 p.m. – Reily Township Community Center (6061 Reily Millville Road, Oxford)




Second Tuesday of Each Month


9 a.m. – Tipp City Government Center (260 South Garber Drive)


10:30 a.m. – New Carlisle General Administration Office (331 South Church Street)


1 p.m. – Enon Administrative Office (363 East Main Street)


2:30 p.m. – West Milton Municipal Building (701 South Miami Street)


3:30 p.m. – Arcanum Village Offices (104 West South Street)




Second Thursday of Each Month


9 a.m. – West Chester Township Administrative Hall (9113 Cincinnati-Dayton Road)


10:30 a.m. – Fairfield Township Administrative Offices (6032 Morris Road)


11:30 a.m. – Liberty Township Administrative Hall (6400 Princeton Road)


1 p.m. – Middletown Senior Center (3907 Central Avenue)




Third Tuesday of Each Month


10:30 a.m. – Bethel Township Trustees Office (3333 Lake Road, Medway)


12:30 p.m. – Clark County Public Library, Houston Branch (5 W. Jamestown Street, South Charleston)
This meeting/program is not sponsored by the Clark County Public Library.
2 p.m. – South Vienna Town Hall (143 West Main Street)




Third Thursday of Each Month


9 a.m. – West Alexandria City Building (16 North Main Street)


10 a.m. – Eaton Municipal Building (328 North Maple Street)


12:00 p.m. – Hamilton City Council Chambers (One Renaissance Center, 1st Floor)


1:30 p.m. – Trenton City Building (11 East State Street)


2:30 p.m. – Monroe Municipal Building (233 South Main Street)




Fourth Tuesday of Each Month


9 a.m. – Versailles Village Offices (177 North Center Street)


10:30 a.m. – Fort Recovery Village Hall (201 South Main Street)


11:30 a.m. – St. Henry Village Hall (371 N. Linn Street)


1 p.m. – Coldwater Municipal Building (610 W. Sycamore Street)




Fourth Thursday of Each Month


9:30 a.m. – Ross Township Administrative building (3133 Hamilton-Cleves Road)


10:30 a.m. – Fairfield Municipal Building Council Chambers (5350 Pleasant Avenue)


12 p.m. – Hamilton Partners in Prime (140 Ross Avenue)


1:30 p.m. – Middletown Municipal Building (One Donham Plaza)

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Deirdre Shesgreen reports:

Speaker of the House John Boehner of West Chester became the 61st Speaker of the House Jan. 5, 2011. Photo taken by Michael E. Keating.

The West Chester Republican was already under fire from conservatives angry about his move to boot four lawmakers, who had bucked the GOP leadership, from key committee slots. Now he’s feeling some heat from those worried that he will give in to President Barack Obama’s demands for higher tax rates in their negotiations to reduce the deficit.

• Take the poll: Should John Boehner keep his job as House Speaker?

Even as Boehner and Obama remain far apart on any agreement, some in the GOP appear ready to pounce if their House leader comes back with what, in their view, is a bad deal.

Several observers say that a move to oust Boehner remains highly unlikely.

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Amanda Seitz reports

Anyone looking for a David vs. Goliath contest, Ohio’s 8th congressional primary is it.

Speaker of the House John Boehner of West Chester became the 61st Speaker of the House Jan. 5, 2011. Photo taken by Michael E. Keating.

On the one side, there’s Rep. John Boehner, who as Speaker of the House, is one of the most powerful politicians in the country. He’s an 11-term incumbent. He’s raised more than $12 million for his re-election campaign. And he’s well known among his constituents.

His opponent in the March 6 Republican primary is Batavia resident David Lewis. He is a political neophyte. And he doesn’t even live in the district.

Lewis’ main critique of Boehner in the campaign so far has come on the issue of abortion, saying the West Chester Republican has not fought hard enough for restrictions on the procedure. He pointed to Boehner’s role last year in forging an agreement on the annual federal spending bills, which included funding for Planned Parenthood.

Federal law prohibits Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion as well as other health care services to women, from using any federal funds to terminate a pregnancy. Still, some House conservatives fought unsuccessfully to strip all funding for Planned Parenthood out of the spending bills.

“The main reason I’m running is because 50 million babies have died because of the Roe v. Wade case back in January 1973,” Lewis said. “I specifically targeted Mr. Boehner because he has a 22-year history in the House of Representatives and this whole time, he’s done little to nothing for those babies.”

But Ohio Right to Life says Boehner has one of the strongest anti-abortion voting records in Ohio and in Congress. (more…)

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House Speaker and West Chester Township resident John Boehner teamed up with President Barack Obama to win a golf match Saturday, June 18, against Vice President Joe Biden and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Boehner and Obama each took home $2 as a prize for their victory.

>>>PICTURES OF THE OBAMA AND BOEHNER GOLF MATCH<<<

After the match, which was held on the East Course at Joint Base Andrews (located outside Washington D.C.), the foursome had a drink in the clubhouse and met with service members at the base.

For more about the significance of the match and how Boehner and Obama fared out on the links, visit Cincinnati.com’s post “Boehner, Obama team up to win golf match.”

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House Speaker and West Chester resident John Boehner addressed students at The Ohio State University commencement exercises this Sunday, June 12. According to a story written by Julie Carr Smyth of the Associated Press, Boehner gave an eight-minute speech to a record 9,700 graduates.

>>>PHOTOS OF BOEHNER AT OSU COMMENCEMENT<<<

Below is an excerpt of Smyth’s article:

Saying his own name was often mispronounced – rhyming with the words honor, leaner, even “boner” – Boehner said, “Thank God it’s not Weiner.” Fellow U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat, admitted last week to sexually explicit communications with as many as six women via social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Graduates assembled under clear blue skies. Many sported shorts and flip-flops under their black robes, and some wore mortarboards decked out with scarlet and gray O’s, sequins, gift-wrap bows, feathers or pipe-cleaner creations. Students held balloons or flags to identify themselves, or scanned the crowd – cellphones to their ears – looking for loved ones.

Boehner told graduates that it is important to work hard, persevere and be humble.

“You know, life isn’t always about you,” he said. “I’m a big believer that everything in life is a two-way street, and being useful to others, being involved in your community, finding some way to serve is part as what I would describe as humility.”

With emotion in his voice, Boehner recalled his bartender father working 10 or 12 hours a day yet still finding time to volunteer.

“So before you think about what you want to do in your life, I would suggest to all of you: Think about who you want to be before you think about what you want to be,” he said.

For the entire story, visit Cincinnati.com post titled “Boehner, Gee address OSU grads.”

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House Speaker and West Chester resident John Boehner talked about his upcoming golf outing with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden during a Middletown Rotary Club luncheon Tuesday, June 7, according to Cincinnati.com.

Reporter Paul McKibben posted the story on Cincinnati.com:

Boehner, R-West Chester, remembered watching a cable show on Saturday where someone suggested that if Obama wants strokes from him, Boehner should tell him “ ‘Mr. President, you can have all the strokes you want. It’ll just cost you a trillion dollars a stroke.’”

“I thought it was a brilliant idea,” Boehner said.

>>>PHOTOS OF JOHN BOEHNER SPEECH IN MIDDLETOWN<<<

The golf remarks were prompted by an audience question about the golf date. Other questions touched on health care and the level of partisanship in Washington. Boehner didn’t take questions from reporters. The question about partisanship centered on what to teach children.

“While I have big disagreements with the president, I try to teach my colleagues that you can disagree without being disagreeable,” he said.

On repealing the health care law passed last year, Boehner reminded the audience that the House earlier this year voted to repeal the law and not to fund it.

“This is why elections matter,” he said, noting next year’s election will have an impact on future of the nation’s health care system.

For more on the story, visit Cincinnati.com’s post “Boehner discusses Obama golf outing during Middletown speech.”

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House Speaker and West Chester resident John Boehner released the following statement today as the United States reaches its legal debt limit:

“Americans understand we simply can’t keep spending money we don’t have. Spending-driven deficits, record debt, and the threat of tax hikes are smothering our economy with uncertainty and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. As I have said numerous times, there will be no debt limit increase without serious budget reforms and significant spending cuts – cuts that are greater than any increase in the debt limit.

“As the Baby Boomers begin to retire, the thousands of Americans being added to the Medicare and Social Security rolls every day are an urgent reminder that we need to act now to protect those in or near retirement and save these programs for future generations. Half-measures and gimmicks won’t get the job done, and tax hikes will only hurt job creation and do more damage to our economy. House Republicans have passed a serious plan by Chairman Paul Ryan to put us on a path to balance the budget and pay down our debt, spur job growth, and save programs like Medicare for current retirees and future generations. In fact, under the House-passed plan, there are no changes to benefits for Americans 55 and older. We’ve taken action; now it’s time for Senate Democrats and President Obama to put forward a serious plan of their own.”

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West Chester resident and House Speaker John Boehner announced today that Benjamin Armour, a sophomore at Lakota East High School, was selected as the first place winner for his photograph, “Ash Cave” in the 2011 8th Congressional District art competition.

Armour’s piece (pictured right -click to enlarge) will hang in the office of the Speaker of the House in Washington, D.C.

Second place, third place and several honorable mention pieces will hang in Boehner’s West Chester and Troy offices where the public can view them.

Lakota West junior Thu Do, a junior at Lakota West High School, was a third-place winner for his self portrait titled, “Ninja.” Lakota West student Ema Koch’s piece was named as an honorable mention.

The Congressional Art Competition, “An Artistic Discovery,” aims to showcase the artistic talents of 8th District high school students. The competition was open to students in grades 9-12, who are residents of the 8th Congressional District.

All artwork will remain on display at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio, until Tuesday, April 26.

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West Chester resident and House Speaker John Boehner will host a service academy information night at the Courtyard Marriott Hamilton Hotel, located at 1 Riverfront Plaza in Hamilton, this Monday, April 25, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The information night is for students, parents and high school counselors to discover the educational and career opportunities available at the U.S. Military Service Academies, according to the event’s release.

The event is for students within the 8th Congressional District to learn more about the requirements and procedures for seeking a nomination to the academies.

Representatives from the Naval Academy, Military Academy, Merchant Marine Academy, Coast Guard and the Air Force Academy will be at the event and available to answer questions.

(Photo from event in December where Boehner hosted a reception in West Chester to honor the 2015 class of 8th District service academy nominees)

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