Boehner Says GOP Needs To Articulate Principles More Effectively

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The Republican Party needs to a better job articulating how its principles help middle-class Americans, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said in an interview published Sunday evening. 

“There’s no doubt that, as a party, we need to do a better job of communicating and engaging with the American people,” Boehner told CQ Roll Call. “In the House, we only control one half of one third of the government, and going up against the presidential bully pulpit is tough. But our priorities are still firmly aligned with the American peoples’: creating jobs, cutting wasteful government spending, and expanding opportunity for all Americans so they can achieve the American dream. Our job as House Republicans is to put our principles into legislation, like the budget that we will vote on this month, and show how those solutions help families in our Congressional districts and around the country.”

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