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Boehner Says He Expects 'Same Old Policies' from the President During SOTU: 'I Think It's Pathetic

In an appearance on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, House Speaker John Boehner made the case that over the last two years the real job creators have been Republicans, not President Obama and his party. Appearing before the President's State of the Union address this Tuesday, Speaker Boehner said he expects to hear the "same old policies" from President:

“You know, I've read a lot about what the president’s going to talk about Tuesday night. And it sounds to me like the same old policies that we’ve seen: more spending, higher taxes, more regulations," said Speaker Boehner. "The same policies that haven't helped our economy, they’ve made it worse. And if that’s what the president's going to talk about Tuesday night, I think it's pathetic. "

Obama is expected to outline an economic blueprint built around manufacturing, energy and education, and officials have said he'll propose fresh ideas to try to get the wealthy to pay more in taxes, according the Associated Press.

When asked how he will respond when the President attacks the "do nothing Congress" led by Republicans during his general election campaign, Speaker Boehner came prepared with literature.

"Chris, thirty jobs bills passed over the last year in a Republican House of Representatives that are sitting in the United States Senate, 30," said the Speaker while holding a pamphlet outlining 30 jobs bills passed in the House waiting on the Democrat controlled Senate. "Our focus over the last 12 months has been on jobs. Our focus over the course of the next 12 months is going to be on jobs"

"We've done our job for the American people and the fact is this Chris," the Speaker went on to say. "The President's policies have failed to get our economy moving again, and as a matter of fact, it's the President's policies that have actually made our economy worse.

"It's time for a new direction."

Wallace challenged Speaker Boehner on the productivity of this Congress, pointing to low job approval polls and a POLITICO report from Friday which drew attention to only 80 laws that passed during the 112th Congress, 20 percent of which either named a federal building or appointed a trustee to a federally appointed board.

"Is the measure of the job the Congress does the number of laws that we passed?" Speaker Boehner responded. "Most Americans think we got too many laws already!"

Watch Speaker Boehner's full interview with Chris Wallace:

 

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