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John Boehner: Obama speech ‘an Easter Egg with no candy’
By Seung Min Kim
7/24/13 

House Speaker John Boehner took a preemptive swing at President Barack Obama’s economic speech on Wednesday, jabbing the address as “a hollow shell” and “an Easter Egg with no candy in it.” 

In a brief speech on the House floor Boehner – like many other fellow Hill Republicans – attempted to get out front of Obama’s highly anticipated remarks at Knox College in Illinois. 

“The president himself said [the speech] isn’t going to change any minds,” Boehner said. “All right, well. So exactly what will change? What’s the point? What’s it going to accomplish? You probably got the answer: Nothing.” 

One step Boehner noted that Obama should take toward job creation is approving the construction of the Keystone pipeline – which has been a top priority of House Republicans. The House’s top Republican also urged Obama to “work with” lawmakers to delay requirements in the Affordable Care Act. The House voted to delay both the individual mandate and the employer mandate last week... 

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