claim: "i don't do earmarks. i've never done one. i'm not going to do one."
author: john boehner
evidence_1: dec 23, 2007 ... it's, you know, it's six months or one year or two year, but you can start saving  immediately by changing the foreign policy and not be the policeman ... troops in  korea since i've been in high school ? ...... i don't like people who are such  absolutists, "i will never do this, or i will win, i'm going to come in first.
evidence_2: nov 25, 2016 ... “as long as i'm speaker, there will be no earmarks,” he said in 2014. when  boehner resigned the next year, his staff created a gauzy, documentary video  hailing the ban as central to his legacy and highlighting his record of never  seeking an earmark during his quarter-century in the house. “it's been one of ...
evidence_3: q: if you're elected president how do you plan to restore the 10th amendment,  hold the federal government only to those enumerated powers in the ... on  regulations, no, i don't believe in any of these federal regulations, but that doesn't  mean i don't believe in regulations. ..... i've never voted for an earmark in my life.  q: no ...
evidence_4: oct 14, 2008 ... as president of the united states, i want to assure you, i've got a pen. this one's  kind of old. i've got a pen, and i'm going to veto every single spending bill that  comes across my desk. i will make them famous. you will know their names. now , senator obama, you wanted to know one of the differences. a ...
evidence_5: oct 7, 2008 ... each candidate will have two minutes to respond to a common question, and  there will be a one-minute follow-up. ..... and full consultation, not done behind  closed doors and shoving earmarks in the middle of the night into programs that  we don't even -- sometimes we don't even know about until months ...