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please change ((Kevin McCarthy)) to ((Kevin McCarthy (California politician)|Kevin McCarthy))

Trivial nugget removed

"Boehner previously served as the House Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011, and House Majority Leader from 2006 until 2007. Boehner's almost nine years as the Republican Leader in the House [2007 - 2015] ... was the longest consecutive tenure for a Republican Leader in the House since Bob Michel of Illinois served 14 years as House Minority Leader between 1981 and 1995."

His 9 years was the longest since the guy 11 years before him. It's like being the second tallest person in a group of four people: trivial. - SummerPhD^v2.0 17:07, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Error under Minority Leader section

GibbNotGibbs (talk) 19:53, 3 January 2019 (UTC) 3 January, 2019[reply]

While Boehner was serving as Minority leader, from 2007 to 2011, Nancy Pelosi was Speaker of the House, whereas the link brings users to Dennis Hastert, who was Pelosi's predecessor, serving from 1999-2007. I have a newly created account, so cannot change this, but I hope someone will and make the necessary edit(s).

GibbNotGibbs (talk) 19:53, 3 January 2019 (UTC) D. H. Gibb (GibbNotGibbs)[reply]

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Change "2,160,000,000" to "216," under 2015 election for Speaker 47.218.218.99 (talk) 18:20, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ~ Amkgp 💬 19:08, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We don't really need sources to know he didn't get billions of votes in the house...it's a technical issue with the way the template is being used. I'm trying to figure out a workaround. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 19:12, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done. It seems to have been an issue with the template expecting a numerical parameter, and not liking the fact that there was a footnote with it. I've moved the note to the end of the table, which isn't ideal, but at least works around the issue. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 19:26, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Undue Weight in Lead

Why do we have his lobbying job in the lead: "In September 2016, Squire Patton Boggs, the third largest lobbying firm in the U.S., announced that Boehner would join their firm. It was also announced that Boehner would become a board member of Reynolds American, the second biggest tobacco firm in the U.S., for an estimated annual salary of $400,000." This has nothing to do with being Speaker of the House, and it should be moved to another section. Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk) 09:46, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The lead is supposed to summarize the key points of the body, and I fail to see how his lobbying career isn't a significant part of his biography. If anything, I think the problem with that lead is that it doesn't talk enough about his speakership. It doesn't really talk about it at all, other than to acknowledge that it happened. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:28, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the lead hardly talks about his speakership. But, how are we summarizing key points of his body when all we have about his lobbying career is this: Boehner joined the board of tobacco company Reynolds American on September 15, 2016.In 2018 Boehner joined the board of Acreage Holdings, a cannabis corporation, to promote the medical use of cannabis and advocate for federal de-scheduling of the drug (a shift from his previous stance while in Congress).In 2019 Boehner was named chair of the National Cannabis Roundtable, a cannabis lobbying organization. If it's so significant, why do we only have three sentences on it? And I fail to see why a post-lobbying career is more significant than his political positions or the financial crisis (which we have multiple paragraphs on) . Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d (talk) 21:12, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]