Claim: "Our unemployment rate has been higher than 8 percent for more than two-and-a-half years, far above what the Obama Administration promised with the 'stimulus.' "
Fact-check: John Boehner says Obama promised the stimulus would keep unemployment below 8 percent 
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Feran
Date published: 2011-10-13T00:00:00