The 8 a.m. speech here is being billed by some as the beginning of a major rollout of the Republican party’s economic agenda — and also a preview of how Boehner would run the House if he becomes Speaker.

In Boehner’s prepared remarks, Geithner and adviser Larry Summers are singled out as having promulgated “19 months of government-as-community organizer.”

“It hasn’t worked,” Boehner will say. “Our fresh start needs to begin now”

Democrats were clearly ready for Boehner’s speech Tuesday — so much so that White House and congressional officials held conference calls in advance of the remarks on Monday to blast Boehner and warn that he wanted to return to Bush-era economic policies.

Also likely to irk Democrats is Boehner’s call for the president to veto bills such as card-check legislation – which would make it easier for employees to unionize – and an energy bill, which Democrats believe would bring the country closer to eliminating harmful pollutants and roll back global warming.

“Democratic Leaders refuse to rule out the possibility of forcing these job-killing bills through in a lame-duck session, after the election, after the voters have had their say,” Boehner will say, according to embargoed text of his speech. “Their failure to level with the American people only compounds the ongoing economic uncertainty.” 

The minority leader is offering some specifics, which might help brush back claims that the GOP is a party of no ideas. He’s calling on non-defense discretionary spending to go back to 2008 levels, claiming that if spending is reduced it would save taxpayers more than $340 billion.

Boehner is also calling for elimination of the so-called 1099 mandate, which would require some employers to disclose anything they buy in excess of $600.

“What is the point of making employers and entrepreneurs spend $17 billion to send all this paperwork to Washington, where it’s going to cost about $10 billion to log it in and file it away?” Boehner plans to say. “Talk about overhead.”

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