John Boehner - Cry Baby Of The House Meme
Why Republicans Can’t Propose Spending Cuts
Connections to
lobbyists
In June 1995,
Boehner distributed campaign contributions from tobacco industry lobbyists on
the House floor as House members were weighing how to vote on tobacco
subsidies.[27] In a 1996 documentary by PBS called The People and the Power
Game, Boehner said "They asked me to give out a half dozen checks quickly
before we got to the end of the month and I complied. And I did it on the House
floor, which I regret. I should not have done. It's not a violation of the
House rules, but it's a practice that‘s gone on here for a long time that we're
trying to stop and I know I'll never do it again."[28] Boehner eventually
led the effort to change House rules and prohibit campaign contributions from
being distributed on the House floor.[29]
A September 2010 New
York Times story said Boehner was "Tightly Bound to Lobbyists" and
"He maintains especially tight ties with a circle of lobbyists and former
aides representing some of the nation’s biggest businesses, including Goldman
Sachs, Google, Citigroup, R.J. Reynolds, MillerCoors and UPS.".[30]
Smithsonian
In November 2010,
Boehner, along with Minority Whip Eric Cantor, called for the cancellation of
an exhibit in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after he learned that
it featured a video by David Wojnarowicz, A Fire in My Belly, that contained an
image of a crucifix with ants crawling on it. Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith
said, "Smithsonian officials should either acknowledge the mistake and
correct it, or be prepared to face tough scrutiny beginning in January when the
new majority in the House moves [in]." -Wikipedia
