Saturday, July 15, 2006

No lobbying reform under Boehner's watch


Anyone who thought John Boehner's victory over Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt in the House majority leader race was going to lead to lobbying reform is in for a major disappointment.
According to an article in today's New York Times, Boehner not only has blocked lobbyist reform legislation, but:

He has been holding fund-raisers at lobbyists’ offices, flying to political events on corporate planes and staying at a golf resort with a business group that has a direct stake in issues before Congress.


This is another case of politicians making a few statements that sound like they are taking a problem seriously, then simply ignoring the problem once the spotlight is turned on some other issue.

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