Boehner Pledges End to K-Street Project
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James Joyner | Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
John Boehner’s staff has sent out a press release quoting their boss as saying, “If I am elected Majority Leader, there will be no longer be a ‘K Street project,’ or anything else like it.”
He has also sent out a PDF of his campaign platform (a/k/a “37-page leadership plan”) entitled, “John Boehner: For a Majority That Matters.” It looks like a low graphics PowerPoint presentation but has some interesting content. A notable and representative quote:
[W]e need to dedicate ourselves to serving the real needs and principles of our constituents. The corruption of Dan Rostenkowski and other Democrats in the early 1990s stuck to their colleagues because Americans thought House Democrats were putting their own welfare above the welfare of Americans. We canât let voters think the same about us. So just as important as any specific reform is our commitment to legislating. If we are bold and dutiful in doing our jobs â if we show action, not just words â voters will respect that.
It should be noted that Boehner did not shirk from the benefits of the K-Street Project or the excesses of lobbying. So, perhaps he is a bit late in coming to this moral epiphany. Still, the words are right.
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Previously:
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Blunt v. Boehner: Bluntâs Lead Grows
Blunt vs. Boehner: The K-Street Connection
Boehner vs. Blunt: The E-Mail Wars
Fixing Congress by Restoring Conservatism
Tom DeLay Resigns Leadership Post
Judge Throws Out Tom Delay Conspiracy Charges
Leadership Thwarted in Attempt to Impose DeLay Successor
Bloggers React to DeLay Indictment
Tom Delay Indicted by Texas Grand Jury
Tom DeLay: Liar or Fool? (Stotch)
Republicans to Reverse Ethics Rules Changes: Hastert
Bush Not Seeking DeLayâs Ouster
Newt Gingrich Criticizes Tom DeLay on Ethics
Is the Cover-Up Worse than the Crime?
Democrats to Make âEthicsâ Key to 2006 Campaign
Conduct Unbecoming a Congressman
DeLay Appears To Be Off The Hook
GOP Pushes Rule Change To Protect DeLayâs Post
Ethics Truce Frays in House
HOT PINK LEISURE SUITS
POLITICIANS BEING POLITICAL?!
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Abramoff Scandal Backfiring of Republican Strategy?
Abramoff Scandal Brings New Scrutiny to Lobbying
Abramoff Bought Cato Columnist Doug Bandow
Scandals Heighten Public Concerns about Corruption
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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So lemme get this straight... Boehner is campaigning to be the Majority Leader by promising to _take away_ the entity that give the Majority huge sums of cash.
In the words of Bill Cosby, "Riiiiiiiiight".
Kind of amusing watching the GOP try to distance itself from the trough it was so happy to feast at just a short while ago...
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