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Blunt, Boehner Share Broad Network of Lobbyist Ties With DeLay
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Sep 14, 2010 11:30pm |
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| Author | Jonathan Salant and Laura Litvan |
| News Date | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Representatives Roy Blunt of Missouri and John Boehner of Ohio have been among the key intermediaries between Republican lawmakers and lobbyists since their party took control of the U.S. Congress in 1995.
Now, with both men vying to succeed Representative Tom DeLay as House majority leader, those ties may loom as an issue.
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In 1995, Boehner handed out campaign checks from the tobacco industry to members on the House floor at a time when lawmakers were considering eliminating a tobacco subsidy.
Representative Chris Shays, a Connecticut Republican, said he believes that Boehner is even closer to lobbyists than Blunt. ``The problem John faces is that he's so close to K Street; that's the challenge he's got,'' said Shays, who's backing Blunt.
Boehner's office declined to comment on lawmakers' concerns about his ties to lobbyists. |
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