Bipartisan Support Grows for House Ethics Office

by: Dean Barker

Thu Dec 02, 2010 at 23:24:54 PM EST

The League of Women Voters, Common Cause, Taxpayers for Common Sense, The National Taxpayers Union, Judicial Watch, Public Citizen, The Campaign Legal Center, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Democracy 21 and U.S. PIRG. The Tea Party is also in on the act, expressing support for preserving OCE as well.

Representative-Elect Guinta will go to Washington saddled with his own unresolved controversy over significant campaign finance discrepancies.  He refused comment to the Washington Post when asked about it.

Relatedly, former half-term Governor Sarah Palin contributed to Frank Guinta's campaign after the controversy over his mystery bank accounts emerged into the public spotlight.

John Boehner Wants To Steal Your Money

by: Kathy Sullivan 2

Wed Jun 30, 2010 at 14:25:38 PM EDT

If you have substantial non-Social Security income while you're retired, why are we paying you at a time when we're broke? We just need to be honest with people."

Democrats in Congress are slamming Boehner for proposing raising the social security age to 70, but to me, this proposal is equally, if not more outrageous, because it totally breaks trust with the working people of America.

Working Americans have paid into the Social Security System all of their working lives, with a promise that the money they put in will come back to them. No one told them it was just another tax to pay for something other than retirement. Boehner wants to steal all that money you and I have paid into Social Security if, in his opinion, we have "substantial" other income.

Do you trust John Boehner to decide what is "substantial"?  Do you trust Frank Guinta, Sean Mahoney, Rich Ashooh or Charlie Bass to stand up to Boehner and his attempted larceny?  

Republicans Intervene In Traffic Accident, Call Settlement "Shakedown"

by: fake consultant

Thu Jun 24, 2010 at 07:37:27 AM EDT

The intervening attorneys claim the settlement reached between the two parties to the accident is a "shakedown" because the plaintiff had not yet exhausted all possible legal remedies when the agreement was finalized, and because the agreement was executed in the presence of the plaintiff's brother, a well-known local attorney.

They hope Judge Bryan will decline to approve the settlement in today's hearing, and that he will order the parties to move forward to trial.

"What we have is government transferring property from one party, an admittedly unattractive one, to others, not based on preexisting laws but on decisions by one man, a car czar", said Crush Mimbaugh, attorney for the RSG, "and we are here today to protect all Americans from this legally sanctioned rape of an innocent driver."

Open Thread: Pelosi v. Boehner

by: Dean Barker

Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 05:42:24 AM EST

House Minority Leader John Boehner:

I've contributed to Scott Brown, I want him to win, I think he can win - but beyond that, the American people need to stay engaged in this process because this bill is nowhere close to being finished. There are a number of unresolved issues, a lot of fights amongst Democrats, and we can continue to put pressure on them - we can exploit those differences - and bring this bill down."

She went on to say that Brown has said he want to go back to the drawing board on health care. Not in my House, Madame Speaker said.

"There is no back to the drawing board," Pelosi said. "The Republicans in Congress have said we will kill health care reform. They are the handmaidens of the insurance company."

"Let's remove all doubt, we will have health care -- one way or another," Pelosi said. "Back to the drawing board means a great big zero for the American people."

Rene Archambault's letter? Not a single Dem has signed.

by: Peter Sullivan

Tue Dec 22, 2009 at 20:42:25 PM EST

http://hunter.house.gov/index....

No sign of Admiral Joe Sestak.

Or Medal of Honor recipient Daniel Inouye.

Or former Navy Secretary and Vietnam vet Jim Webb.

Or Iraq vet Patrick Murphy.

I do see the House Republican leader who was discharged from the Navy before finishing basic training, so make of it what you will.

If this doesn't fit the definition of a partisan smear job, nothing does.

NH-02: Scozzafavaed

by: Dean Barker

Wed Nov 18, 2009 at 21:05:42 PM EST

He donated $5,000 to [Scozzafava's] campaign and threw his weight behind her when some conservative Republicans considered her too liberal for the GOP.

"She'd fit in just fine," Boehner said in early October. "I've contributed to her election, and we're urging all of our members to help bring this race home."

... Ms. Scozzafava has received campaign contributions from such prominent Republicans as House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio), Minority Whip Eric Cantor (Virginia), National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas), and Representative Kevin McCarthy (California), who is in charge of recruiting GOP candidates to run next year.

Bass, as the pro-abortion rights former head of the centrist Republican Main Street Partnership, is a natural target for conservatives. Horn has plenty of name recognition as the 2008 GOP nominee for the seat, and she's going after Bass hard. At the tail end of the New York special election, she endorsed Hoffman and said she thought the same dynamic would play out in her race with Bass.

Please join Honorary Host Committee
Republican Leader John Boehner
Republican Whip Eric Cantor
NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions
Chief Deputy Whip Kevin McCarthy

...For a reception honoring
Charles Bass, New Hampshire
Suggested Contribution:
Host $2,000
$1,000.00PAC/ $500 Individual
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Capitol Hill Club, Bolton Room

Quote of the Day

by: Dean Barker

Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 19:06:09 PM EST

"I'm still trying to find the first American who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration."

-- House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by the Middletown Journal.

Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

by: Dean Barker

Wed Oct 07, 2009 at 19:28:32 PM EDT

"I'm still trying to find the first American who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration."

-- House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), quoted by the Middletown Journal.

The New Hampshire Republican Party will host U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner at a fund-raiser next month.

...State Republican Party spokesman Ryan Williams said the Boehner fund-raiser will be in Manchester or Concord, with the precise venue yet to be determined.

This is a perfect opportunity to wake John Boehner up and out of his laughable talking point.

I'm thinking OfA, NHDP, Granite State Progress, Blue Hamsters, and everybody and anybody of the 65% of Americans who support a public option ought to show up outside this venue with signs even Boehner's status quo tunnel vision can see.

This could be fun.

UPDATE: The date is set for November 13th.