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Boehner Wants Transparency on Bailout Money [Bloomberg FOIA]
Roll Call ^
| 2008-11-12
| Stephen T. Dennis
Posted on 11/12/2008 12:53:51 PM PST by rabscuttle385
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) took a whack at the Bush administration on Wednesday for failing to disclose all of the financial institutions that are getting emergency loans under the $700 billion bailout.
Boehner said the Treasury and Federal Reserve should comply with a Freedom of Information Act request into who is receiving taxpayer money, and they must begin providing lawmakers and taxpayers all information about how they are using federal tax dollars.
Boehner said the bipartisan negotiations behind the financial bailout package stressed the need for meaningful oversight of how the money was being spent.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
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posted on
11/12/2008 12:54:36 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" --Patrick Henry)
To: Uncle Ike; RSmithOpt; jiggyboy; 2banana; Travis McGee; OwenKellogg; 31R1O; Ken H; Gritty; ...
*Ping!*
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posted on
11/12/2008 12:55:06 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" --Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
We wanted Boehner to vote “nay” but he didn’t.......both times.
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posted on
11/12/2008 12:55:51 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: rabscuttle385
So Boehner is admitting he didn’t know what the hell he was voting for when he cast his vote?
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posted on
11/12/2008 12:57:57 PM PST
by
Rutles4Ever
(Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna!)
To: rabscuttle385
Get lost Boner - RETIRE!
Give somebody else a chance as Republican House leader.
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posted on
11/12/2008 12:58:06 PM PST
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
To: rabscuttle385
And people in hell want ice water.
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:00:46 PM PST
by
Sig Sauer P220
(Thanks to the robber barons in D.C. and on Wall St. I've been forced to become a minimalist.)
To: rabscuttle385
To: rabscuttle385
Too late, Mr. Boehner. You never should have supported this horrible legislation in the first place — on principle.
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:02:37 PM PST
by
kesg
To: ZULU
He admits he didn’t know what this bill contained. Then he complains after he supported it twice.
Step aside and let new blood take over Mr. Boner.
To: cripplecreek
How about starting with transparency in Boehner’s own office?
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:03:32 PM PST
by
pointsal
To: rabscuttle385
I suppose he should have read the bailout bill before signing it.
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:03:33 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: rabscuttle385
How convenient. Pass a bill and THEN sat what you want out of it. We need to clear the tent of faux conservatives.
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:05:39 PM PST
by
djsherin
(The federal government: Because your life isn't screwed up enough!)
To: djsherin
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:06:38 PM PST
by
djsherin
(The federal government: Because your life isn't screwed up enough!)
To: djsherin
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:17:10 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
To: rabscuttle385
What an idiot! Why did he shove this crap sandwich down our throats if he didn’t understand the terms?
At the time, the smart, patriotic Americans were all screaming about how the deal gave Paulson unprecedented power and no oversight.
To: rabscuttle385; politicallyincarrect; /\XABN584; 3D-JOY; 5Madman; <1/1,000,000th%; 11B3; ...
I agree with what others have posted on this thread.. Mr. Boehner should step down and let some young blood take over as OUR voice... He has no credibility to whine about something he voted for TWICE !!
This “bailout” should have NEVER happned in the first place.. the markets WILL self-correct over time without putting up taxpayers money to try and “fix it” -— these actins will only delay recovery IMHO..
Having said that fighting for tranparency IS IMPORTANT.. we just need someone who opposed this garbage from the beginning to be our voice.. STEP DOWN Mr. Bohner!!
David
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:22:25 PM PST
by
davidosborne
(President Obama for 4 years.... then what?)
To: rabscuttle385
sucking up to keep ones leader role? yep.
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:23:12 PM PST
by
AmericanGirlRising
(HOPE is not a strategy just like CHANGE is not a destination.)
To: rabscuttle385
Wouldn’t have had the problem if you and the rest of the republicans the American people sent to Washington to defend this nation and our rights from the radical left had voted AGAINST this damned confiscation and sellout. And had you not been spineless RINOS since 1994, you’d still be in the majority! Don’t whine now, you limp-wristed, piss ant.
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:34:06 PM PST
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: rabscuttle385
Congressman Boehner might have wanted to think about this very situation BEFORE he voted in favor of this stupid bailout.
Idiot, brainless, ball-less, d***less, spineless, weasel sniffing sack of monkey ****...
L
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posted on
11/12/2008 1:37:05 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Thank you Governor Palin. It's not your fault. You got shackled to the worst Pub since Ford.)
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