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http://www.politicususa.com/en/john-boehner-keystone-xl

Corrupt John Boehner Invested In Oil Companies Then Pushed Keystone XL
January 22, 2012
By Rmuse
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When Americans vote for congressional representatives, they assume their interests are well-represented and take precedence over special interest groups and lobbyists. The potential for legislators' conflict of interest and vote-selling will never disappear until corporate campaign contributions are brought under control and it reminds concerned citizens why campaign finance reforms are desperately needed to restore a semblance of democracy to government. America's political system is polluted by the enormous amount of corporate and special interest money paid to legislators for their favorable votes, and the Citizens United decision has magnified the problem exponentially. However, the recent Keystone XL pipeline controversy exposed House speaker John Boehner's related problem of actively promoting an agenda that benefits him financially apart from selling his votes to special interests.

Boehner has a history of selling votes on the floor of the House to financially benefit corporations, so it is not shocking that he has a conflict of interest in executing his job as a legislator and especially Speaker of the House. Revelations this past week from his financial disclosure forms that John Boehner invested $10,000 to $50,000 each in seven firms that had a stake in Canada's oil sands should raise red flags for the House Oversight Committee; especially in light of Boehner's push to grant a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline ahead of the State Department and EPA studies and reports and the millions big oil spent to hasten its construction. To make matters worse, after President Obama denied TransCanada's permit to build the pipeline, Boehner's spokesman lied about the number of jobs the President killed. One thing is certain; Boehner would profit from the Keystone pipeline. Profiting politically by selling votes and influence is a career-long habit of Speaker Boehner

In June 1995, Boehner handed out checks from the political action committee of tobacco company Brown & Williamson Corp. to fellow Republicans on the floor of the House. The payments to "about half-a-dozen" Republican legislators prior to a vote on discontinuing subsidies to the cigarette industry were rewarded when Republicans killed the bill. Boehner's excuse for using the House chamber to pay legislators for favorable votes was that it was common and that the tobacco company told him to do it; so "I complied." Boehner went on to demand spending cuts that explain his penchant for hypocrisy. Not much has changed. Republicans killed efforts to eliminate oil industry subsidies in the past year and not surprisingly, they are the largest recipients of oil industry campaign contributions.

It is not illegal to accept contributions from the oil industry, and indeed, Democrats receive about one-third as much oil money as Republicans, but besides taking less cash, there is a stark difference. Republicans take approximately three times as much from big oil because they vote in favor of the oil industry 100% of the time. Last May, the GOP blocked a bill to repeal subsidies for the five most profitable oil companies at the same time they floated the idea of eliminating Medicare and recommended eliminating mortgage interest deductions for working Americans. The forty-eight senators who voted with the oil industry received more than $21 million in career oil contributions. Each senator who opposed eliminating the oil subsidies received an average of 5 times as much cash as those who voted to eliminate the free taxpayer dollars flowing to the oil industry. This is an important point. Taking campaign contributions and voting for the donor's interest 100% of the time is selling votes.

John Boehner's investments in Canada's tar sand oil companies and lying to the American people about the fallacious number of jobs the Keystone pipeline would create should be a criminal case of conflict of interest. Of course there is no law against Boehner's unethical activities, but he should be investigated by the House Oversight Committee for conflict of interest and lying to the American people for personal gain, as well as pandering for future foreign oil company campaign donations. It is unlikely, though, that the Republican chairman, Darrel Issa, himself a convicted criminal will lift a finger to hold Boehner accountable.

The Republicans in Congress are the reason campaign finance reform will never move forward and the American people are the losers. Yes, Democrats also take oil industry and other special interest money, but only three Democrats voted to keep oil subsidies. Also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with John Boehner investing his taxpayer-funded salary in Canada's tar sands oil companies, but there are ethical questions about his lying and push to build the Keystone XL pipeline that would give him a better return on his investments if it is built. The truth is, regardless of the legislator's party affiliation, it is unfair to the American people to invest in, or sell votes to any special interest whether it is the tobacco or oil industry and then vote for personal or political profit. Unfortunately, America's political system will stay polluted by corporate money and influence as long as Republicans fail to do the job they were elected to do; work for the interests of all the American people. Perhaps it is better to let Speaker Boehner's words on the floor of the House make the point; "Shame on each and every one of you who substitutes your will and your desires above those of your fellow countrymen." Well said Mr. Speaker, well said indeed; you hypocrite.
 
George Soros invested in Brazilian oil right before Obama promised to throw US money at them and be their best customer. That would also make Soros and Obama corrupt, correct?
 
beethoven said:
http://www.politicususa.com/en/john-boehner-keystone-xl

Corrupt John Boehner Invested In Oil Companies Then Pushed Keystone XL
January 22, 2012
By Rmuse
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Share21
1

When Americans vote for congressional representatives, they assume their interests are well-represented and take precedence over special interest groups and lobbyists. The potential for legislators' conflict of interest and vote-selling will never disappear until corporate campaign contributions are brought under control and it reminds concerned citizens why campaign finance reforms are desperately needed to restore a semblance of democracy to government. America's political system is polluted by the enormous amount of corporate and special interest money paid to legislators for their favorable votes, and the Citizens United decision has magnified the problem exponentially. However, the recent Keystone XL pipeline controversy exposed House speaker John Boehner's related problem of actively promoting an agenda that benefits him financially apart from selling his votes to special interests.

Boehner has a history of selling votes on the floor of the House to financially benefit corporations, so it is not shocking that he has a conflict of interest in executing his job as a legislator and especially Speaker of the House. Revelations this past week from his financial disclosure forms that John Boehner invested $10,000 to $50,000 each in seven firms that had a stake in Canada's oil sands should raise red flags for the House Oversight Committee; especially in light of Boehner's push to grant a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline ahead of the State Department and EPA studies and reports and the millions big oil spent to hasten its construction. To make matters worse, after President Obama denied TransCanada's permit to build the pipeline, Boehner's spokesman lied about the number of jobs the President killed. One thing is certain; Boehner would profit from the Keystone pipeline. Profiting politically by selling votes and influence is a career-long habit of Speaker Boehner


In June 1995, Boehner handed out checks from the political action committee of tobacco company Brown & Williamson Corp. to fellow Republicans on the floor of the House. The payments to "about half-a-dozen" Republican legislators prior to a vote on discontinuing subsidies to the cigarette industry were rewarded when Republicans killed the bill. Boehner's excuse for using the House chamber to pay legislators for favorable votes was that it was common and that the tobacco company told him to do it; so "I complied." Boehner went on to demand spending cuts that explain his penchant for hypocrisy. Not much has changed. Republicans killed efforts to eliminate oil industry subsidies in the past year and not surprisingly, they are the largest recipients of oil industry campaign contributions.

It is not illegal to accept contributions from the oil industry, and indeed, Democrats receive about one-third as much oil money as Republicans, but besides taking less cash, there is a stark difference. Republicans take approximately three times as much from big oil because they vote in favor of the oil industry 100% of the time. Last May, the GOP blocked a bill to repeal subsidies for the five most profitable oil companies at the same time they floated the idea of eliminating Medicare and recommended eliminating mortgage interest deductions for working Americans. The forty-eight senators who voted with the oil industry received more than $21 million in career oil contributions. Each senator who opposed eliminating the oil subsidies received an average of 5 times as much cash as those who voted to eliminate the free taxpayer dollars flowing to the oil industry. This is an important point. Taking campaign contributions and voting for the donor's interest 100% of the time is selling votes.

John Boehner's investments in Canada's tar sand oil companies and lying to the American people about the fallacious number of jobs the Keystone pipeline would create should be a criminal case of conflict of interest. Of course there is no law against Boehner's unethical activities, but he should be investigated by the House Oversight Committee for conflict of interest and lying to the American people for personal gain, as well as pandering for future foreign oil company campaign donations. It is unlikely, though, that the Republican chairman, Darrel Issa, himself a convicted criminal will lift a finger to hold Boehner accountable.

The Republicans in Congress are the reason campaign finance reform will never move forward and the American people are the losers. Yes, Democrats also take oil industry and other special interest money, but only three Democrats voted to keep oil subsidies. Also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with John Boehner investing his taxpayer-funded salary in Canada's tar sands oil companies, but there are ethical questions about his lying and push to build the Keystone XL pipeline that would give him a better return on his investments if it is built. The truth is, regardless of the legislator's party affiliation, it is unfair to the American people to invest in, or sell votes to any special interest whether it is the tobacco or oil industry and then vote for personal or political profit. Unfortunately, America's political system will stay polluted by corporate money and influence as long as Republicans fail to do the job they were elected to do; work for the interests of all the American people. Perhaps it is better to let Speaker Boehner's words on the floor of the House make the point; "Shame on each and every one of you who substitutes your will and your desires above those of your fellow countrymen." Well said Mr. Speaker, well said indeed; you hypocrite.

Boehner: GOP may link Keystone to tax cut

1/22/12 10:16 AM EST


House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday "all options" are on the table to push through the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline -- and suggested that the GOP may withhold its support for an extension of the payroll tax cut to force President Barack Obama to approve the project.
"We're going to do everything we can to make sure that this Keystone pipeline is in fact approved," the Republican congressman from Ohio said on "Fox News Sunday."

Boehner was vague, though, when pressed repeatedly on how Republicans would pursue the project, but he said the GOP "may" tie it to the payroll tax holiday, which expires Feb. 29. The Obama administration officially denied the Keystone project last week, saying it needed more time for review before the permitting process could move forward.


Beethoven your article may more clearly explain why Boehner is so interested in the pipeline and would even suggest doing a move that could be very damaging to the Repub party and give the Dems much more ammo going into the election....

Another reason we need term limits- let Boehner sit in the bars on his own time rather than taxpayers time...
 
an investment in the US like Keystone would benefit the average American far more than it would make a profit for Boehner.....


boehner is probably invested in some of those corporations that are drilling in Montana too.


Maybe what you should do OT is invest in those companies with contracts to ship with TransCanada, if you believe so highly in the project
 
So the only reason that the speaker is pushing Keystone is because of an investment? I think that conservative logic can trump liberal emotion very easily in this case.

Why did Soros invest in Brazilian oil?
 
Oldtimer said:
Beethoven your article may more clearly explain why Boehner is so interested in the pipeline and would even suggest doing a move that could be very damaging to the Repub party and give the Dems much more ammo going into the election....

Another reason we need term limits- let Boehner sit in the bars on his own time rather than taxpayers time...

Funny you should talk about the Dems using insider trading against Republicans Oldtimer.
Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband have participated in at least eight IPOs while having access to information directly relating to the companies involved. One of those came in 2008, from Visa, just as a troublesome piece of legislation that would have hurt credit card companies, began making its way through the House.

"Undisturbed by a potential conflict of interest the Pelosis purchased 5,000 shares of Visa at the initial price of $44 dollars. Two days later it was trading at $64. The credit card legislation never made it to the floor of the House," Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes" reported.

Kroft confronted Pelosi at a regular press conference after she declined an interview.

Kroft: Madam Leader, I wanted to ask you why you and your husband back in March of 2008 accepted and participated in a very large IPO deal from Visa at a time there was major legislation affecting the credit card companies making its way through the —through the House.

Nancy Pelosi: But —

Kroft: And did you consider that to be a conflict of interest?

Pelosi: The — y — I — I don't know what your point is of your question. Is there some point that you want to make with that?

Kroft: Well, I — I — I guess what I'm asking is do you think it's all right for a speaker to accept a very preferential, favorable stock deal?

Pelosi: Well, we didn't.

Kroft: You participated in the IPO. And at the time you were speaker of the House. You don't think it was a conflict of interest or had the appearance--

Pelosi: No, it was not —

Kroft: — of a conflict of interest?

Pelosi: —it doesn't — it only has appearance if you decide that you're going to have — elaborate on a false premise. But it — it — it's not true and that's that.

Kroft: I don't understand what part's not true.

Pelosi: Yes sir. That — that I would act upon an investment.

The Hoover Institution's Peter Schweizer stressed that what Pelosi did was completely legal.



Read more on Newsmax.com: '60 Minutes' Uncovers Pelosi's Insider Stock Trades
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And funny how you would say anything about the time Boehnor might spend in a bar considering what your favorite pastime is :? and considering this article about, you got it, PELOSI the former DEMOCRAT Speaker of the House

Part of the tab for alcoholic drinks on a congressional trip arranged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

It reads like a dream order for a wild frat party: Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey's Irish Crème, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey … and Corona beer.

But that single receipt makes up just part of the more than $101,000 taxpayers paid for "in-flight services" – including food and liquor, for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trips on Air Force jets over the last two years. That's almost $1,000 per week.

Fed up with the condescending clowns in Congress? Send them a "pink slip!"

Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch, which investigates and prosecutes government corruption, show Pelosi incurred expenses of some $2.1 million for her use of Air Force jets for travel over that time.

"Speaker Pelosi has a history of wasting taxpayer funds with her boorish demands for military travel," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said today. "And these documents suggest the Speaker's congressional delegations are more about partying than anything else."

Pelosi, D-Calif., recently joined President Obama on a Judicial Watch list of Top 10 corrupt politicians because of her "sense of entitlement," the group said.

"Politicians believe laws and rules (even the U.S. Constitution) apply to the rest of us but not to them. Case in point: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her excessive and boorish demands for military travel. Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Pentagon in 2008 that suggest Pelosi has been treating the Air Force like her own personal airline," the evaluation said.

Do you really think the Dems will use Beethovens article in the election considering their record. :roll: That is about as likely of Obama using Obamacare in the el;ection. You remember the bill that was stuff down the throats of voters when the majority didn't want it and as it unfolds more and more OBAMA SUPPORTERS are requesting waivers and RECIEVING THEM. :roll:
 
There is no stereotype of a crook- they come in all sizes, colors, genders and cultist party affiliations....

Could this be why anymore when "Mr Smith goes to Washington"- when he leaves (30 years later :roll: ) he is a multimillionaire.... :???:
 
Sandhusker said:
So the only reason that the speaker is pushing Keystone is because of an investment? I think that conservative logic can trump liberal emotion very easily in this case.

Why did Soros invest in Brazilian oil?

A better question is Why did Obama invest $2 billion dollars of US tax payer money in Brazilian off shore drilling exploration when he shut down US off Shore drilling? My guess is same reason he invested in bankrupt SOLYNDRA because a very large Obama campaign donor was invested there, George Soros.
 

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