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Boehner Pledges End to K-Street Project

James Joyner · Thursday, January 12, 2006 · 2 comments

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 can’t 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 — if we show action, not just words — 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:

Blunt v. Boehner: Blunt̢۪s 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 DeLay̢۪s Ouster
Newt Gingrich Criticizes Tom DeLay on Ethics
Is the Cover-Up Worse than the Crime?
Democrats to Make “Ethics†Key to 2006 Campaign
Conduct Unbecoming a Congressman
DeLay Appears To Be Off The Hook
GOP Pushes Rule Change To Protect DeLay̢۪s 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