Boehner Wants Transparency on Bailout Money [Bloomberg FOIA]

Roll Call ^ | 2008-11-12 | Stephen T. Dennis

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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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[cripplecreek]

We wanted Boehner to vote “nay” but he didn’t.......both times.

[Rutles4Ever]

So Boehner is admitting he didn’t know what the hell he was voting for when he cast his vote?

[ZULU]

Get lost Boner - RETIRE!

Give somebody else a chance as Republican House leader.

[Sig Sauer P220]

And people in hell want ice water.

[surely_you_jest]

This guy is such a putz.

[kesg]

Too late, Mr. Boehner. You never should have supported this horrible legislation in the first place — on principle.

[icwhatudo]

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.

[pointsal]

How about starting with transparency in Boehner’s own office?

[mysterio]

I suppose he should have read the bailout bill before signing it.

[djsherin]

How convenient. Pass a bill and THEN sat what you want out of it. We need to clear the tent of faux conservatives.

[djsherin]

*sat should be say.

[wolfcreek]

Boehner’s been doing a lot of talking.

http://www.jbs.org/index.php/jbs-news-feed/3894

[Above My Pay Grade]

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.

[davidosborne]

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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[AmericanGirlRising]

sucking up to keep ones leader role? yep.

[Oldpuppymax]

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.

[Lurker]

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