{"id":1821,"date":"2010-06-11T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2010-06-11T03:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T10:49:00","slug":"how-boehner-supports-main-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/11\/how-boehner-supports-main-street\/","title":{"rendered":"How Boehner Supports Main Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given everything that has happened, I\u2019m amazed that John \u201cBad-Tan-Limpy\u201d Boehner didn\u2019t evade this question.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"BP-boner\"<\/a> Congressional Democrats and the White House are toying with different ways to force BP to cover the costs of damages from the Gulf oil spill. But they face stiff opposition from industry…and it seems leading Republicans. In response to a question from TPMDC, House Minority Leader John Boehner said he believes taxpayers should help pick up the tab for the clean up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

"I think the people responsible in the oil spill–BP and the federal government<\/strong>–should take full responsibility for what’s happening there," Boehner said at his weekly press conference this morning. <\/p>\n

Boehner’s statement followed comments last Friday by US Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue who said he opposes efforts to stick BP, a member of the Chamber, with the bill. "It is generally not the practice of this country to change the laws after the game," he said. "Everybody is going to contribute to this clean up. We are all going to have to do it. We are going to have to get the money from the government and from the companies and we will figure out a way to do that."<\/p>\n

So today I asked Boehner, "Do you agree with Tom Donohue of the Chamber that the government and taxpayers should pitch in to clean up the oil spill?<\/strong>" The shorter answer is yes<\/strong>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Limpy has been ranting all year about big government spending.  Let\u2019s look at some of his key votes involving corporations and energy.<\/font><\/p>\n