Boehner’s Monthly $2,000 Tab

Speaker Last in House Taking Expense Checks

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_135/John-Boehner-Expense-Checks-206264-1.html?pos=htmbtxt

When John Boehner rose from Minority Leader to Speaker in January, he not only expanded his staff and his paycheck, he more than doubled the expense-account check he cashes each month.

As Minority Leader, the Ohio Republican had received a direct payment of $833 each month from taxpayers to cover “official expenses for leaders,” the same monthly total then-Majority Leader Steny Hoyer received.

But Boehner now receives a monthly $2,083.33 direct payment for expenses, according to the most recent expenditure reports from the Clerk of the House. Because the total of the expense payment is the same each month, it is apparently not reimbursement for individual itemized expenses.

Boehner’s office offered no details about how his monthly check is spent. Spokesman Michael Steel would only say, “This money is used in appropriate ways for expenses related to his official duties.”



Thinkprogress:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/08/239292/morning-briefing-june-8-2011/

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has not only grown his staff and given himself a salary increase since assuming his new position this past January. Roll Call reports that he has also more than doubled his expense account from $833 to $2,083.33. The funds come in the form of a monthly direct payment, not a reimbursement for individual itemized expenses. Boehner’s office wasn’t willing to offer many details about how his expense checks are spent.

Gotta get weepy somehow. :beer:

:cry:

So they can steal ALL your money.

had such high monthly fees ...