Boehner rents apt from lobbyist with stake in legislation he's written

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Boehner Rents Apartment Owned by Lobbyist in D.C.

By Thomas B. Edsall and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, February 8, 2006; Page A03

Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who was elected House majority leader last week, is renting his Capitol Hill apartment from a veteran lobbyist whose clients have direct stakes in legislation Boehner has co-written and that he has overseen as chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee.

The relationship between Boehner, John D. Milne and Milne's wife, Debra R. Anderson, underscores how intertwined senior lawmakers have become with the lobbyists paid to influence legislation. Boehner's primary residence is in West Chester, Ohio, but for $1,600 a month, he rents a two-bedroom basement apartment near the House office buildings on Capitol Hill owned by Milne, Boehner spokesman Don Seymour said yesterday. Boehner's monthly rent appears to be similar to other rentals of two-bedroom English basement apartments close to the House side of the Capitol in Southeast, based on a review of apartment listings.Milne's clients -- including restaurant chains and health insurance companies -- hired him to lobby on issues at the heart of Boehner's work, including minimum-wage increases, small-business tax breaks and tax-free savings accounts to help cover insurance costs, congressional lobbying records show.

In the weeks preceding last week's GOP leadership elections, Boehner acknowledged his close ties to the lobbying community, but he assured Republican lawmakers that all of his relationships were ethical and he campaigned on a platform of change and reform. Seymour reiterated that message last night.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701913.html

[acmavm]

1. Another 'pure as the driven slush' republican. n/t

[Rick Myers]

2. The Boner lives by my ex-in-laws!!!

That EXPLAINS alot to me!!!

[wakeme2008]

3. But does he really pay RENT or does

somebody "comp" it

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. I'm guessing that he's not "paying" the current "market rate"...

...one way or another, the ride ends up being free.

[madmark]

5. So? I've kept mistresses in apartments I owned.