"Cash is pouring into the coffers of Representative John A. Boehner this midterm election season as interest groups jockey for influence with the Republican leader who may be the next speaker of the House.
The starkest illustration of Mr. Boehner’s mushrooming ability to command big checks were contributions in the third quarter to Boehner for Speaker, a joint fund-raising committee set up this year whose goal is spelled out in its name. Individuals may write checks as large as $37,800 to the committee, to be divvied up among Mr. Boehner’s own campaign committee, Friends of John Boehner; an affiliated political action committee, the Freedom Project; and the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Boehner for Speaker collected $1.9 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, according to figures to be filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission.
Much of that haul came in contributions came from the mining industry, along with the financial sector and electric utilities, according to a New York Times analysis."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/politics/22boehner.html?src=twrhp
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