Boehner Rents Apartment Owned by Lobbyist in D.C.

[Jon8503]

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.

(rest of article @ link below)

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

[Ian David]

1. They don't even TRY to look honest anymore, do they?

There are so many ways to take bribes under-the-table that they're likely to get away with.

Real Estate transactions are so much a matter of public record, that if you're going to do something dirty, it shouldn't even be on the list of things you expect to get away with.

They just don't care.

They think they can do anything, and they're not even trying to hide it anymore.

[wakeme2008]

2. The real question is does he PAY the rent

or is it "comp"ed by friends.