Boehner Knows Tabs

fiscal conservatism at work

Next to being a habitual crybaby, Speaker John Boehner is known throughout DC as a hardcore drinker. And one of the things you learn after decades of bar hopping and being a Member of Congress, is how to run a tab.  Roll Call reports Boehner loves the idea of other people paying for his "official duties."

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.”

Because Boehner has increased his personnel thus increasing his payroll, has increased his own personal paycheck, and more than doubled his unspecified monthly expenses check he gets to be labeled a fiscal conservative by the media.  Boehner is the only Member of the House who receives a direct check for expenses.  He's a total fiscal conservative no doubt about it.