The Boehner DOUBLES his Expense Account!

[Seawytch]

Boehner’s Monthly $2,000 Tab

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.”

Beginning in January, Hoyer, now the Minority Whip, saw his monthly expense check drop to $527, and the Maryland Democrat in March stopped accepting it entirely.
A spokeswoman in Hoyer’s office confirmed he has not taken the expense payment since February because he decided “the appropriate thing to do was to stop receiving it.”
While Congress has set aside $235,000 a year to cover the expenses of House and Senate leaders, Boehner now appears to be the only Member of the House accepting this money in direct payments each month.

Is it for tanner? Cigarettes? Nah...probably just the monthly booze expense...

 

[del]

i'm sure he's the first speaker to take an expense check.

 

[MarcATL]

Not surprised...

Once these bastard are finishing with their spending spree, they will IMMEDIATELY begin their spinning spree.

Watch....

 

[Jeremy]

Nancy Pelosi spends $2,993 on flowers

Nancy Pelosi spends $2,993 on flowers - Jake Sherman and Meredith Shiner - POLITICO.com

Pelosi, who has come under fire in the past for spending on flowers, also spent roughly $30,610 in food and beverage and about $2,740 on bottled water, contributing to the nearly $120,531 total from all congressional leadership accounts. Her offices defended the charges, saying the Speaker’s office holds more ceremonial events with visiting dignitaries than other congressional offices. They also use a local florist, and about a third of her flower expenses this quarter were for Jack Kemp’s funeral.

 

[Dr.House]

Maybe he used it to put a sophisticated spam blocker on his twitter account...

Some dude from NY keeps sending him pix of his junk...

 

[Dr.House]

Maybe he used it to put a sophisticated spam blocker on his twitter account...

Some dude from NY keeps sending him pix of his junk...

 

[blastoff]

From the linked article:

The appropriations bill for 2010, as in prior years, set aside $180,000 for these expenses in the Senate. That figure included $40,000 each for the Majority Leader and Minority Leader and $40,000 for the President Pro Tem, with lesser amounts for the Whips, Policy Committee chairmen and Vice President Joseph Biden. These amounts are in addition to the regular office budget.

In the House, the expense accounts provide $25,000 to the Speaker, $10,000 each for the Minority and Majority Leaders and $5,000 each for the Whips.

$2083.33/month X 12 = $24.999.96.

 

[blastoff]

From the linked article:

The appropriations bill for 2010, as in prior years, set aside $180,000 for these expenses in the Senate. That figure included $40,000 each for the Majority Leader and Minority Leader and $40,000 for the President Pro Tem, with lesser amounts for the Whips, Policy Committee chairmen and Vice President Joseph Biden. These amounts are in addition to the regular office budget.

In the House, the expense accounts provide $25,000 to the Speaker, $10,000 each for the Minority and Majority Leaders and $5,000 each for the Whips.

$2083.33/month X 12 = $24.999.96.

 

[peach174]

Nancy Pelosi totally abused her Speaker account.
Boehner is using public transportation to fly back and forth on the weekends to his district, unlike Pelosi did.

Here are the highlights from the newest batch of documents, which we obtained pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed on January 25, 2009:

* Pelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 85 trips, covering 206,264 miles, from March 2, 2009 through June 7, 2010. Pelosi, her guests and Air Force personnel logged a total of 428.6 hours on these flights.
* Members of Pelosi’s family were guests on at least two flights. On June 20, 2009, Speaker Pelosi’s daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons joined a flight from Andrews Air Force Base to San Francisco International Air Port. That flight included $143 in on-flight expenses for food and other items. On July 2, 2010, Pelosi took her grandson on a flight from Andrews Air Force Base to Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, which is northeast of San Francisco.

According to previous documents uncovered by Judicial Watch, the Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.

 

[Claudette]

Nancy Pelosi totally abused her Speaker account.
Boehner is using public transportation to fly back and forth on the weekends to his district, unlike Pelosi did.

Here are the highlights from the newest batch of documents, which we obtained pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed on January 25, 2009:

* Pelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 85 trips, covering 206,264 miles, from March 2, 2009 through June 7, 2010. Pelosi, her guests and Air Force personnel logged a total of 428.6 hours on these flights.
* Members of Pelosi’s family were guests on at least two flights. On June 20, 2009, Speaker Pelosi’s daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons joined a flight from Andrews Air Force Base to San Francisco International Air Port. That flight included $143 in on-flight expenses for food and other items. On July 2, 2010, Pelosi took her grandson on a flight from Andrews Air Force Base to Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, which is northeast of San Francisco.

According to previous documents uncovered by Judicial Watch, the Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.

Compared to Pelosi, Boeners a tightwad.

Two million bucks to fly her fat ass across the country??

I want my money back.

 

[DiamondDave]

yawn

 

[AquaAthena]

How many of our *cough-cough* legislators would REFUSE taxpayer's dollars though: ***

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) became the latest member of Congress to announce that he will not accept his congressional salary in the case of a federal shutdown.

In a letter on Friday to members and other House offices, Boehner wrote that he will request that his salary be returned to the federal Treasury if there is a shutdown.“In the event of a lapse in appropriations for fiscal year 2011 causing a government shutdown, I will return any and all compensation that I would otherwise be entitled during such a lapse in appropriations,” Boehner wrote

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...1/04/08/AFr63A2C_blog.html?wprss=rss_congress