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John Boehner's Boys-Only Lobbyist Golfing Buddies | Mother Jones
So many objections, so little time. For instance, with 2.5 years in the presidency, people were having cows about the president having been golfing I think it was 77 times. Boehner? He's been 100, this year alone.
Golf and politics. Not just politics - lobbyists. Powerful lobbyists, from the richest corporations in the land.
But I'm sure it's all pleasure, no business. Right?
So many objections, so little time. For instance, with 2.5 years in the presidency, people were having cows about the president having been golfing I think it was 77 times. Boehner? He's been 100, this year alone.
Golf and politics. Not just politics - lobbyists. Powerful lobbyists, from the richest corporations in the land.
Here's a snapshot of the Burning Tree's lobbyist members and the companies they've represented:
- Stanley Ebner: Boeing Company
- James C. Free: Mellon Financial Group, Mastercard International, Mortgage Bankers Association, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, Specialty Tobacco Council, Xcel Energy, Bank of America
- Lloyd N. Hand: Aetna, BP America, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, PhRMA, General Motors, Lehman Brothers, Petroleum Heat & Power, Petroport
- Tom C. Korologos: DLA Piper, Boeing, Freddie Mac, NRA, American Petroleum Institute, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, New York Life Insurance Company, Northrop Grumman
- Robert E. Lighthizer: Glaxo Smith Kline, PhRMA, News Corp
- Robert H. Michel: Chamber of Commerce of the United States Institute for Legal Reform, Koch Industries, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Xcel Energy
- John T. O'Rourke: Goldman Sachs
- R. Scott Pastrick: Accenture, Chevron Texaco, National Federation of Independent Businesses, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Boeing Company
- Tommy J. Payne: RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
- W. DeVier Pierson: Occidental Petroleum Corporation
- James E. Smith: Bank of America, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Mellon Financial, Washington Mutual, Specialty Tobacco Council
- James V. Stanton: Phillip Morris Management Corporation
But I'm sure it's all pleasure, no business. Right?