Each year in Ohio, he sponsors the Boehner Birdie Hunt, which has incorporated as many as four different golf courses on the same day.
"As John‘s playing partner or whatever you choose ... you become an integral part of the ‘driving‘ force behind John‘s campaign and political efforts," a past fundraising appeal on his campaign Web site says.
Business groups that have assisted Boehner‘s fundraising praise his legislative work.
"I want to commend you for your leadership," a National Federation of Independent Business official wrote Boehner in 2004, thanking him for his support of legislation to revise the nation‘s workplace safety law and aid small businesses in fighting what they called burdensome regulations.
NFIB‘s PAC gave $10,000 to Boehner‘s campaign last year.
The student lender Sallie Mae‘s employees together are the top overall donors to Boehner‘s PAC since 1989, giving at least $120,000, an analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics campaign finance watchdog group found.
Boehner‘s daughter, Tricia, works for General Revenue Corp., a loan-collection company owned by Sallie Mae. She was there for two years before Sallie Mae purchased the company.
The liquor industry has given Boehner‘s campaign and PAC at least $200,000 since 1989. The lawmaker, in House floor remarks, has praised the industry‘s efforts to fight underage drinking and drunken driving.
Boehner‘s support for the insurance industry included a staple of the GOP platform: limiting lawsuits against the health care industry.
"We don‘t need a trial lawyers‘ bill of rights," Boehner has said.
Insurers have given Boehner‘s campaign and PAC close to $1 million since 1989.
How precious! Boehner is just another corrupt Republican!