Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Boehner's Pals

People in Republican Rep. John Boehner's 8th congressional district should call him on his toll-free number (1-800-582-1001) and tell him to support a national health care plan. Boehner and his golf playing, lobbyist friends don't want you to benefit from President Obama's plan, and they will do anything to stop it.

Boehner is receiving lots of money from insurance company PACs. The most recent report from the FEC (Federal Elections Commission), shows that Boehner insurance pals are contributing mega bucks so that he can protect them.

Here are a few of the contributions as noted at http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_give/2009_H0OH08029:

AFLAC PAC....... $1,000.....4/29/2009
HUMANA Inc. PAC...........$2,500............4/8/2009
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL INSURANCE PAC....$1,000....5/29/2009
METLIFE INC. PAC.................$5,000.....3/16/2009
National Assoc. of Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC....$1,000.....5/4/2009
New York Life Insurance PAC........$1,500.....2/13/2009
Pacific Life Insurance PAC.............$2,500......3/13/2009
Principal Life Insurance PAC.........$1,000.........3/4/2009
Wellpoint, Inc. WELLPAC..................$5,000...........3/19/2009
Wellpoint, Inc. WELLPAC..................$1,000............5/14/2009

These are just a few of the insurance company PACs that have contributed money to Boehner since January 2009.

Here are more details from OpenSecrets.org:

Top Industries

John Boehner (career profile since 1989)

Campaign Finance Cycle:
IndustryTotal
Insurance$869,256
Securities & Investment$670,786
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing$638,916
Commercial Banks$491,819
Health Professionals$456,636
Retired$444,677
Real Estate$427,848
Lawyers/Law Firms$379,526
Electric Utilities$357,980
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products$322,030
Automotive$309,667
Food Processing & Sales$281,365
General Contractors$271,302
Lobbyists$258,855
Accountants$232,325
Beer, Wine & Liquor$228,475
Retail Sales$224,807
Telephone Utilities$221,848
Agricultural Services/Products$214,206
Food & Beverage$211,233



.....And still more from OpenSecrets.org.......
SectorTotalPACsIndivs
Agribusiness$1,269,663$984,273$285,390
Communications/Electronics$691,913$567,797$124,116
Construction$651,184$297,465$353,719
Defense$163,625$136,625$27,000
Energy & Natural Resources$748,698$616,330$132,368
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$3,120,809$2,217,785$903,024
Health$1,180,547$952,983$227,564
Lawyers & Lobbyists$638,381$186,080$452,301
Transportation$724,482$574,040$150,442
Misc Business$2,028,703$1,103,584$925,119
Labor$207,675$207,675$0
Ideological/Single-Issue$433,534$252,104$181,430
Other$582,602$39,600$543,002


Was Boehner elected to represent people or lobbyists/PACs? Let Boehner hear from you. Numbers for Boehner: (202) 225-6205 / (202) 225-0704 fax, (513) 779-5400 / (513) 779-5315 fax,
(937) 339-1524 / (937) 339-1878 fax, (202) 225-4000 / Fax: (202) 225-5117