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savalez

(3,517 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:02 AM Jan 2012

Demand That John Boehner Be Expelled

Or Resign For Keystone XL Scandal

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On Sunday, Boehner told “Fox News Sunday” that Republicans may tie approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to the next payroll tax cut extension to force President Obama to give his backing to the project. Boehner said, “We’re going to do everything we can to make sure this Keystone pipeline project is approved,” and as Republicans have shown with the debt ceiling, holding the payroll tax cut hostage is not out of the realm of possibilities. The only beneficiaries of the Keystone pipeline are Canada’s tar sands companies, the oil industry, and John Boehner.

Boehner’s 2010 financial disclosure form reveals his investment of $15,001 to $50,000 in Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, and they are in the business of tar sands oil and are just one of seven companies Boehner bought stocks in. His 2009 disclosure shows no stocks in Canadian Natural Resources Ltd leading any semi-intelligent American to believe Boehner bought stock in Canada’s tar sands just in time to reap financial benefits if and when the pipeline was completed and carrying Canadian oil to Texas for refinement and sale on the foreign market. Boehner’s push, as Speaker of the House, to build the pipeline is beyond simple conflict of interest; he is performing official acts for favors (campaign contributions) and money in the form of dividends from his oil sands stocks. Boehner’s gifts in exchange for performing official acts for the oil industry are $144,150 in the form of campaign contributions in 2010 alone. Boehner must resign or face an ethics investigation that may result in his expulsion from the House.

Source: http://www.politicususa.com/en/john-boehner-keystone-scandal

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Demand That John Boehner Be Expelled (Original Post) savalez Jan 2012 OP
To be replaced by madamesilverspurs Jan 2012 #1
Come to think of it. savalez Jan 2012 #2
Isn't this tactic called extortion? yellerpup Jan 2012 #3
Is there a petition? glinda Jan 2012 #4
K&R patrice Jan 2012 #5
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