G.O.P. Leader Is Tightly Bound to Lobbyists -- Whodda Thunk It!

[lsanderson]

By ERIC LIPTON
Published: September 11, 2010

WASHINGTON — House Democrats were preparing late last year for the first floor vote on the financial regulatory overhaul when Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio and other Republican leaders summoned more than 100 industry lobbyists and conservative political activists to Capitol Hill for a private strategy session. More