First we'll need a commission.John Boehner, the new House Majority Leader, recently told Tim Russert Timothy John Russert, Jr. (born May 7, 1950) is an American journalist who has hosted NBC's Meet the Press since 1991. He is the Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News, and hosts Tim Russert, a weekly interview program on MSNBC. that he didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do intend to rush into lobbying reform. You will understand Boehner's resolve not to be hasty hast·y adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est 1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1. 2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. when you learn, as we did from The Hill, that more than 20 of his former staffers now work as lobbyists. And Newsweek's Holly Bailey and Eleanor Clift Eleanor Clift (b. July 7, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American news editor, columnist, political commentator, pundit, reporter and author. She is currently a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine. note that just since 2000, "Boehner has taken more than $150,000 worth of junkets paid for by private interests, ranking him in the top ten of all members of Congress." |
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