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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/11/24/democrats-demand.html
Democrats Demand To Know How Much Boehner Is Paying Jonathan Turley To Sue Obama
By: Sarah Jones
Monday, November, 24th, 2014, 5:49 pm
The Committee on House Administrations Ranking Democratic Member Robert A. Brady sent a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner demanding clarification on the cost of the House Republican lawsuit against President Obama.
In a press release, Brady detailed his letter to Boehner,
The letter proceeds to ask for clarification on the expenses and hourly rates, ambiguous subcontracting provisions, the use of uncompensated George Washington University law students and the potential for expanding this contract to include threatened lawsuits targeting the Administrations recent Executive Action on immigration.
In his letter, Brady wrote that under the terms of Turleys contract it is possible that the attorney will earn as much as three million taxpayer dollars for suing President Obama. The contract is vague, and Democrats want to know exactly how much the lawsuit is going to cost the taxpayers.
House Republicans have refused to tell the American people how much this partisan misuse of the judicial system is going to cost taxpayers. Boehner refuses to answer questions about the cost of the lawsuit and Democrats bring up a valid point. House Republican have not allowed debate on the contract.
Democrats will keep up the pressure as Boehner has admitted in the past that he is not trying to win the lawsuit. It was not a coincidence that Boehner tried to move the discussion back to suing the president the morning after Obama announced his executive orders on immigration. The lawsuit is a gimmick that is designed to distract, but Boehners gimmick is also continually coming back to haunt the Republican Party.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)That's used all the time, so why not in this case?
Bandit
(21,475 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)Don't back off until you get an answer.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)This dude is a Libertarian and probably took the case Pro Bono much like the Brown Polygamous family in their Utah Case.
Robbins
(5,066 posts)He is no democrat or liberal
By the way I never liked him during the Clinton impeachment circus when he was on tv supporting effforts.
While I may not be supporter of Hilary Clinton I was opposed to Clinton Impeachment and yeah I did vote for him both times.