Press

January 25, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: JAMES SLEPIAN
James@Renacciforcongress.com

BOCCIERI FEIGNS OUTRAGE OVER SPECIAL INTEREST INFLUENCE
After pocketing $587,000 from special interests, Boccieri’s words ring hollow

Wadsworth— In the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, which reversed a ban on independent expenditures by corporations and unions on behalf of political candidates, John Boccieri issued a statement decrying the influence of special interests on the political process.  In his statement, Boccieri said, “It’s as if the Supreme Court rolled up to the drive-through and supersized the campaign contributions of corporations and special interests.”  In light of the fact that John Boccieri has accepted more than half a million dollars in campaign cash from special interests since 2008, his new found ire over their financial involvement in political campaigns reeks of hypocrisy.
 
“When John Boccieri isn’t busy cheerleading for Nancy Pelosi’s deficit booming, job killing policies, he’s spent the balance of his time panhandling for campaign contributions from D.C. insiders and special interests—and apparently he’s pretty good at it.  Considering that in the past 18 months alone, he’s raked in over $580,000 from union bosses, trial lawyers and lobbyists, it’s crystal clear that his recent statement amounts to nothing more than disingenuous lip service.  It seems that the only special interests that John Boccieri wants to silence are the ones that he hasn’t convinced to cut his campaign a check,” Renacci spokesman James Slepian said.
 
In addition to the $587,000 from special interests, Boccieri also accepted $15,000 in PAC contributions from the ethically challenged tax cheat, Charlie Rangel, and another $20,000 from Nancy Pelosi’s PAC.  Boccieri returned the favor to his Party’s leadership this year, by voting with Nancy Pelosi 94% of the time.
 
 
 

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