Look who McCotter took money from now!

Written by: Marti Bush on Feb 3, 2006 3:09 PM EST

Are we surprised. When will the double speak end from this guy?

This is from The Hill:

Candidates for majority leader opened their wallets
By Alexander Bolton

Acting House Majority Leader Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Education and the Workforce Chairman John Boehner (R-Ohio) gave nearly $270,000 to colleagues from their leadership political action committees less than a month before Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) renounced his claim to the post of majority leader.

The contributions are revealed in fundraising reports the lawmakers filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. The reports cover the final six months of 2005 and show that Boehner and Blunt concentrated all their giving in the final month of the year.

Boehner gave $150,000 to 30 Republican colleagues on Dec. 15, according to his filing for the Freedom Project, his leadership PAC. He also gave contributions of $5,000 each to Republican candidates John Gard of Wisconsin and Jim Jordan of Ohio.

He donated $5,000 each to the campaigns of Reps. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) and Jon Porter (R-Nev.) on Dec. 22.

Blunt gave nearly $110,000 in contributions to 19 of his House colleagues in December. He made several contributions Dec. 7, several Dec. 12 and the rest Dec. 20 and 21.

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) announced Dec. 7 that he would not attempt to reclaim his leadership job.

Meanwhile, Rep. John Shadegg (Ariz.), the former Republican policy chairman, who is also running for majority leader, did not contribute to any colleagues from his leadership PAC, Leadership for America's Future, during the second half of 2005.

Several Republicans who received $5,000 contributions from Blunt have since publicly pledged their support for him. They are Reps. John Boozman (Ark.), Ginny Brown-Waite (Fla.), Christopher Shays (Conn.), Charles Taylor (N.C.) and Jerry Weller (Ill.).

And 14 Republicans receiving money from Boehner have declared their intention to vote for him. They are Reps. Gresham Barrett (S.C.), Charles Boustany (La.), Steve Chabot (Ohio.), Melissa Hart (Pa.), Joe Knollenberg (Mich.), Steve LaTourette (Ohio), Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.), Steve Pearce (N.M.), Porter, Pombo, Dennis Rehberg (Mont.), Jean Schmidt (Ohio) and Lee Terry (Neb.).

Pombo and Rehberg each received $5,000 from Blunt, but it apparently did not sway them. Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) promised to vote for Blunt after receiving $5,000 from Boehner.

Reps. Charles Bass (R-N.H.), who received $5,000 from Blunt, and Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), who got the same amount from Boehner, have endorsed Shadegg.

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