Lobbyist $$

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Inconvenient Facts

September 13, 2010 2:15 P.M.
By Jonah Goldberg

Tim Carney:

If you read this weekend’s New York Times’ hit job on would-be Speaker John Boehner and his “lobbyist friends,” you might think, as the reporter clearly thinks, that John Boehner is cozier with lobbyists than most powerful politicians are.

But did you know:

• Nancy Pelosi has raised almost twice as much money from lobbyists this election as Boehner has?

• At least 18 House Democrats have raised more lobbyist cash this election than Boehner has.

• Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid have pocketed more lobbyist cash in the past 18 months than Boehner has raised in the past 6 elections, combined?