Rick Boucher - Phone Home

Ole Feckless is in the headlines - Boucher Collected Thousands From Telecom PAC, Switched Phone Vote.

BY NEIL H. SIMON
MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON – Southwest Virginia Congressman Rick Boucher received $25,000 from telephone companies that he voted last week to legally protect under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Boucher, D-9th, was one of 94 House Democrats who reversed course last week in support of the telephone companies.

He was the fourth-highest telecom recipient among the 94 Democrats. The top was South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, who has received $29,500 from the AT&T, Verizon and Sprint political action committees since 2005, according to an analysis by the campaign finance watchdog group, MAPLight.org.....

Jerry has more here - Boucher: 'Pay No Attention To That Pile Of Cash' We await the outcry of corruption from Waldo and Raising Kaine.

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