JOHN BOEHNER CASHES OUT, JOINS CORPORATE LOBBYING FIRM THAT REPRESENTS CHINA

Submitted by: Terry Payne

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/20/john-boehner-china/

Folks,
If you wonder how the political leader globalist in US promoted China’s
best interest to invest in US look no further than John Boehner (R) and
former President G.W. Bush. Bush was president when the U.S. Citizen and
Immigration Service’s (USCIS), Immigrant Investor Regional Centers program
is known in Washington-Speak as EB-5 Centers, was implemented. Now, however,
that Chinese economic power is taking a bizarre and exceptionally dangerous
turn in local American communities, America, it appears, is on the brink of
being colonized, because China is fast becoming the largest land-owner in
America.

This fact is mostly a result of a program through the U.S. Citizen and
Immigration Service (USCIS), called Immigrant Investor Regional Centers. The
program is known in Washington-Speak as EB-5 Centers, so called because they
represent a fifth category of employment-based immigration. In reality, it’s
a foreign investment program pretending to be a jobs program. To qualify
through the plan, applicants must invest $1,000,000 in a US business or at
least $500,000 if the business is in an area of high unemployment or rural
area. That investment must create or preserve 10 full-time American jobs. In
exchange, the immigrant will initially gain legal residency and U.S. Green
Cards for their entire family. If the enterprise continues and jobs are
created, then the applicant can apply for permanent residence.

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JOHN BOEHNER CASHES OUT, JOINS CORPORATE LOBBYING FIRM THAT REPRESENTS CHINA


September 20 2016, 1:27 p.m.

JOHN BOEHNER, THE RETIRED speaker of the House, is monetizing his decades
of political relationships and cashing out to serve some of the most
powerful special interests in the world.
Boehner is joining Squire Patton Boggs
<http://www.squirepattonboggs.com/news/2016/09/former-us-house-speaker-john-
boehner-to-join-squire-patton-boggs> , a lobbying firm that peddles its
considerable influence on behalf of a number of foreign nations, including
most notably <https://www.fara.gov/docs/2165-Exhibit-AB-20150708-62.pdf>
the People’s Republic of China. Serving Beijing is somewhat appropriate:
Boehner has long been a supporter of unfettered trade, helping to lead the
effort
<https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4535028/boehner-supporting-trade-china>  to
grant Most Favored Nation status to China. Squire Patton Boggs also
represents a long list
<https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?id=D000067299>  of corporate
clients, including AT&T, Amazon.com, Goldman Sachs & Co., Royal Dutch Shell,
and the Managed Funds Association, a trade group for the largest hedge funds
in the country.
Boehner is signing onto Squire Patton Boggs “as a strategic advisor to
clients in the U.S. and abroad, and will focus on global business
development.”
The news comes just a week after the announcement that Boehner will be
joining the board
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-15/camel-smoker-john-boehner
-joins-board-of-reynolds-american>  of Reynolds American, the tobacco
company responsible for brands such as Camel and Newport cigarettes. The
tobacco board seat will likely earn Boehner over $400,000 a year in stock
and cash. The Squire Patton Boggs salary has not been disclosed, but
lawmakers of Boehner’s stature have easily obtained salaries at similar gigs
in the seven-figure range.
Boehner is reportedly declining to register as a lobbyist for his new job
at a lobbying firm, but that label makes little difference these days.
Thousands of professionals engaged in government affairs positions work to
influence policy on behalf of well-heeled special interests every day
without registering
<http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/investigations/politicsandgovernment/19
29/the_shadow_lobbying_complex/>  under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The law
governing lobby registration is virtually unenforced.
In Congress, Boehner was known for his strong alliances with the lobbying
community. In 1995, Boehner was caught distributing
<http://fortune.com/2016/09/15/john-boehner-reynolds-american/>  campaign
checks from the tobacco industry on the House floor to members to influence
a vote on tobacco legislation. In 2006, the Washington Post revealed
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR200602070
1913.html>  that Boehner lived in an apartment on Capitol Hill rented to him
by a lobbyist who did business with his committee. As Republican leader, he
was known for scheduling votes around fundraising events, including one
incident in which Boehner interrupted House proceedings so he could attend a
lobbyist-fueled bash called the “Boehner Beach Party
<https://thinkprogress.org/meet-the-speaker-from-k-street-john-boehner-f2798
c5161e5> .”
Boehner’s closeness with the lobbying industry was a big part of how he
moved up the leadership ladder within the GOP. For years, he convened a
“Thursday Group
<https://thinkprogress.org/meet-the-speaker-from-k-street-john-boehner-f2798
c5161e5> ” to huddle with representatives of the largest corporations in
America to discuss strategy and to fundraise for his party.
Boehner’s retirement from the House was met by speculation in the political
press that he was done with politics and more interested in sipping wine
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/24/john-boehner-wine-cigarettes-
important-running-president>  and mowing
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/15/ohio-to-choose-among
-the-15-potential-successors-to-john-boehner/?_r=0>  the lawn. But in
reality, he’ll still be a major political player, finally getting the role
he’s auditioned for over the course of three decades in elected office.
Top photo: Former Speaker of the House John Boehner listens during a news
conference on Dec. 3, 2013, in Washington, D.C.