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Facebook Group Would Make Boehner Trash Collector
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Politico |
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Thursday, April 7, 2011 |
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Jennifer Epstein |
John Boehner could end up doing double duty as House speaker and a house cleaner if there’s a government shutdown this week. While a shutdown would freeze many of the federal government’s operations, it would also bring “non-essential” functions of the District of Columbia’s government – including trash collection – to a standstill, and that has some residents of the capital city steamed.
A group of District residents emerging on Facebook is planning to bring their trash to House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) Capitol Hill home. The group, called “If Boehner shuts down the government I am taking my trash to his house,” is arranged around a simple principle: “if he won't allow us to use OUR TAX DOLLARS to pick it up, maybe we should just BRING IT TO HIM.”
If there is a shutdown, the organizers wrote in a Thursday morning update, “we'll make sure it's done in a sanitary and respectful way.” As of noon, more than 900 people had joined the event.
D.C. congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat, could barely contain her anger on a Thursday morning local TV appearance. “District residents are being treated as colonists of the Congress of the United States and we are absolutely outraged,” she said. “This is the functional equivalent of bombing innocent civilians.”
Boehner’s office wouldn’t comment directly on the trash plan, noting that the speaker’s house is in Ohio, not D.C. But spokesman Michael Steel did offer a statement that doesn’t mention the potential trash dump. “The speaker has made clear that he wants to cut spending and keep the government open,” Steel said. “The House will pass yet another bill to that this afternoon. If the government does shut down, these folks should focus their ire on the Democrats who are actively rooting for a government shutdown, hoping for partisan gain.”
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