Boehner: No Taxpayer Funds for Cleaning Up BP's Oil Spill

Dave Weigel reports that House Minority Leader John Boehner is standing by his call to deny the use of taxpayer funds to help clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Minority leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) is calling a foul on reporters circulating what he told TPMDC's Brian Beutler this morning -- that "BP and the federal government should take full responsibility for what's happening" in the wake of the oil company's disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Boehner spokesman Michael Steel, the GOP leader stood by what he's said since May 3 -- "Not a dime of taxpayer money should be used to clean up [BP's] mess."

"He's said for a month now that BP will bear the full burden of this disaster," said Steel.

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