John Boehner D.C. Budget Proposal Draws Protest At His House (VIDEO)

DC Vote, a group dedicated to getting full voting rights for the residents of the District of Columbia, held a small demonstration at the residence of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Thursday, urging him to back down on a budget proposal that would sap funds from the city.

A couple dozen protesters milled around the sidewalk outside Boehner's Capitol Hill home chanting "Don't tread on D.C." and "No taxation without representation," apparently barred by police from getting any closer to his front door.

The Washignton Post reports that the Republican-backed measure "would cut roughly $80 million in federal payments to the District and prohibit the city from using its own money for abortions or needle-exchange programs."

In an opposition to the spending proposal, DC Vote decided to get decked out in full Revolutionary-era garb and hit Boehner where he lives.

"Speaker Boehner is coming to our home telling us how to spend our money," Ilir Zherka, the group's executive director, told the rally-goers, according to the Post. "We decided to come to his house to tell him to leave D.C. alone."

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[seventeengeese]

04:23 PM on 02/21/2011

Did he freak out like Rove did when protesters showed up at his house? I'll bet he did.

[Mydian01]

03:43 PM on 02/21/2011

WHERE ARE THE JOBS MR BOHNER!

[Carolyn Askew]

03:31 PM on 02/21/2011

Good, good good.....

[bluntobject]

03:02 PM on 02/21/2011

Bit of a weak showing on the body count....actually a pathetic showing. We can do better Democrats!

[Nel Pineda]

02:49 PM on 02/21/2011

Yeah! Bush Made economy Better! Not a single cent he added on the debt.
911 did not really happen in his watch. economy was great when he was the president. more job hirings during Bush years and the recession was just a dream

[MeinNH]

02:32 PM on 02/21/2011

Wait until people start arriving to move in with him now that they lost everything.

[jsgaetano]

02:18 PM on 02/21/2011

They'd have a better chance of getting B0n3r to notice if they protested his golf course.

[seventeengeese]

04:22 PM on 02/21/2011

Or tanning salon.

[jsgaetano]

04:36 PM on 02/21/2011

Nah, he goes with spray-on.

[RoveRoveRoveYourBoat]

01:50 PM on 02/21/2011

Tavern work must pay well.

[jimfl]

12:43 PM on 02/21/2011

GOOD keep it up

[magic maker]

12:06 PM on 02/21/2011

The Jobs that Obama saved the last
two years, the Republicans will
get rid of in the next tree months.

[imusintheevening]

12:05 PM on 02/21/2011

Shouldn't the Tea Party be showing up to support a protest against taxation without representation?

[poaster]

12:04 PM on 02/21/2011

A protested snapped this pic of him when he finally made an appearance.
http://images.travelpod.com/users/wanderingwaltz/waltztrip_05-06.1145917020.lizard.jpg

[MeinNH]

02:28 PM on 02/21/2011

ROFLMAO...depite my abject depression over this whole farce.

[MontanaMan]

11:44 AM on 02/21/2011

Unfortunately John was at the bar and missed the protest!

[John Kiener]

11:11 AM on 02/21/2011

If they get a chance...I hope they pull the plug on his tanning bed !