Tuesday, April 1, 2008


McDermott to pay Boehner $1 million in legal fees
By Walter Alarkon
A federal judge has ruled that Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) can collect more than $1 million in legal fees in a lawsuit against Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) over a taped phone call, the Associated Press reports.
Boehner had sued McDermott for leaking a tape of a 1996 call featuring Republican congressmen discussing an ethics case against then-Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). Read the entire story at:

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mcdermott-to-pay-boehner-1-million-in-legal-fees-2008-04-01.html

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