Donald 'Buz' Lukens

The Unbelievable Career Of John Boehner's Congressional Predecessor

Ryan J. Reilly and Zoe Schlanger | July 21, 2011, 6:00AM

Ever wanted to know who to thank for House Speaker John Boehner's congressional career? The late Ohio Republican Rep. Donald "Buz" Lukens was your man.

It was 1990. Lukens was in his second term in Congress. The year before, the 58-year-old congressman had been caught on a television network's hidden camera in a McDonald's restaurant speaking with the mother of a 16-year-old girl he was allegedly sleeping with.

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Topics: Corruption, Donald 'Buz' Lukens, Donald Lukens, FBI, GOP, House Ethics Committee, John Boehner