| Author | Message | | gadfly | | Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:26 pm Post subject: DEMOCRATS SKIRT OBAMA"s BAN ON LOBBYISTS" CONTRIBU |
| Democrats Skirt Obama's Ban on Lobbyists' Contributions
Due to Barack Obama's ban on donations from lobbyists, there were no lobbyist contributors at Thursday night's fundraising dinner for congressional Democrats headlined by the president.
But Friday morning was a different story.
Democrats organized a $5,000-per-person Friday morning Issues Conference at the same Washington, D.C., hotel where the previous night's dinner was held, and let lobbyists know that their presence — and their contributions — would be warmly welcomed.
"Please note that the Friday Issues Conference is not subject to lobbyist restrictions, though the event is intended for personal contributions only," a finance official from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said in an e-mail sent to lobbyists on Tuesday and obtained by Politico.
Obama refuses to appear at fundraisers where lobbyists are permitted to donate money. But since the president was not at the Friday gathering, Democrats were "free to collect the lobbying dollars that they couldn't take the night before." Politico observed.
In June 2008, the Obama campaign released a statement which read: "I've sent a strong signal in this campaign by refusing the contributions of registered federal lobbyists and PACs. And today, I'm announcing that going forward, the Democratic National Committee will uphold the same standard and won't take another dime from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs."
Commenting on the Politico report, Common Cause President Bob Edgar declared, "Clearly the Democrats are ignoring the spirit of what President Obama wanted.
"President Obama has said that the large amounts of money donated by lobbyists and PACs drown out the voices of the American people. Six months into his presidency, they still are silencing the voices of the public."
Editor's Note: | |  | | gadfly | | Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: |
| | The best words this side of freedom | | | | Cowboy | | Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: |
| | Quote: | | Democrats Skirt Obama's Ban on Lobbyists' Contributions |
They had already 'skirted' Obama's alleged ban on hiring lobbyists... | | | | gadfly | | Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: |
| | Are you,Cowshit, a lobbyst of AIPAC? | | | | Cowboy | | Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:59 am Post subject: |
| Nope.
I have absolutely nothing to do with AIPAC, and have never had any type of contact with them whatsoever, abu gadfly.
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