Posted on 04/15/2019 6:50:58 PM PDT by Libloather
Rep. Maxine Waters is embracing corporate campaign contributions as the new chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, even as some progressive Democrats have sworn off fundraising from businesses.
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Even industries that Waters has bashed were willing to make contributions to the new chairwoman. TransUnion's PAC gave $5,000 to her campaign on Feb. 15, two weeks before its CEO testified with other credit reporting executives at a Financial Services hearing intended to showcase their companies' shortcomings.
Other corporate PACs that contributed to Waters' campaign included those operated by Amazon, NASDAQ and the Independent Community Bankers of America. Boeing and General Electric, which lobby the committee to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, also made contributions to her campaign.
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“steam control”
It's not like it's new. It's called "pay to play" (and the Clintons know all about it). Some companies pay, oops, donate, to both candidates in an election.
Guppyface
Protection money.
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