The Price of Power: Congress’ Maddening Cash Quota System

Sharyl Attkisson .com ^ | May 29,2018 | Sharyl Attkisson

[Hojczyk]

Here is an exclusive first look at a new report that says you can put a price on success when it comes to Congress. The report by “Issue One” exposes the secretive money system in which members of Congress “buy” top spots on the most powerful committees. To raise the money, they often collect from the very interests their committees are supposed to oversee…

As an example, ordinary Republicans have six-figure party “dues.” But it takes more to make the ranks of leadership…

Sharyl: How much does a committee chairmanship cost? Nick Penniman of “Issue One”: So, if you want to be the chairman of a major committee in Congress, and you’re Republican, you’ve got to deliver $1.2 million to the Republican National Congressional Committee. Democrats, it’s about the same thing.

Watch the entire report: Price of Power

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[HiTech RedNeck]

And tax us to pay it!

Fie!

[arthurus]

Institutional corruption.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Institution perverted.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Institution perverted.

[onedoug]

The true professional criminal class.

[Fhios]

It’s inherent to all types of government. Some may have a different currency that’s traded for position, but they’ll all have a king maker or king breaker they have to get by.

Our problem is we’ve no politicians with the moral conviction of following the ‘intent’ of the design instead of how to exploit ‘gaps’ in the design. Having such a conviction in today’s environment it would actually be a handicap.

So we accept it and work with it. They police themselves somewhat, but not often enough. The real movers and shakers never get touched.

[ptsal]

Road to riches

[ptsal]

Never heard this twist

[AndyJackson]

True professional whores.

[Nifster]

The best congress money can buy....

[GnuThere]

60 Minutes did a story along this line; after getting elected, they literally have to spend almost every waking moment raising money in their respective party call centers, like a never-ending telethon, or of course schmoozing face-to-face.
Any legislation or thoughts of serving the voters go by the wayside in a hurry. It is designed for people with honest intentions to fail.

[Freedom56v2]

DRAIN THE SWAMP!!!

AND TAKE THE STAFFERS TOO!

[onedoug]

Is that Andy “By God” Jackson?

(Re: John Wayne’s “The Alamo”)

[ptsal]

Power corruption
Thanks for the lead

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[upchuck]

The true nature of the swamp is slowly getting out. Drip, drip, drip, ...

Where is reform going to come from?

[Erik Latranyi]

So, if you want to sit on the agriculture committee, you need to raise funds to get that seat.

Where do you get those funds? From big agriculture lobbyists and corporations.

The less money that you raise, the less is your power in that committee.

A system setup to be corrupt