Posted on 03/10/2016 12:52:53 PM PST by onyx
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acquired his wealth through his wife, the former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, How did Mitch McConnell’s net worth soar?
Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan Paul Ryan is Worth Between $2 and $8 Million - Much of His Wealth Comes From His Wife’s Inheritance
Rafael "Ted" Cruz's wife, Heidi, works for Goldman Sachs.
Complete list: GOP bosses, liberal billionaires, sole Dem at #NeverTrump meeting
Tim Cook, billionaire Apple CEO
Larry Page, billionaire Google co-founder
Sean Parker, billionaire Napster creator and Facebook investor
Elon Musk, billionaire Tesla Motors and SpaceX founder
Arthur Sulzberger, billionaire publisher of The New York Times
Philip Anschutz, billionaire businessman and GOP donor
Karl Rove
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.)
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.)
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas)
Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.)
Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.)
When Members of Congress Sleep With Lobbyists
In Congress, relatives lobby for bills before family members
In 2007, in the wake of the biggest lobbying scandal in decades, Congress limited the ability of family members to lobby their relatives in the House or Senate. But it declined to ban the practice entirely.
Since then, 56 relatives of lawmakers have been paid to influence Congress. More than 500 firms have spent more than $400 million on lobbying teams that include the relatives of members, according to a Washington Post analysis of disclosure forms.
Thank you! So true! Get the professional Washington Political INSIDER OLIGARCH Class OUT of there starting with Ted Cruz. NO MORE ESTABLISHMENT. Buh-bye. We see you for what you are. Low info my a$$.
Your opinion is duly noted. I very much like the graphic.
UGH.
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Not Answering the Caul
National Journal: Hotline Latest Edition (USA) - October 27, 2011
EXCERPT
Cruz “has become a cause célèbre for tea party activists around the country.” But he “does have establishment ties.” Cruz mgr John Drogin is a former staffer to NRSC chair John Cornyn (R). Drogin “is a known quantity” in TX circles, “and his decision to sign on with Cruz gives the campaign credibility” with GOPers in D.C. and Austin. Cornyn “is not getting involved publicly in the primary” ( Livingston, Roll Call, 10/27). Snake Oil
Cruz “has been focusing some of his harshest campaign trail rhetoric on that longtime villain of those suspicious of U.S. internationalism”: The Council on Foreign Relations. During a speech to a GOP women’s group last week, Cruz said the Council on Foreign Relations is “a pit of vipers.” When asked about the Council at another event on Oct. 15, Cruz called the organization “a pernicious nest of snakes” that is “working to undermine our sovereignty,” according to “video provided by someone who opposes his candidacy.”
But Cruz’s wife, Heidi Cruz, “was an active member” of the Council on Foreign Relations until this June. She was a member until June on a 5-year “term membership” program, “an official at the organization confirmed.”
Cruz spokesperson James Bernsen: “It was never the main point of that debate and this race isn’t about the CFR, this race is about who’s going be the best senator from Texas. ...
http://www.cfr.org/canada/building-north-american-community/p8102
“Building a North American Community”
“HEIDI S. CRUZ is an energy investment banker with Merrill Lynch in Houston, Texas. She served in the Bush White House under Dr. Condoleezza Rice as the Economic Director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council, as the Director of the Latin America Office at the U.S. Treasury Department, and as Special Assistant to Ambassador Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative. Prior to government service, Ms. Cruz was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan in New York City.”
http://news.yahoo.com/heidi-cruz-tries-rebuild-bridges-her-husband-burned-131521247.html?nf=1
Heidi Cruz tries to rebuild bridges her husband burned on path to White House
Reuters, December 15, 2015
Heidi Cruz, a Harvard Business School graduate and former Bush administration official, has emerged as a central figure in her husband’s campaign, charming on-the-fence donors while acting as a bridge to the Republican establishment.
(snip)
At this stage, Cruz is not tapping her network of Wall Street contacts, nor is she trying to bring around her former colleagues in the Bush administration, where she worked as an aide to then-U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick before joining the staff of the White House National Security Council.
“They know my phone number,” she said. “And when they’re ready, they will call. I’m not going to go twist their arm. And when they come, we will welcome them with open arms.”
It’s not an opinion.
I would go so far as to say unhappy and fearful. :-)
Selected Trump articles on FR, with links, from 12:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST, 3/10/16:
Stopping Trump: It's ALL About SPOUSE Employment!
Panic City: Democrat Turnout Drop Coincides with Stronger Voter ID Laws –Limbaugh
(LIVE) Republican debate in Miami –CNN
How Darrell Hammond Channels His Inner Donald Trump on 'SNL'
Widespread Ignorance Threatens Our Republic
Trump Trounces Clinton among Independents –NewsMax
78-year-old NC man charged after punching protester at Fayetteville Trump rally
Donald Trump supporter threatened at gunpoint in Georgia; 3 arrested
Cleveland Convention Chaos, Trump and the Rule of Law… –Flopping Aces
Donald Trump on Failure (2009)
Confusion follows Trump flip-flop on key immigration issue –Byron York
Complete list: GOP bosses, liberal billionaires, sole Dem at #NeverTrump meeting
Who Are the 'Establishment Republicans'? Anger, Confusion and Division in 2016 –Mark Alexander, PatriotPost
March 10, 12 GOP Primary Primer (VI, GU, DC): Closing Times, Polling Data, Delegate Formulas
Report: 46,000 Pa. Democrats Become Republicans Due to Trump
Donald Trump on Track to Win Arizona
Regrets? He Has a few: Rubio says he’s not proud of his personal attacks on Trump
Kasich moves into the lead in Ohio per new Fox poll
FLASHBACK: Reagan Trailed Carter 58% to 33% in March 1980
Ted Cruz, a Bush by Another Name –Roger Stone
Trump Butler: "Incredibly Generous," "Just A Nice Man" –RCP
CNN/ORC Poll: Trump, Clinton leading in Florida, Ohio (OH - Trump 41, Kasich 35, Cruz 15)
Soros and Other Liberal Donors to Fund Bid to Spur Latino Voters –NYT
Soros Wants Europe to Take 1 Million Muslim Migrants a Year (2015: and how did that turn out?)
Trump Says 'I Think Islam Hates Us' –ABC News
Trump: "Islam Hates Us" –Breitbart
'Pathetic, Sniveling': Mika Boots FL's Rick Scott for Ducking on Trump's 'Islam Hates Us'
Trump says it: ‘I think Islam hates us’ –Thomas Lifson
The Polls Trump Hasn’t Won –Karl Rove, WSJ
Neil Bush: Trump Can't Survive a One-on-One Race –FoxBiz
Cruz Finance Team Member Had Multiple Conflicts of Interest in 80s Loan Scandal (Neil Bush)
Thank you, America, for playing 'Celebrity Apprentice' GOP edition –Wayne Allyn Root
I was wrong about Donald Trump: Camille Paglia –Salon
Ted Cruz says Donald Trump's voters have "relatively low information" and are "not that engaged" –David Brody
FOX News Gained 700,000 Viewers for Trump Victory Speech – Lost One Million Viewers When It Was over
GOP lawmakers face agonizing choice between Trump and Cruz –The Hill
Ohio's 'dirty little secret': blue-collar Democrats for Trump –Reuters
This is Why the GOP Can’t Win Black Votes without Trump –blackpress usa
After Trump endorsement, NASCAR leader faces the fallout
Trump, fellow Republicans could crash Charlie Baker's party (Massachusetts)
The Caddyshack Collapse of the Establishment –Matt Towery
78-year-old NC man charged after punching protester at Fayetteville Trump rally
Chuck Norris presidential endorsement? Not so fast!
Anti-Trump Republicans Come to Terms With Cruz Nomination –ABC
Rubio denies getting out... turnout tells different story –Jeff Head (big pix)
Al D’Amato rips ‘spoiled rich kid’ Romney for criticizing Trump NYPost
Donald Trump and the Invention of the "Miss Piece” (vanity)
Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread LI
Liars, Con Men and Cruds – The Robber Barons of the GOP Establishment –US Defense Watch
Good work. Thanks for the post. BTTT.
The Gigolo Class.
” I don’t always marry rich women, but when I do, I hide their boats in Rhode Island, to avoid the Massachusetts excise tax on it”
John F’n Kerry
Please explain. Mr. Troll accuser.
This is a powerful article that everyone should see, but when I tried to post it, it was not allowed because of ‘blog pimping’....it’s NOT my blog....
Anyway!
Marine Disfigured by a Bomb Tells Powerful Story at Trump Townhall (Endorses Trump)
During a Fox News GOP presidential debate, a Marine who had been disfigured by a bomb while serving in the military had a chance to tell his story in the spotlight with presidential candidate Donald Trump.
As IJReview reported, Two of Cpl. Porta’s fellow Marines were killed in an IED explosion.
Porta then faced over 100 surgeries at Veterans Administration hospitals. Now he is a spokesman for Veterans for Trump.
All eyes were on Corporal Tony Porta as he told his harrowing story of running up against the VA hospital, and he asked the GOP hopeful what he planned to do about the many problems the VA is facing.
“I am really, really hurt about my two friends,” Porta said, looking Trump in the eye. “But I’m here for a reason. I’m here to fight, I’m here to help my fellow veterans.”
In a powerful moment on camera, the vet describes how he was injured, how he struggled to recover, and how he’s being treated by the VA today.
“I was really struggling. I was in San Antonio for six years, over a hundred surgeries, just to be this way,” Porta said. “I went back home–home wasn’t home anymore.”
Porta described some of the VAs he frequented as “awful,” while giving better marks to a smaller VA he went to later. The Marine vet described waiting for weeks for certain necessary treatments. He also expressed concern for veterans who commit suicide due to PTSD and other struggles.
Trump reiterated his support for veterans and called the VA “corrupt.” The presidential candidate then seemed to suggest private vouchers for veterans who have trouble getting treatment at VAs.
Corporal Porta then closed with a heartfelt appeal to the Republican candidate.
“When you become president, I don’t want you to work for those guys who are giving tons of money to a lot of people,” he said, adding, “I want you to work for us.”
http://toprightnews.com/marine-disfigured-by-a-bomb-tells-powerful-story-at-trump-townhall/
I will look for another source.
Nope.
So we are into conspiracy theories now! How about Trump’s holdings abroad; Ivanka Trump clothing line all comes from Asia; Trumps shirts, ties, suits. He himself said H1-B visas are great before he spun it around in under 24-hours.
It did not take long for Heidi Cruz to find her footing. She soon joined Goldman Sachs, where she was early to arrive each day and among the last to leave, impressing her boss at the time, Peter Coneway, who helped recruit her to the firm in 2005 and later recommended her to lead the office.
Coneway recalled Heidi Cruz’s thriving in a region where the money management industry was largely a men’s club.
As she built a network of clients, she found politics to be an icebreaker and her husband a willing partner at dinners with prospective investors. She would call on him to “help make the ask,” she said on a panel at Claremont McKenna in 2011. (Heidi Cruz told the New York Times, though, that she believed in a “separation of church and state” between business and politics and did not ask her clients to donate to the campaigns.)
(snip)
About a week after Texans elected Ted Cruz to the Senate in 2012, Goldman announced Heidi Cruz’s elevation to its ranks of managing directors — a well-deserved promotion, colleagues said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/politics/campaigns/21BBOX-PIONEERS.html
Bush’s Pioneers
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: July 21, 2003
EXCERPT
Peter R. Coneway, Houston; Goldman Sachs & Co.
September 17, 2006
DIPLOMACY, someone said, is the fine art of allowing others to do things your way. Few progressions through life are as distinguished as that of Houstonian Peter R. Coneway, whom President Bush as appointed U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Coneway, who founded the Houston office of Goldman, Sachs in 1975, leaves for Switzerland this week and soon will present his diplomatic credentials to the leaders of the host countries. He carries with him a long list of personal credentials earned over a lifetime of meritorious service that has made Houston a more livable city.
Like many appointees, Coneway raised campaign funds and garnered political support for the president who appointed him. What sets Coneway apart from some appointees is that he is not a newcomer to public service.
http://rsbn.tv/category/video/
It is there. All Trump rallies / events are. Just look up the vets name. John Wayne and add the word Trump and google it on the site. Hint: use site: rsbn.tv in the search box to limit it to just one site.
Andrea Mitchell is married to....Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Federal Reserve - a “PRIVATE” institution that’s not part of the U.S. government- yet the BIGGEST contributor to the reason WHY the US will NEVER get out of debt slavery!!
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