Posted on 09/26/2023 12:01:12 PM PDT by RandFan
Adam Schiff is unapologetically touting his commitment to earmarks for local causes — like homelessness and drug treatment programs — as he seeks the Senate seat long held by Dianne Feinstein. The 12-term House Democrat and darling of the anti-Trump left is even calling out his closest rival in the race, Rep. Katie Porter, for her opposition to pork-barrel spending.
But Schiff has offered an incomplete and potentially misleading account of his record on earmarks. A close examination of that record reveals that he secured generous earmarks for corporate beneficiaries early in his career, including at times for recipients who were also major donors to his political campaigns.
A POLITICO review of congressional earmarks and political contributions found that in addition to the money for homelessness and drug treatment, Schiff also steered millions to for-profit companies and raised tens of thousands for his House reelection campaigns from corporate executives and people connected to them. The review was mostly limited to publicly available data from the brief three-year window when corporate earmarks were disclosed.
Schiff said he doesn’t have a complete accounting of his earmarks.
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(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Anyone want to dig through it?
Pollitburo-ico?............
Looks like big money for the Military Industrial Complex.
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It appears to me that someone is figuring out what “the game is,” late in the game!
Are people that dumb?
You Betcha!
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