Tell the DOJ: Investigate the Chamber of Commerce’s campaign spending
, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the poster child for corporate corruption of our electoral system. This year alone the Chamber has pledged to spend $75 million on ads attacking candidates who don’t meekly bow down to the biggest and wealthiest corporate interests. However, an explosive new report by the Center for American Progress reveals that some of that corporate cash might be coming from foreign entities, which would be a federal crime. There is already entirely too much corporate cash spent on our elections. It’s intolerable that our democracy would be further undermined by illegal donations from foreign interests. That is why we are joining our friends at MoveOn in asking Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department to open an investigation immediately. The Chamber of Commerce denies that it uses foreign money in any way that’s illegal, but the Center for American Progress has documented how the Chamber aggressively raises money outside the United State from foreign entities — including state-run companies in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, India and Russia — and deposits that money into the same general fund used to fund the Chamber’s political program. Because of the Chamber’s tax status as a trade organization, it is able to shield most of its financial information from the public. So without a government investigation, all we have is the Chamber’s woefully insufficient word that it is abiding by the law. Given the stakes of this election, we cannot settle for nothing more than “Trust us” from an organization with such a huge credibility problem. And we cannot wait as this issue winds its way through a Federal Elections Commission rendered slow and toothless by its Republican members. That is why we are calling on the Department of Justice to immediately move to investigate this explosive charge. Thank you for working for a better world. Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager 1Click here to read the report from the Center for American Progress. |
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Video: New subpoenas in John Edwards probe (via Anderson Cooper 360)
Sharron Angle …
I ask you is this woman really qualified to be in a position of power? definitely against what family is all about
Sharron Angle believes Harry Reid’s continued support for amnesty and special benefits for illegal immigrants is at the expense of Nevada taxpayers.
credit to Getty images for photo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TrIKQagJPs
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Urgent Update: GOP’s Deceptive Ads and Expanding their Ad Buy
Breaking: Republicans expand ad buys into seven additional districts bringing the total to over 60 races.
With just 24 hours to go before our ad buy deadline, news reports broke yesterday that the Republicans’ campaign attack squad has expanded their advertising blitz.
The claims in Republican ads have already been debunked by the Pulitzer Prize winning PolitiFact. Yet, they now have the resources to EXPAND their false attacks into more districts. It’s Rove-style dirty politics at its worst.
It’s up to us to set the record straight but we have to go all-in before tomorrow’s deadline hits.
We have just 24 hours left before our deadline to wire more money for ads but we’re still $72,179 short.
We can stop them — we have done it before. But I need you to help us stand up to their smears.
Onward to Victory,
Jon Vogel
DCCC Executive Director
P.S. We have set up a Tip Box to report abusive or deceptive robocalls, mailers, or internet scams/rumors. If you see this kind of widespread abuse in your district, you should send a message to our Tip Box by emailing at dccc@dccc.org. Please contribute to our Rapid Response Ad Fund now so we can continue to keep fighting back.
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thrumming Thursday &some News
i hope that people who have yet to decide who they will be voting for understand the need for a change in the way the mid-term elections are viewed in the year 2010. The idea that the midterms are no big deal is just old school politics because the end result or impact was usually in your own particular state. We all have to accept that the mid-terms are a beacon of the change some of us voted for in 2008 because the fact is …what happens on Nov. 2 will determine our future and could move us forward into the 21st Century or the middle and lower class could continue living with the status quo. It will be the difference between moving stem cell research along, standing up and speaking out for the current Hyde amendment, agreeing to move immigration reform to the table and keeping laws like SB1070 and the birther law out of the hands of states willing to engage in racial profiling to control their reasonably suspicious people, btw the idea that being undocumented here in the US refers to Hispanics only is absurd. The US is going through non-partisan realities that need to be handled by people(All of Congress) who care about health care reform and all the corrections that are needed, equal wages for equal work, maintain religious freedom as well as the separation of church and state, a woman’s right to choose, oil prices, our environment,education, local and national disaster response time improvements. We are ten years out and parts of New Orleans still look like such a disaster. We told Haiti we would help but not only is that not moving forward quick enough there are reports that money donated have yet to become a reality. It is obvious we all need to be watchdogs of our own destiny, vote out Republicans who have a history of definitely making bad decisions or things will get worse. We have people who claim to be lobbying when in fact they are bribing officials and embezzling funds not just from Wall Street, Main Street or even Average Joe but from 1st nation people and Black Farmers, we have sexual predators who are in charge of and who make laws that will guarantee the safety of our kids, government officials making passes at young men in what should be safe environments for anyone while at work. We have candidates from the right who clearly are on the extremist side of the issues trying to get into positions of power who obviously only plan to represent only a select few and will repeal, replace and eliminate as soon as they grab power. If you listen to both sides of any political debate, interview or panel discussion it all seems extremely simple to me… a change has to be made and yes, I definitely am biased. I believe for change, positive change for All Americans is to get truer Dems on the floor of Congress… our vote on November is the way to start showing our power as Americans… Vote Dems November 2nd
im just sayin
Other News …
**Jobless claims fall below 450thousand
**CO’Donnell complains the media is assassinating her
**President Obama will be in Maryland and Illinois to do some campaigning
**Today is the annv of the Afghanistan war
**Apple will be making their version of the iPhone
**October is Breast Cancer awareness month
**Reports are that Karzai and Taliban have been meeting
**The NRA will endorse 58 Democrats stating it’s useful and good practice to support those politicians that support them no matter what side of the aisle
**Insurance companies are by passing HCR rules
**Desmond Tutu retires
CSPAN …
Senate HELP Cmte. Hearing on Retirement Security
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