kolanuraven said:And with links to agriculture..........
Oldtimer said:kolanuraven said:And with links to agriculture..........
And a Blue Dog Democrat- that since the death of the Republicans knowing how to handle money and power at the same time, are the only fiscal conservatives left in Congress.....
:lol: :lol:'Blue Dog' Democrats Join GOP in Opposing War Bill
By Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 9, 2008; Page A08
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday postponed consideration of a bill that would continue funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a bloc of conservative Democrats balked at the high cost of including several of Pelosi's favored domestic spending programs.
Oldtimer said:MS. Gillibrand also voted against the Bush Fatcat Buddies Bailout bill.....
Mike said:Oldtimer said:MS. Gillibrand also voted against the Bush Fatcat Buddies Bailout bill.....
Along with the Republicans...................................
Oldtimer said:MS. Gillibrand also voted against the Bush Fatcat Buddies Bailout bill.....
Wall Street Is Big Donor to Inauguration
Obama Bans Funding From Corporations and Big Donors, but Financial Employees Put Up $5.7 Million
By CHRISTOPHER COOPER and BRODY MULLINS
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama has banned corporations and big donors from funding his Jan. 20 inauguration. But 90% of donations received so far have been raised by well-heeled fund-raisers, including Wall Street executives whose companies have received billions of dollars in federal bailout money.
A total of 207 fund-raisers have collected $24.8 million of the $27.3 million in contributions disclosed by Mr. Obama through Thursday, according to an analysis by nonpartisan campaign finance group Public Citizen.
Wall Street employees, as a group, have been the biggest single source of these private donations, according to the analysis. Much of their donations -- $5.7 million total -- has been channeled through financial-services executives who each have bundled together donations worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Traditionally, taxpayers have footed a small portion of the bill for the ceremonies and parties that accompany presidential inaugurations, with private donations covering the rest. For Mr. Obama's inauguration, which is estimated to cost $50 million, Congress has approved about $10 million in taxpayer money to bankroll events.
There are few rules on who is allowed to donate or how much they can donate, though Mr. Obama has voluntarily limited individual donations to $50,000. But the preponderance of large donors and the fact that so many come from an industry receiving government handouts comes as the president-elect has sought to keep his inauguration free of special interests.
A spokeswoman for the inauguration, Linda Douglass, said the Obama organization has taken unprecedented measures to ensure transparency and limit influence, banning direct corporate donations, limiting bundled totals to $300,000 and making donors' names public. "We have the broadest restrictions on fund raising that have been applied to any inaugural in history," she said.
Financial-executive donors to the Obama inauguration include an executive from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which declared bankruptcy last fall. The executive has bundled at least $115,000 in donations so far for the inaugural, according to records made public by the Obama organization.
Other bundlers from the financial sector include executives from Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., two New York-based institutions that have accepted billions of dollars each in rescue money from the federal government. The analysis shows that Lou Susman, a Chicago-based managing director for Citigroup, bundled $265,000 in inaugural donations for Mr. Obama, including $50,000 donated personally and $50,000 more from the firm's employees.
Goldman provided at least $175,000 in donations, primary through bundling activities by Jennifer Scully and Bruce Heyman, two banking executives there. Ms. Scully raised $100,000, but didn't make any large donations personally; Mr. Heyman bundled $50,000 in donations, including a $10,000 contribution he made himself. Another Goldman executive, David Heller, donated $25,000.
Spokesmen for the two companies declined comment.
A total of 2,036 donors accounted for the $27.3 million raised so far. But 378 people who each contributed the maximum $50,000 allowed by Mr. Obama accounted for nearly 70% of the money, for a total of $18.9 million. Another 223 donors gave between $25,000 and $50,000.
Among the companies with the most prolific bundlers: Employees of movie-production companies DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. and DreamWorks SKG have brought in a total of $225,000. Employees of Microsoft Corp. or the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ranked second with $200,000 in total donations.
Oldtimer said:Mike said:Oldtimer said:MS. Gillibrand also voted against the Bush Fatcat Buddies Bailout bill.....
Along with the Republicans...................................
You mean some Republicans and some Democrats... :wink:
Oldtimer said:And the ones that took the taxpayers money and paid out Billions $ in bonus's - and even used $1.7 million to redecorate his office.....
Which Treasury Secretary Paulson has refused to disclose to whom and how the money was used....
Yep that Bush Fatcat Buddy Bailout....(Remember who came crying to Congress saying he needed it immediately)....Stupid Dems and Repubs both in Congress haven't learned from all his other shananigans...
Sandhusker said:Oldtimer said:And the ones that took the taxpayers money and paid out Billions $ in bonus's - and even used $1.7 million to redecorate his office.....
Which Treasury Secretary Paulson has refused to disclose to whom and how the money was used....
Yep that Bush Fatcat Buddy Bailout....(Remember who came crying to Congress saying he needed it immediately)....Stupid Dems and Repubs both in Congress haven't learned from all his other shananigans...
And Pelosi would allow no alternatives to be debated or even considered? That one?
Sandhusker said:Oldtimer said:And the ones that took the taxpayers money and paid out Billions $ in bonus's - and even used $1.7 million to redecorate his office.....
Which Treasury Secretary Paulson has refused to disclose to whom and how the money was used....
Yep that Bush Fatcat Buddy Bailout....(Remember who came crying to Congress saying he needed it immediately)....Stupid Dems and Repubs both in Congress haven't learned from all his other shananigans...
And Pelosi would allow no alternatives to be debated or even considered? That one?
Oldtimer said:Sandhusker said:Oldtimer said:And the ones that took the taxpayers money and paid out Billions $ in bonus's - and even used $1.7 million to redecorate his office.....
Which Treasury Secretary Paulson has refused to disclose to whom and how the money was used....
Yep that Bush Fatcat Buddy Bailout....(Remember who came crying to Congress saying he needed it immediately)....Stupid Dems and Repubs both in Congress haven't learned from all his other shananigans...
And Pelosi would allow no alternatives to be debated or even considered? That one?
Everytime they added alternatives to try and bring more folks on board-- it cost the taxpayer more.... (Import tax exemption for toy arrow makers :roll: )
Sandhusker said:Oldtimer said:Sandhusker said:And Pelosi would allow no alternatives to be debated or even considered? That one?
Everytime they added alternatives to try and bring more folks on board-- it cost the taxpayer more.... (Import tax exemption for toy arrow makers :roll: )
You care for taxpayers money now?