Wed Feb 20, 2013, 06:43 PM

Blanche Lincoln, Former Arkansas Senator, Hired By Walmart

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Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) has been hired by Walmart as an outside consultant, according to Politico Influence. The senator, who is billed as a "special policy advisor" with Alston & Bird, is now free to lobby the Senate, having left the upper chamber two years ago.
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Lincoln received some $96,600 from Walmart employees, their family members and the company's PAC during her political career, according to Influence Explorer. As a senator, she opposed the Employee Free Choice Act, which would have made it easier for workers to form unions; Walmart hired one of her former staffers to lobby against the bill.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/blanche-lincoln-walmart_n_2726964.html

I thought she always worked for Walmart?

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Blanche Lincoln, Former Arkansas Senator, Hired By Walmart (Original post)	Teamster Jeff	Feb 20	OP
You see, it isn't corruption if you wait a few years to get paid!	Vinnie From Indy	Feb 20	#1
All politics is local.	MADem	Feb 20	#2
Arkansas is the 3rd poorest state in the country	Teamster Jeff	Feb 20	#5
Someone voted for her. Like I said, all politics is local. nt	MADem	Feb 20	#6
Yes	Teamster Jeff	Feb 20	#7
Somewhere on the internt is an interactive map of WalMart's expansion....	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#3
Democrats against EFCA...nt	hay rick	Feb 20	#4
Former Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) was against EFCA too	Omaha Steve	Feb 21	#8

Response to Teamster Jeff (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 06:57 PM

Vinnie From Indy (8,620 posts)

1. You see, it isn't corruption if you wait a few years to get paid!

This is the way it works in American politics.

Cheers!

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Response to Teamster Jeff (Original post)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 07:04 PM

MADem (85,867 posts)

2. All politics is local.

If Walmart wasn't located in AR, she wouldn't have gotten a dime from the employees during her elected career, she would not have focused on their issues, and they wouldn't have hired her.

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Response to MADem (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 08:04 PM

Teamster Jeff (911 posts)