Follow The Money Trail To Find Out How Telecom $$$s Influenced Congressmen To Vote On FISA

[kpete]

Davin Hutchins at the American News Project follows the money trail to find out how telecom dollars influence Congressmen to say what they say and vote the way they do.

VIDEO:
http://newsproject.org/videos/89

[dipsydoodle]

1. Interesting. In the UK that would colloquilly be known as

bung money. x(

[karynnj]

2. One problem is that I think the money includes those from employees of the corporation

This leads HRC and Obama to be near the top of list - even if it just because a lot of telco people sent in small amounts of money.

[KamaAina]

3. That could be "bundling"

many corps, not just telecoms, sidestep contribution limits by browbeating encouraging their executives to max out on a given candidate, most often a repuke. "Bundling" is illegal, of course, but it's next to impossible to prove. :eyes:

[karynnj]

4. I'm well aware of that -

but the facts are:
- Obama raised huge amounts of money from over a million dondors. Are you seriosly suggesting that this is an unlikely amount to get from telco employees - I actually KNOW some telco employees who probably contributed.

- The vast amount of money raised for this cycle was before Obama made his likely vote known. There are NO $ amounts released new enough to be after that point. This doesn't hang together .

[indepat]

5. Political whores often come cheap

:D

[wildbilln864]

6. to the greatest page! nt