In the last 12 months the US Chamber of Commerce shelled out $51,955,000 smackeroos to key members of Congress with the National Association of Realtor’s coming in second with a paltry (snark) $25,943,435. In total for 2013, 20 different industries have handed over a whopping $441,501,321 in 2013 alone! [Read more…]
Someone gets Washington…
2012 lobbying spending: http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/
Checkout United Republic’s YT Page for other vids http://www.youtube.com/user/UnitedRepublicVideo?feature=watch [Read more…]
Dr. Trita Parsi, author of A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran, was interviewed by Jon Stewart of the Daily Show this week detailing how the Bush Preemptive War Doctrine and then the Obama Administrations missed diplomatic opportunities w/Iran resulting in the untenable situation the nation finds itself in. [Read more…]
by Helen Tansey ©
Jack Abramoff’s “tell all” book “Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America’s Most Notorious Lobbyist,” released today, and according to WND is a “tell all” expose that has the halls of Congress abuzz while also reverberating out to K Street and beyond. Abramoff’s book is being billed as a “lifting of the gossamer veil” of just how monstrously corrupt the entirety of the congressional club has become.
Politico’s MJ Lee reports that Abramoff recalled having “100 congressmen in his pocket” and the Washington Post details how Abramoff and his team of lobbyists were able to gain access and control over congressional staffers by suggesting they come and work for his firm – [Read more…]
First, read this expose by Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone wrote earlier this week about how regulators at the SEC destroyed thousands of records thereby impeding investigations into these obvious crimes –
Then take a minute to read this article about how the lobbyists from the big firms have already paid $11.2 million and counting for access and influence to the new UNCONSTITUTIONAL Congressional Super Committee –
Wall Street firms donated $11.2 million to members of debt ‘super committee’
And lastly, if the above two articles haven’t convinced you of the sickening buy off of your members of congress to look out for you and your pocketbook, well, read this little ditty how a former VP w/Goldman Sachs literally changed his name to work for Congressman Darrell Issa –