Thursday, July 12, 2012

Banks campaign contributions

  • WASHINGTON -- Four years after the financial meltdown and despite a steady stream of increasingly disturbing scandals, the financial sector remains the biggest source of campaign money in Washington.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Banks is using his email newsletter, "David's Grapevine," and making a lot of phone calls to campaign. His June 30 campaign-finance report filed with the state shows he has raised about $2,500 in contributions and loaned his campaign $20,000.
  • (Marietta Daily Journal)
  • Candidates, the national committees and political action committees are highly dependent on large contributions from wealthy easily plucking campaign cash from an array of investment banks and other financial services firms.
  • (NASDAQ)
  • two investment banks. They were indicted last year on charges that they used Galen funds to reimburse people more $186,000 in contributions to Clintons 2006 Senate race and 2008 presidential campaign.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • In response to this call, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the Chief Human Capital Offi¬cers Council formed a partnership through the Feds Feed Families campaign.
  • (AF.mil)
  • ! style=background:#c5dfe1; color:#000; height:16px; St. Louis was founded soon after by French from New Orleans in 1764.
  • (Worldnews.com)
  • Brown's campaign blasted Warren for depending on out of state contributions, though the number of out of state contributors wasn't released by Warren's campaign.
  • (Boston Herald)
  • Its the interest rate banks charge each other for big loans The new freedom to pour money into politics without being linked to the contributions gives cover for buying more of the same.
  • (North County Times)
  • "Why are we not launching a campaign to de-monopolise The Financial Sector Charter was adopted in 2004 as the financial service industry's contribution to social transformation.
  • (Independent Online)

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