[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Whose Congress is this?]

[Brian Good]

If this outfit OpenSecrets.org can be believed, Anna Eshoo had spent
over a million dollars on her 2008 campaign by June 30.  On what?
That's a lot of yard signs!  

I see $100 k to a fundraiser, $100 k in legal fees, $150 k to campaign
consultants (what campaign?), a whole lot of $1k contributions to other
campaign committees, $350 k to the Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee, $70k legal fees.  

The rest seems to be restaurants, clothes, candy, flowers.  Looks like
she's spending a whole lot on expensive schmoozing and giving away
her money to other campaigns.

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/expend.php?cid=N00007335&cycle=2008&page=1








> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:52:01 -0700
> From: gerrygras at earthlink.net
> To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
> Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Whose Congress is this?]
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Whose Congress is this?
> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:07:52 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Green Party of the United States <office at gp.org>
> Reply-To: scotty at gp.org
> To: santaclara at cagreens.org
> 
> 
> 
> [Green Party]
> 
> Whose Congress is this?
> 
> Anyone who still thinks that either of the two major parties represent
> the interest of Main Street rather than Wall Street should take a look
> at how much money the members of the US House of Representatives who
> voted for the "No Tycoon Left Behind" bailout bill have raked in from
> the same financial sectors responsible for the whole mess in the first
> place.
> 
> According to The Center for Responsive Politics, lawmakers who voted in
> favor of the bailout bill have received on average 51% more in campaign
> contributions from sources in the finance, insurance and real estate
> industries (FIRE industries) over their congressional careers than those
> who opposed the emergency legislation.
> 
> In this election cycle, the 140 House Democrats who voted for the
> bailout bill collected 78% more from the FIRE industries than the
> Democrats who opposed it. The data shows that, over their careers, they
> collected 88% more. While the gap is smaller on the Republican side,
> those who voted yes on the bailout bill got an average of 23% more in
> contributions from the FIRE industries in this election cycle than House
> Republicans who voted against it. In the long run, they got 53% more.
> 
> When it comes to raking in cash, party leadership fares even better.
> House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank (D-MA) received
> nearly $800,000 this election cycle from sources in the FIRE industries.
> Ranking Republican committee member Spencer Bachus (AL) received
> $822,000 from the FIRE industries this election cycle and $3.7 million
> since 1989.
> 
> Unlike the two corporate parties now running Congress, Green Party
> candidates accept no corporate contributions. When in office, we will
> not be owned and bossed by Wall Street fat-cats. Green Officeholders are
> free to vote for what's best for us, the American people, instead of the
> Wall Street insiders who now run the show.
> 
> But to make your voice heard, we need your support. If your
> Congressperson voted against the bailout bill, thank them. If they voted
> for it, tell them how you really feel. Support Cynthia McKinney/Rosa
> Clemente and other Green Party candidates on the ballot in November; and
> donate to our future today.
> 
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