According to an Intercept report by Lee Fang, Hillary Clinton’s Congressional Black Caucus endorsement was “approved by a board awash in lobbyists.“
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Here are the most salient paragraphs:
Members of the CBC PAC board include Daron Watts, a lobbyist for Purdue Pharma, the makers of highly addictive opioid OxyContin; Mike Mckay and Chaka Burgess, both lobbyists for Navient, the student loan giant that was spun off of Sallie Mae; former Rep. Al Wynn, D-Md., a lobbyist who represents a range of clients, including work last year on behalf of Lorillard Tobacco, the makers of Newport cigarettes; and William A. Kirk, who lobbiesfor a cigar industry trade group on a range of tobacco regulations.
And a significant percentage of the $7,000 raised this cycle by the CBC PAC was donated by white lobbyists, including Vic Fazio, who represents Philip Morris and served for years as a lobbyist to Corrections Corporation of America, and David Adams, a former Clinton aide who now lobbies for Wal-Mart, the largest gun distributor in America.
The caucus itself, while presenting itself as champions of progressive causes, has a mixed legislative record. As some reporters have noted, Wall Street and corporate money has flowed to the CBC, through its PAC and nonprofit arms, while a number of CBC members have taken a leading role working with Republicans to chip away at the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
Via Twitter, Fang is also pointing out that many of the Super Delegates sworn to Clinton, are big business lobbyists:
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Jill Alper, a "Hillblazer" fundraising for Hillary, is a superdelegate. Her firm was hired by health insurers to undermine Obamacare in 09. |
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Tonio Burgos is a Hillary-supporting superdelegate. He is also a lobbyist for Pfizer, Verizon, American Airlines etc pic.twitter.com/...
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Lee Fang
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Jennifer Cunningham is a Clinton superdelegate. Her consulting firm SKD reps Bloomberg's SuperPAC, lobbies for variety of corporate clients. |
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Lee Fang
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Emily Giske, a Hillary superdelegate, lobbies for Yum Brands, Verizon, AirBnB, Pfizer, SIFMA (Goldman Sachs/JP Morgan trade group), etc |
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