BUT HERE IS A BIT OF NEWS ABOUT CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
US Chamber of Commerce has been found out…they are receiving contributions from these foreign entities:
The Chamber’s anti-clean-energy agenda serves not only domestic coal barons and oil majors, but also the following foreign oil and coal companies, who are some of the dozens of foreign corporations that pay member dues to the Chamber of Commerce’s 501c(6) account, which is used to fund its political ads:
– Avantha Group, India (at least $7,500 in annual member dues): power plants
– The Bahrain Petroleum Company, Kingdom of Bahrain ($5,000): state-owned oil campany
– Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company, Kingdom of Bahrain ($5,000): state-owned oil company
– Essar Group, Mumbai, India ($7,500): oil & gas, coal power
– GMR, Bangalore, India ($15,000): coal power, mining
– Hinduja Group, London, UK ($15,000): the Gulf Oil group
– Jindal Power, New Delhi, India ($15,000): coal power
– Lahmeyer International, Frankfurt, Germany ($7,500): power plant engineering
– Punj Lloyd, Gurgaon, India ($15,000): offshore pipelines
– Reliance Industries, Mumbai, India ($15,000): oil and gas, petrochemicals
– SNC Lavalin, Montreal, Canada ($7,500): mining, power plant, and oil & gas engineering
– Tata Group, Mumbai, India ($15,000): power plants, oil & gas
– Walchandnagar Industries, Mumbai, India ($7,500): power plant, oil & gas engineering
– Welspun, Mumbai, India ($7,500): oil & gas exploration
Meanwhile, the Chamber is just pumping more money into attack ads against Dems, including an entire $1 million in Washington State alone against Sen. Patty Murray.
And that is just scratching the surface…there are more secret contributions figuring in the millions of dollars for other reasons and for other special interests.
For example:
Republicans reap rewards from bailed out companies
Companies that received federal bailout money, including some that still owe money to the government, are giving to political candidates with vigor. Among companies with PACs, the 23 that received $1 billion or more in federal money through the Troubled Assets Relief Program gave a total of $1.4 million to candidates in September, up from $466,000 the month before.
Most of those donations are going to Republican candidates, although the TARP program was approved primarily with Democratic support. President Obama expanded it to cover GM and other automakers.**.
My question is simply this: When did the law change to grant foreign corporations and individuals the right to vote in America? Are you in agreement that your bail out money went to these companies so they could turn around and use it as political contributions instead of fixing their failed companies?
Would you still vote for Republicans knowing full well their campaigns are funded by foreign special interests?
** http://www.dailykos.com/