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Not so much: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/e ... lick-refer
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

"John McCain, the likely Republican nominee, does not introduce tariff suspension bills under "a longstanding policy — no private relief bills or any bills for one person," spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said in an e-mail."
Imagine that, a candidate that has a principle against DC business as usual and stands by that principle.

This gets interesting, where can we look at who is accepting money from whom.

Good question. If there's a central clearing house for this type information, I don't know of it.

If you are looking at who McCain is getting money from, try his website all his donations should be on there, atleast I know that Senators have to keep track of their donations and earning on there website.

interesting that Obama does not accept money from lobbyists or PAC's but does accept from coworkers at firms that lobby.

i guess he wouldn't have any money if he didn't accept donations from anyone remotely affiliated with a special interest. Though he has received donations from over 1 million people

endercore wrote:interesting that Obama does not accept money from lobbyists or PAC's but does accept from coworkers at firms that lobby.

i guess he wouldn't have any money if he didn't accept donations from anyone remotely affiliated with a special interest. Though he has received donations from over 1 million people

ahem:
"Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has accepted $54,350 from members of a law firm that in 2006 lobbied him to introduce a tax provision for a Japanese drug company with operations in Illinois, according to public records and interviews. The government estimates the provision, which became law in December 2006, will cost the treasury $800,000." - from the USA Today article linked to above

Sounds like a little more than "remotely affiliated".

I read that, I was trying to be broader than that specific incident to include any specific interest. I'm sure he's taken money from oil big wigs, or from Detroit auto industry. It's commendable to try reduce lobbyist influence in washington but his hands aren't exactly clean of possibly catering to special interests.

He clearly did it in 2006, although he claims "he introduced these bills to help Illinois companies get products they need that aren't available in the U.S. so they can lower costs for customers and create jobs". That does sound a little bogus, and that was a great article, thanks for sharing.

Though in this particular case of taking money, there could be thousands of members at that law firm, some of whom with might have no knowledge of the Illinois pharmaceutical decision. This one incident doesn't completely show his guilt.


I also wonder how just how possible it will be to clean washington up the way he is proposing. Politicians aren't going to just stop being politicians. Money talks.

have you guys found a source for listing political contributions?