2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDNC & Debbie W. Schultz Quietly Lift Obama Ban On Lobbyist Donations To Party Convention Committee!
THE INTERCEPT_Unofficial SourcesDemocratic Convention Hosted by Republican Donors, Anti-Obamacare Lobbyists
by Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani
May 11 2016
The Democratic Partys 2012 platform pledged to curb the influence of lobbyists and special interests. But the 2016 convention in Philadelphia will be officially hosted by lobbyists and corporate executives, a number of whom are actively working to undermine progressive policies achieved by President Barack Obama, including health care reform and net neutrality.
Some of the members of the 2016 Democratic National Convention Host Committee, whose job is to organize the logistics and events for the convention, are hardly even Democratic Party stalwarts, given that many have donated and raised thousands of dollars for Republican presidential and congressional candidates this cycle.
The composition of the 15-member Host Committee may appear out of sync with the rhetoric of Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, but the reality is that the party, in the form of the Democratic National Committee, has moved decisively to embrace the lobbying industry. In October 2015, DNC chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., reportedly huddled with dozens of lobbyists to plan the convention in Philadelphia, and provided the influence peddlers involved with a menu of offerings in exchange for donations. In February, news reports revealed that the DNC had quietly lifted the Obama-era ban on federal lobbyist donations to the party and convention committee.
The Democratic Party, especially the DNC, have never liked Obamas policies to disengage lobbyists from campaign fundraising, says Craig Holman, an expert on ethics and campaign finance with Public Citizen. The party only went along with the restrictions because Obama was the party leader. As soon as Obama could no longer be viewed as the leader of the party, the DNC quietly repealed the lobbyist restrictions. The public learned about it only weeks later.
Party bosses have always preferred a Wild West when it comes to fundraising, he adds. If party bosses had their way, we would have no restrictions on campaign contributions to the parties and return to the days of Tammany Hall.
Read the full article at:
https://theintercept.com/2016/05/11/lobbyists-dnc-2016-convention/
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)Now, if he can only gut those pensions, pass the TPP,
slash SS, and appoint a Republican to the Supreme Court he will be golden!
Don't worry, he's going TO THE MAT to get those things done!
senz
(11,945 posts)Hill has defied and undercut him so many times.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)NewImproved Deal
(534 posts)Thanks Debbie!
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imagine2015
(2,054 posts)Faux pas
(14,717 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)ciaobaby
(1,000 posts)would you like to address this issue ?
I can't understand why Obama is content with all of Debbie's horrible decisions and actions in her position as DNC and as Florida's most right leaning Senator i.e. Payday lending.
Why is this lame party turning a blind eye to this.
Why is President Obama ignoring it all.
Disgusting.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)Everything they touch turns to corruption.
CobaltBlue
(1,122 posts)vintx
(1,748 posts)So predictable.
kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)casperthegm
(643 posts)Are you ok with this policy change regarding lobbyist participation and donations?
QC
(26,371 posts)brooklynite
(95,070 posts)When I was at a dinner for the 2012 Host Committee, I sat next to the CEO of Duke Energy. I don't recall President Obama complaining.