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Snuffysmith
Lobbyists for foreign governments raise money, get meetings Top fundraisers for some presidential candidates lobby on behalf of foreign governments, and in some cases, helped their clients gain access to the senators, according to a CIR and ABCNews.com report.VIEW CHART AND DOCUMENTS
Snuffysmith
Bundled donations could hurt candidatesA CIR investigation for Politico finds new examples of presidential candidates relying on fundraisers with questionable backgrounds. Does the high-stakes campaign money race attract people with “shady” pasts?
Snuffysmith
Web of InfluenceA CIR web exclusive chart showing which presidential candidates have fundraisers who also work as lobbyists for foreign governments.
real_democrat
QUOTE(Snuffysmith @ Feb 23 2008, 10:21 AM) *
Web of InfluenceA CIR web exclusive chart showing which presidential candidates have fundraisers who also work as lobbyists for foreign governments.

This organization seems a bit odd to me. Israel the nation we give the most aid to and whose lobbyists are the most influential have been actvely ignored.

Snuffysmith

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