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ELECTIONS & POLITICS
10 Unions Give DNC $5 Million
At Terry McAuliffe's $26 million soft money fundraiser for the Democrat Nat'l Committee on May 24, ten unions each "contributed" $500,000 of union members dues. The event, a National Tribute to President Clinton, was largest political fundraiser ever. The ten unions McAuliffe hooked were:
1) Am. Fed'n of State, County & Mun. Employees,
2) Am. Fed'n of Teachers,
3) Communications Workers of Am.,
4) Int'l Ass'n of Machinists
5) Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers,
6) Int'l Union of Painters,
7) Nat'l Education Ass'n,
8) Service Employees Int'l Union,
9) Sheet Metal Workers Int'l Ass'n,
10) United Food & Commercial Workers Int'l Union. [Wash. Post 5/24]
Reportedly, it was as a favor to AFL-CIO boss John J. Sweeney that McAuliffe chaired the event. Sweeney had become so unhappy with DNC leaders that he threatened to stop affiliated unions from donating to the party unless McAuliffe took over. McAuliffe was unwilling to take the full-time job, but agreed to lead the "drive for dollars." [Time 6/5/00]
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QUOTABLE QUOTE
"Let me explain [why Al Gore got the AFL-CIO endorsement]... It's real simple. The unions need the Justice Department intact, with Al Gore running it. Because it has become the Obstruction of Justice Department. There are a bunch of trials involving union officials and corruption that have been put off or dismissed...because the corrupt Justice Department...
[W]hat did Al Gore have to do to get this endorsement? Real simple: He had to promise John Sweeney that the Justice Department under his administration would no longer pursue any of these charges against corrupt union officials, like Arthur Coia, Terry McAuliffe -- the Clinton's home financier and other things... If somebody else gets hold of that Justice Department -- especially a Republican administration -- then all these cases are likely to be tried and a lot of people are going to be found guilty...
[I]t's all about making sure these union guys don't get convicted of anything...and Gore had to promise that the Justice Department would remain business-as-usual under his leadership... And that's why people are selling their souls, because [they have] about been caught, the Justice Department has prevented them from being nailed, and they think a Gore Justice Department will continue that business-as-usual."
- Radio Legend Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Oct. 13, 1999, 12:09 EST.
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August 17, 2000Inside Politics
Greg Pierce
News and political dispatches from around the nation.
No embarrassment
A sure sign that Al Gore feels no embarrassment over the 1996 fund-raising scandals: Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, was among the scheduled speakers at the party convention Tuesday.
"He played a key role in the Teamster money laundering scandal, and faces possible indictment," notes Peter Flaherty of the National Legal and Policy Center.
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