Posted on 11/05/2022 1:32:33 PM PDT by RandFan
After suspending donations to Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election, a collection of PACs, including those of Amazon and Caterpillar, restarted contributions ahead of midterm elections in which the GOP is favored to win House control.
Most business and industry political action committees that announced pauses after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol had already resumed giving to all lawmakers, including the 147 lawmakers who opposed certifying electoral votes from two states after the attack, Federal Election Commission filings show.
In total, company and trade group PACs donated more than $2.2 million to those 147 members in September and early October alone, according to a new analysis of FEC records by Accountable.US, shared first with CQ Roll Call. Since the Jan. 6 attack, business and industry PACs’ donations to those lawmakers have totaled more than $30 million, the group said.
The initial PAC freezes following Jan. 6, combined with a reduced number of in-person events because of the pandemic, led to a decline in donations from such coffers earlier in the election cycle. But by this fall, the fundraising scene had returned almost to normal.
Some of the 147 Republicans will hold important leadership roles and committee gavels in the next Congress, if their party wins control. They include Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, who could become speaker; Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana; and Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik of New York
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They think Republicans are going to win and want to avoid payback.
Absolutely right! It’s a good sign.
Will the GOP have long memories?
“political action committees” are nothing but an affront to every voter, of every party, that is not a member, by means of payoffs/buyoffs disguised as “donations” to forward their collective ideas, and tread over the vote of the individual, which is unconstitutional.
it matters naught to me which political affiliation these “pac’s” cater to, they are all alike, and should be outlawed, period.
These PACs, Amazon and Caterpillar are going to learn that you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.
It will be used to get rid of dims and GOPe
[“political action committees” are nothing but an affront to every voter, of every party, that is not a member, by means of payoffs/buyoffs disguised as “donations” to forward their collective ideas, and tread over the vote of the individual, which is unconstitutional.
it matters naught to me which political affiliation these “pac’s” cater to, they are all alike, and should be outlawed, period.]
Trying to buy friends
The only explanation for the rise in the stock market is the pending Republican recovery.
These are the only legitimate members of congress.
All others are illegitimate for supporting the fraudulent election and illegitimate president.
We do not have a legitimate government.
anybody can put together a video, and place it on anything but mainstream bought news, and someone will see it.
It’s a free country, despite what some would have you believe, so they can donate to whomever they choose. It’s how politics works...
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