GOP Lawmakers' Posh Hideaway Bankrolled by Secret Cash

[DonViejo]

Source: PoliticalWire


October 18, 2017 at 9:27 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Several major corporations and trade groups secretly bankrolled a plush hideaway for lawmakers at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last year, according to records obtained by the Center for Public Integrity.

The groups funded a limited liability company called “Friends of the House 2016 LLC” which in turn, paid for the design and outfitting of an exclusive office, lounge and gathering space for Republican lawmakers and controlled access to the so-called “cloakroom.”

“The limited liability company effectively hid the corporations’ contributions from public view at a time when activist groups were pressuring companies to scale back giving to the Republican convention, and a few of the companies had publicly minimized their participation.”

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Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2017/10/18/gop-lawmakers-posh-hideaway-bankrolled-secret-cash/

[Fred Sanders]

1. I never hear the word "corruption" much mentioned, but America now wallows in it.

Thanks, Citizens United, you really fucked that all up.

Oh, and Obama was 100% right. So, fuck you Alito.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. The "cloakroom" is a [strike]Romulan[/strike] RepubliCon cloaking device. . . nt

[Thor_MN]

3. Here's the names (sorry about lack of formatting)

Company name Amount paid to Friends of the House 2016 LLC
Comcast Corp. $200,000
Microsoft $100,000
Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC $100,000
National Retail Federation $100,000
Health Care Service Corp. $100,000
American Petroleum Institute $100,000
Chevron Corp. $100,000
AT&T $100,000
Morongo Band of Mission Indians $80,000
Cheniere Energy Shared Services, Inc $75,000
Altria Client Services LLC $50,000
Home Depot Store Support LLC $50,000
Southern Company Services Inc. $50,000
Anthem Inc. $50,000
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) $50,000
KPMG $50,000
Quicken Loans $50,000
Farmers Group Inc. $25,000
Biotechnology Innovation Organization $25,000
PNC $15,000

[MGKrebs]

7. if you have paid money to any of those companies, you helped pay for that.

I've spent money with 5 of those companies.
Yuck.

[packman]

4. Here's a site showing what the "cloakroom" looked like

https://issuu.com/masterplanbuilders/docs/rnc_book_v5_hires

[not fooled]

5. Pigs wallowing in the sty

and feeding at the trough--all so that they will be induced to sell us out for $$$$$.

Disgusting.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Was there a similar hideaway at the Democratic convention?

This could be a case of equal opportunity.