New DNC TV ad says business group using foreign cash to aid GOP

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(AP) – 23 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — A new Democratic TV ad all but accuses the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of using foreign funds to secretly back Republican congressional candidates, igniting a furious round of denials and counter-accusations from Republicans.

The Democratic National Committee ad issued barely three weeks from elections in which their hold on House and Senate majorities appears shaky, calls the chamber "shills for big business" and says it is spending millions from anonymous donors to help GOP candidates.

"It appears they're even taking secret foreign money to influence our elections," the ad says. "It's incredible, Republicans benefiting from secret foreign money."

The commercial's allegations echo remarks that President Barack Obama made in a speech last week. Without mentioning the chamber by name, he said the group takes money from overseas companies and added, "So groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections, and they won't tell you where the money for their ads come from."

Asked to back up the allegation, White House adviser David Axelrod offered no proof but said, "Why not simply disclose where this money is coming from and the all of these questions would be answered."

Axelrod said corporate interests are spending huge sums to help Republicans in the elections, calling those expenditures "a threat to our democracy."


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