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Qualcomm does Koch
Fred Upton, David Koch, Mark Udall, Mary Landrieu
A political action committee going by the name of Team Republicans for Utilizing Sensible Tactics (TRUST) picked up a $5000 contribution from San Diego chip-making giant Qualcomm’s PAC on August 22. Other major givers to the Washington DC–based group include David and Julia Koch, with $5000 each. The committee belongs to House Republican Fred Upton of Michigan, who chairs the powerful committee on Energy and Commerce, which has a major say in legislation affecting Qualcomm. For Democrats, Qualcomm came up with $1500 for Friends of Mary Landrieu, the senator from Louisiana, and $2000 for Colorado’s Mark Udall.
Rollcall has reported that Upton’s PAC spent over $88,000 on meals and catered fundraising events for potential donors, “including energy and commerce industry executives,” during the first half of last year. Venues included “the Cheeca Lodge & Spa, Islamorado, Fla. ($20,403); Park Hyatt Chicago, Ill. ($11,624); Chicago From the Lake, Chicago, IL. (6,326); La Playa Beach Resort, Naples, Fla. ($4,452); New York Palace Hotel, New York, N.Y. ($3,004); Ritz-Carlton Naples, Fla. ($3,498); and the Westin New York, New York, N.Y. ($533).”
Observes Rollcall, “Upton has perfected a fundraising method that not only brings in contributions from those areas in which his committee considers legislation, but lets him enjoy some of the nicer hotels, resorts, restaurants and sports events around the country.” ...
State senator Ben Hueso, the drunk-driving legislator who has postponed his final court reckoning until after the November election, has been collecting lots of campaign dollars from booze and wine makers. Another source of other recent contributions has been the liquor retail business, with $1000 rolling in on September 22 from Texas-based 7-Eleven, Inc. On the softer side, Pepsico, Inc., came up with $1000 the same day, with the Slurpee lobby yet to be heard from. ...
Republic Services, the big San Diego garbage contractor, contributed $4500 to the San Diego Democratic Party on September 19. …
Meanwhile, Irwin Jacobs, the La Jolla billionaire Democrat and big-money Obama backer, came up with $1000 on September 16 for Olga Diaz’s campaign to become mayor of Escondido.
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Qualcomm does Koch
Qualcomm does Koch
Fred Upton, David Koch, Mark Udall, Mary Landrieu
A political action committee going by the name of Team Republicans for Utilizing Sensible Tactics (TRUST) picked up a $5000 contribution from San Diego chip-making giant Qualcomm’s PAC on August 22. Other major givers to the Washington DC–based group include David and Julia Koch, with $5000 each. The committee belongs to House Republican Fred Upton of Michigan, who chairs the powerful committee on Energy and Commerce, which has a major say in legislation affecting Qualcomm. For Democrats, Qualcomm came up with $1500 for Friends of Mary Landrieu, the senator from Louisiana, and $2000 for Colorado’s Mark Udall.
Rollcall has reported that Upton’s PAC spent over $88,000 on meals and catered fundraising events for potential donors, “including energy and commerce industry executives,” during the first half of last year. Venues included “the Cheeca Lodge & Spa, Islamorado, Fla. ($20,403); Park Hyatt Chicago, Ill. ($11,624); Chicago From the Lake, Chicago, IL. (6,326); La Playa Beach Resort, Naples, Fla. ($4,452); New York Palace Hotel, New York, N.Y. ($3,004); Ritz-Carlton Naples, Fla. ($3,498); and the Westin New York, New York, N.Y. ($533).”
Observes Rollcall, “Upton has perfected a fundraising method that not only brings in contributions from those areas in which his committee considers legislation, but lets him enjoy some of the nicer hotels, resorts, restaurants and sports events around the country.” ...
State senator Ben Hueso, the drunk-driving legislator who has postponed his final court reckoning until after the November election, has been collecting lots of campaign dollars from booze and wine makers. Another source of other recent contributions has been the liquor retail business, with $1000 rolling in on September 22 from Texas-based 7-Eleven, Inc. On the softer side, Pepsico, Inc., came up with $1000 the same day, with the Slurpee lobby yet to be heard from. ...
Republic Services, the big San Diego garbage contractor, contributed $4500 to the San Diego Democratic Party on September 19. …
Meanwhile, Irwin Jacobs, the La Jolla billionaire Democrat and big-money Obama backer, came up with $1000 on September 16 for Olga Diaz’s campaign to become mayor of Escondido.
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