17 Former lawmakers using 'slush funds' to lobby members of Congress for foreign nations

[TheBlackAdder]

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Former members of Congress are using the leftover money in their old campaign committees to funnel campaign donations to lawmakers they lobby on behalf of foreign clients.

At least 17 former members of Congress who are registered as agents of foreign governments have kept their campaign committees active since leaving Capitol Hill. At least nine of them have used those committees to funnel their supporters’ contributions to lawmakers whom they have lobbied on behalf of foreign governments, according to an investigation by the Campaign Legal Center, the Center for Responsive Politics and The Daily Beast.

Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat who served 12 terms in the House and is now a lobbyist on behalf the government of Qatar (along with other clients), spent much of last summer lobbying members of Congress to pressure Saudi Arabia to ease travel restrictions between Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/former-lawmakers-using-slush-funds-to-lobby-members-of-congress-for-foreign-nations/

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[Farmer-Rick]

1. Oh Supremes look what you have wrought

President Obama called it in his SOTU address that year. He saw it coming and said so. But ignorant idelogue Alito sat there shaking his head no.

President Obama should be telling everyone "I told you so."

[blogslut]

2. Here's the Daily Beast article

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-pols-took-your-cash-they-used-it-to-help-the-saudis-and-the-qataris

[Faux pas]

3. Traitors all.