Jonathan D. Salant reports that now that Morgan Stanley has repaid its TARP funds, the firm’s PAC has resumed making contributions. The PAC had ceased making campaign contributions until Morgan Stanley repaid $10 billion in June under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. After making no donations during the first six months of this year, Morgan […]
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How much is Wall Street donating to President Obama’s political funds?
The Times reports on how much workers at financial firms are giving to a party fundraiser. Mr. Obama will fly to New York on Tuesday for a lavish Democratic Party fund-raising dinner at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for about 200 big donors. Each donor is paying the legal maximum of $30,400 and is allowed to […]
Lobbyist-bundled contribution reporting prompts news reports
Roll Call reports on some lobbyist-bundled contribution reports filed recently. According to Federal Election Commission reports filed after Thursday’s deadline, Rangel received roughly $125,000 in combined campaign contributions from the McPherson Group’s John Kelly, New York-based Constantinople & Vallone Consulting and trade group Employee-Owned S Corporations of America.