NO LABELS Offered Conservative Democrats Hundreds Of Thousands To Spurn Nancy Pelosi Fundraisers
NO LABELS OFFERED CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO SPURN NANCY PELOSI FUNDRAISER
Sources told The Intercept that the group dangled $200,000 rewards before two members of Congress for a stand against the party’s legislative agenda.
Ryan Grim, Lee Fang The Intercept
August 26 2021, 11:02 a.m.
https://theintercept.com/2021/08/26/no-labels-billionaire-donors-josh-gottheimer/
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THE DARK-MONEY GROUP No Labels offered to raise $200,000 for two of the so-called Unbreakable Nine — the House Democratic faction blocking the party’s agenda this week — if they would cancel an appearance last Saturday at a Napa Valley fundraiser hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to two congressional sources familiar with the proposal.
Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Ga., and Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, had both been scheduled to appear at Pelosi’s fundraiser, which was jointly hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Their appearance would have created awkward optics for No Labels because the group had been working to project a united front of opposition to Pelosi’s legislative agenda, which hinges on a plan to hold back a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in order to maintain leverage over a complementary $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. The larger package includes significant tax increases on the private equity barons and other wealthy individuals who fund No Labels, and the group has unleashed a flood of money in order to stop it.
Bourdeaux attended Pelosi’s fundraiser. Gonzalez canceled his appearance. “Absolutely no such agreement was made,” said Isaac Baker, a senior adviser to Gonzalez. Margaret White, executive director of No Labels, denied there was any such offer. “This is false,” she said.
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