Bernie Sanders Presses Hillary Clinton To Demand DNC Keep Ban On Lobbyist Cash

[FreakinDJ]

Bernie Sanders Presses Hillary Clinton To Demand DNC Keep Ban On Lobbyist Cash


Hours after last week’s Democratic presidential debate, where candidates criticized money’s influence over politics, word leaked that the Democratic National Committee was overturning President Barack Obama’s ban on accepting campaign cash from lobbyists and political action committees. Now, Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling for the DNC to honor Obama’s policy and reverse its decision — and is demanding Hillary Clinton join him in that stance.

The Vermont lawmaker’s campaign late Friday echoed criticism of the decision by campaign finance watchdog groups. Sanders campaign spokesman Michael Briggs said in a statement: “This an unfortunate step backward. We support the restrictions that President Obama put in place and we hope Secretary Clinton will join us in supporting the president.”

Clinton has increasingly predicated her candidacy on the assertion she is the best prepared to preserve Obama’s policies, and she has suggested Sanders has been insufficiently loyal to the president. However, Clinton so far has been silent on whether Obama’s DNC fundraising policy should be abandoned or honored

When the Washington Post broke the news on Friday that the DNC was reversing Obama’s policy, the newspaper noted that “some suggested it could provide an advantage to Hillary Clinton’s fundraising efforts.” In recent weeks, various reports have documented how Clinton’s current campaign is benefiting from the multimillion-dollar fundraising efforts of lobbyists who represent various industries that expect to have business before the next president.


http://www.ibtimes.com/bernie-sanders-presses-hillary-clinton-demand-dnc-keep-ban-lobbyist-cash-2306510

[daleanime]

1. No chance of that happening.....

why do you think it was lifted?

[FreakinDJ]

2. DWS did it to benefit Hillary

[daleanime]

4. Bingo!

She's burning through it much faster then planned, doesn't want to run short like last time.

[enigmatic]

3. Shine a light on it

That's what Bernie is doing. He knows it won't happen but shining a light on the problem (and a core part of his platform) as it's happening is all he needs to do.

[Bohemianwriter]

5. Are you kidding me???

They are using the playbook from WWE these days!
They are going to change the rules for the benefit of their nominee SELECT, and move the goalpost further for Sanders while they demand NOT to be called out on their bullshit....
Just my two cents...

[Hoyt]

6. Are union contributions OK, because they were one of the biggest contributors before ban?

I would like to see corporate money out, but it ought to he through legislation because GOPers will be using such contributions to beat Democrats in general election this year.