http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0MN0BV20150327Exclusive: Upset by Warren, U.S. banks debate halting some campaign donations
Mar 27, 2015
(Reuters) - Big Wall Street banks are so upset with U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren's call for them to be broken up that some have discussed withholding campaign donations to Senate Democrats in symbolic protest, sources familiar with the discussions said.
Representatives from Citigroup, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, have met to discuss ways to urge Democrats, including Warren and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, to soften their party's tone toward Wall Street, sources familiar with the discussions said this week.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/poli...FpL/story.htmlWarren fires back at banks halting donations to Democrats
March 27, 2015
WASHINGTON -- Senator Elizabeth Warren took aim at Wall Street on Friday after two banks reportedly decided to halt campaign contributions to Senate Democrats unless Warren and Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio tone down their rhetoric on breaking up large financial institutions.
“They can threaten or bully or say whatever they want, but we aren’t going to change our game plan,” Warren wrote to her supporters. “We do, however, need to respond.”
Warren asked her supporters to help raise the $30,000 that JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup are allegedly saying they would withhold from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Each bank can contribute $15,000 to the committee through their corporate PACs per year.
Warren’s message went to her campaign e-mail list, which can yield $100,000 in contributions from one fundraising plea.
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