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    Comcast PACs Donated $10,000s To Every Senate Member Reviewing Time Warner Merger

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    http://www.opposingviews.com/i/polit...-warner-merger

    Comcast PACs Donated To Every Sen. Member Reviewing Time Warner Merger


    By Will Hagle, Mon, April 14, 2014

    As the Senate Judiciary Committee reviews Comcast’s acquisition of Time Warner Cable for potential violations of antitrust laws, a new report has surfaced suggesting that every member of the Senate panel has received campaign donations from the company in question.
    According to Ars Technica, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., received $35,000 from Comcast’s PAC between 2009 and 2014, while Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., received $32,500 and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, received $30,000.

    Even the most vocal anti-Comcast committee member, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has received a donation from the corporation in the past. According to the Los Angeles Times, a Comcast PAC donated $5,000 to Franken’s recount fund during his contested election a few years ago. Still, the senator and former Saturday Night Live member was a vocal critic of the Comcast-NBC deal that was going on around that time.
    Because of his brother’s involvement with drafting the acquisition deal, Schumer, the individual who has received the most donations from Comcast-related PACs, recently recused himself from the judiciary review.

    Opponents of the merger are wary of what will happen to prices once a dominating company controls the majority of cable and telecommunications services. Comcast continues to argue its side of the case, one that's likely supported by the $18.8 million it reportedly spent on lobbying last year.

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...-cable-merger/

    http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/cli...?id=D000000461

    Lobbying Spending Database - Comcast Corp, 2013 | OpenSecrets
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    It is a shame they even have to do this. None of the government's concern if two companies decide to merge.

    Note it's always the Democrats that demand the payola....

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    Bumped, because Ben Swann is talking about this and the Princeton/Northwestern study on the Oligarchy and the collectivism con-game that is not for the individual but for political gain, money, and power for the elites...

    ref: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...letely-Usurped
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    Quote Originally Posted by HOLLYWOOD View Post
    Bumped, because Ben Swann is talking about this and the Princeton/Northwestern study on the Oligarchy and the collectivism con-game that is not for the individual but for political gain, money, and power for the elites...

    ref: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...letely-Usurped
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    wow our senators are that much of whores they got bribed for 10k a pop? those are some cheap BJs
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    Quote Originally Posted by angelatc View Post
    It is a shame they even have to do this. None of the government's concern if two companies decide to merge.

    Note it's always the Democrats that demand the payola....
    Comcast PAC donations to Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats

    Chuck Schumer, New York: $35,000
    Patrick Leahy, Vermont, Chairman: $32,500
    Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island: $26,500
    Chris Coons, Delaware: $25,000
    Dick Durbin, Illinois: $23,000
    Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota: $22,500
    Dianne Feinstein, California: $18,500
    Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut: $11,500
    Mazie Hirono, Hawaii: $5,000
    Al Franken, Minnesota: $0

    Comcast PAC donations to Republicans

    Orrin Hatch, Utah: $30,000
    Chuck Grassley, Iowa, Ranking Member: $28,500
    John Cornyn, Texas: $21,000
    Lindsey Graham, South Carolina: $13,500
    Jeff Sessions, Alabama: $10,000
    Mike Lee, Utah: $8,500
    Ted Cruz, Texas: $2,500
    Jeff Flake, Arizona: $1,000

    Looks like someone is blind to things with (R's) behind their names. Hypocrite much?

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    Quote Originally Posted by twomp View Post
    Comcast PAC donations to Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats

    Chuck Schumer, New York: $35,000
    Patrick Leahy, Vermont, Chairman: $32,500
    Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island: $26,500
    Chris Coons, Delaware: $25,000
    Dick Durbin, Illinois: $23,000
    Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota: $22,500
    Dianne Feinstein, California: $18,500
    Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut: $11,500
    Mazie Hirono, Hawaii: $5,000
    Al Franken, Minnesota: $0

    Comcast PAC donations to Republicans

    Orrin Hatch, Utah: $30,000
    Chuck Grassley, Iowa, Ranking Member: $28,500
    John Cornyn, Texas: $21,000
    Lindsey Graham, South Carolina: $13,500
    Jeff Sessions, Alabama: $10,000
    Mike Lee, Utah: $8,500
    Ted Cruz, Texas: $2,500
    Jeff Flake, Arizona: $1,000

    Looks like someone is blind to things with (R's) behind their names. Hypocrite much?
    1. I guess you don't understand what the word hypocrite means.
    2. I was only reading the posted text.
    3. Still looks to me like the Democrats raked in quite a bit more.
    4. I don't think the federal government has a legitimate interest in deciding if two businesses can merge. Apparently you do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by angelatc View Post
    1. I guess you don't understand what the word hypocrite means.
    2. I was only reading the posted text.
    3. Still looks to me like the Democrats raked in quite a bit more.
    4. I don't think the federal government has a legitimate interest in deciding if two businesses can merge. Apparently you do?
    Nope I don't want the federal government involved but then again, I don't turn a blind eye when someone has an (R) behind their name either.



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    Quote Originally Posted by angelatc View Post
    1. I guess you don't understand what the word hypocrite means.
    2. I was only reading the posted text.
    3. Still looks to me like the Democrats raked in quite a bit more.
    4. I don't think the federal government has a legitimate interest in deciding if two businesses can merge. Apparently you do?
    BTW, when you say things like "Note it's always the Democrats that demand the payola" when totally disregarding the Republicans who are doing the EXACT same things, it makes you a hypocrite. Do you know what hypocrite means?



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