Dealing with the influence of corporate lobbyists

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/dealing-dominance-corporate-lobbyists

 

Business outspends unions and public interest groups by 34-1 on lobbying Congress.

 

Charlie Cooper

H: 410-578-8291

M: 410-624-6095

Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

DCCC asked candidates to avoid policy discussion after Vegas shooting

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dccc-las-vegas-massacre-email_us_5a9579f6e4b036ab0142c108

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/366887002?__twitter_impression=true

Tax bonanza goes to stock buybacks - not to workers

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/25/opinion/investors-republican-tax-cut.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

 

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Lieu v. Federal Election Commission - Free Speech for People

https://freespeechforpeople.org/lieu-v-federal-election-commission/

Opinion | Why Is It So Hard for Democracy to Deal With Inequality? - The New York Times

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/opinion/democracy-inequality-thomas-piketty.html?referer=

.01% of the population is giving 40% of the campaign cash

10 rich people = 20% of Super PAC money

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/23/10-super-rich-people-dominate-giving-super-pacs-active-midterm-elections-congress/366887002/

8 years later: How Citizens United changed campaign finance

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/02/how-citizens-united-changed-campaign-finance/

Foreign Lobbyists Contributed More Than $4.5 Million to Candidates in 2016 Elections – MapLight

https://maplight.org/story/foreign-lobbyists-contributed-more-than-4-5-million-to-candidates-in-2016-elections/

Democracy and Inequality

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/opinion/democracy-inequality-thomas-piketty.html

 

A tiny elite of .01% contributed 40% of campaign cash

 

Charlie Cooper

H: 410-578-8291

M: 410-624-6095

Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

8 years later: How Citizens United changed campaign finance

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/02/how-citizens-united-changed-campaign-finance/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twit-how-citizens-united-changed020918

https://amp.azcentral.com/amp/321280002?__twitter_impression=true

FW: Prep for Busch

Kudos to the constituent and the whole team for getting Lafferty. This is the first time he has co-sponsored! Thank you all. - Charlie

 

From: Susan Ogden [mailto:susanfogden@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 11:24 PM
To: Wylie Burge <wylieburge@gmail.com>
Cc: Charlie Cooper <charlie.coop47@gmail.com>; Mike Monetta <mike@wolf-pac.com>
Subject: Re: Prep for Busch

 

Waldstreicher will vote yes, not sure about Hettleman.

 

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:35 PM Wylie Burge <wylieburge@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm still waiting on Frick's office for s meeting time, she said she'd get back to me this afternoon but I didn't follow up till this evening, so I won't know for sure until tomorrow morning 

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On Feb 5, 2018, at 10:26 PM, Mike Monetta <mike@wolf-pac.com> wrote:

I was planning to be there early, but some travel delays may prevent that. I should be able to meet up at 1pm. The first meeting is at 2:30pm. Is that right? 

 

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:19 PM, Wylie Sawyer <wylieburge@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a meeting till 10:30 so I'll be there around 11.

 

Great work with Lafferty! With Waldstreicher and Hettleman that's 71 right there!

 

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 7:58 PM, Susan Ogden <susanfogden@gmail.com> wrote:

I'll be there at 9 for meeting with Aumann. We got Lafferty to sign; so we are at 69!

 

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 6:37 PM, Charlie Cooper <charlie.coop47@gmail.com> wrote:

We usually get together in the House office building lounge. What time is good for you,  Mike?

 

Charlie 

 

 

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Michael Monetta

National Director

www.wolf-pac.com

603.812.8173

 

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Dark Money, Not Russia, May Be the Best Way to Explain Trump's Win - VICE

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzn9v3/dark-money-not-russia-may-be-the-best-way-to-explain-trumps-win