Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:59 PM
WSJ: K Street Filling Democratic Coffers
Though President Obama has limited the access of lobbyists at Democratic fundraisers where he is speaking and congressional Democrats have railed against the power of 'special interests' and lobbyists, the profession is still giving heavily to lawmakers. (Lobbyists in fact cannot attend or give money at fundraising events where Obama is the keynote speaker)
K Street lobbyists gave 70 percent of their campaign donations to congressional Democrats in the first six months of the 2010 election cycle, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The story says corporate political action committees gave 60 percent of their donations to congressional Democrats also. The party in power tends the reap more of the campaign donations, notes the Journal.

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