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Biden Taps Influence Industry Despite Pledge on Lobbyists


Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary promising “from day one” to reject campaign cash from lobbyists.“I work for you _ not any industry,” he tweeted.Yet hours after his April campaign kickoff, the former vice president went to a fundraiser at the home of a lobbying executive. And in the months since, he’s done it again and again.It’s difficult to quantify how much Biden has raised from the multibillion-dollar influence industry, but the roughly $200,000 he accepted from employees of major lobbying firms is far more than any of his rivals has received, according to a review of campaign finance data …read more

Source:: Voice of America

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