Received Nearly Half-Million Dollars
From Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae:
Dodd, Kerry, Obama, Clinton, Kanjorski
Dodd, Obama got nearly a quarter-million dollars from Freddie, Fannie
It’s like sending the foxes to fix the hole in the chicken coop.
Senators Chris Dodd and Barack Obama, among others, have stepped up to “fix” the financial crisis, brought on in large part by the implosion of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Dodd and Obama were two of the three largest recipients of Freddie-Fannie campaign contributions.
The Freddie-Fannie Five
1. Sen. Dodd, Christopher J (D-CT) – $133,900
2. Sen. Kerry, John (D-MA) — $111,000
3. Sen. Obama, Barack (D-IL) – $105,849
4. Sen. Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) – $75,550
5. Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E (D-PA) – $65,500
The top five received nearly one-half million dollars from the FMx2. Dodd and Obama received almost a quarter million from the failed quasi-government agencies between the two of them.
From Open Secrets.org, “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Democrats“:
(For an updated chart that includes contributions from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s PACs and employees to ALL lawmakers back to 1989, including to their leadership PACs, go here.) and data The federal government recently announced that it will come to the rescue of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, two embattled mortgage buyers that for years have pursued a lobbying strategy to get lawmakers on their side. Both companies have poured money into lobbying and campaign contributions to federal candidates, parties and committees as a general tactic, but they’ve also directed those contributions strategically. In the 2006 election cycle, Fannie Mae was giving 53 percent of its total $1.3 million in contributions to Republicans, who controlled Congress at that time. This cycle, with Democrats in control, they’ve reversed course, giving the party 56 percent of their total $1.1 million in contributions. Similarly, Freddie Mac has given 53 percent of its $555,700 in contributions to Democrats this cycle, compared to the 44 percent it gave during 2006.
Continue reading: Contributions: Obama, Dodd and the Freddie Fannie Five
by Mondo
Source: Contributions: Obama, Dodd and the Freddie Fannie Five
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4 users commented in " Obama, Dodd Received Nearly $250,000 From Freddie, Fannie "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackYeah that’s why God is allowing them to fall…You see all the shaking going here this year alone? Wake up America come back to God!
Anyone see the video clip Katie and Biden this week??? What a freakin joke this Biden is! He didn’t even know the difference between what president was in office in 1929 and clearly quoted everything out of his mouth wroung lol…and they vote for this nut case fluke to assit in running America lol? OH WHAT A JOKE! I can see Obama Hussien sweating everytime he sees this clip and wonders in anger why the heck he did Hillary like he did!
This article is disingenuous at best.
Both sides recieved contributions.
Making this a partisan slant diminishes our focus to resolve the issues of today.
It is practically the standard among Corporations, businesses, individuals, to switch contributions to the person or persons comittee head who is in power who can help influence public policy.
The title of this article suggests that the issues around Freddie and Fannie stemed from the ones listed in the title is blatently false.
Bennett, Robert R-UT $61,499
Davis, Tom R-VA $55,499
Bond, Christopher S R-MO $55,400
Bachus, Spencer R-AL $55,300
Shelby, Richard R-AL $55,000
Blunt, Roy R-MO $36,500
Pryce, Deborah R-OH $34,750
Miller, Gary R-CA $33,000
Reynolds, Tom R-NY $32,700
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/07/top-senate-recipients-of-fanni.html
Which is worse, to have a former lobbist from Fannie Mae as McCain has or to have a main executive from there on your team of advisors as Obama does? Obviosly Obama is the worse here.
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