Eyona Ezopolitiko Imfihlakalo isonjululwe: Umxhamli ongachazwanga ngegama lokuzibulala uLobbyist yayinguBill Pascrell

Imfihlakalo isonjululwe: Umxhamli ongachazwanga ngegama lokuzibulala uLobbyist yayinguBill Pascrell

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Ummeli uBill Pascrell (D-NJ) umi etyhola ikomiti yamaRiphabhlikhi ngokuthintela umThetho wezoKhathalelo ongenakufikeleleka ngo-Okthobha, 2013. ICongressman yayingummeli weDemokhrasi ongachazwanga ngegama kwi-scintillating Feb. 2017 Wall Street Journal ibali malunga ne-lobbyist eyonakele eyathatha eyayo ubomi.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Izithombe



Inkqubo ye- Ibali ekufuneka ulifundile Kwiklasi yezopolitiko kule veki kukuphakama nokuwa kweK Street Renegade kwiWall Street Journal. Ngeenkcukacha ezikhohlakeleyo, ezimnandi- iibhotile zewayini ezingamawaka amabini eedola (thenga enye kwaye eyesibini isimahla!), Isikhephe esihamba ngesantya esiphezulu sama- $ 300,000 esibizwa ngokuba yiMulligan (igama legalufa lokuhamba nobulungu beeklabhu zabucala ezisibhozo) -uBrody Mullins unika iinkcukacha zokunyuka okumangalisayo kunye ukuwa kabuhlungu kwe-pharma lobbyist u-Evan Morris. UMorris waphila ubomi obunokwenza ukuba uJack Abramoff abe neentloni kwaye inqaku licebisa ukuba abacebisi abathathe inxaxheba kwisikimu sokubuyisa banokujongana nobuqhetseba okanye ezinye izityholo, abatshutshisi bemanyano sele bebonisa ubungqina kwijaji enkulu.

I-lobbyist uqobo, nangona kunjalo, ayizukujongana naziphi na izityholo. UMorris, nje nge-38 kwaye ngebhotile kaPetrus ecaleni kwakhe, wazidubula ngoJulayi ka-2015, kanye njengokuba amagqwetha eRoche ekugqibeleni aqaphela isixa esikhulu semali esihlawulwa abacebisi ababebonakala ngathi bafaka iipokotho zikaMorris.

Ngokwendalo, kwibali lezopolitiko le juicy, kukho ijee yeJersey. Ibali liquka indawo apho uMorris anceda iqela laseWashington iqela le-Biotechnology Innovation Organisation liqesha owayenguNobhala welizwe u-Hillary Clinton kwindibano yalo ka-2014. Ufumene i-335,000 yeedola ngenkangeleko yakhe kwaye wacwangcisa imali eyongezelelweyo yamanani amathandathu kwiClinton Foundation. Kodwa loo nto ibinkulu kukuqhubekeka kobuqaqawuli bukaClinton bangaphambili, obusizisa e-Hudson County.

Umhlathi omnye wesiqwenga sika Mullins ufundeka Emva komnyhadala wokunyusa ingxowa-mali ka-2010 waququzelela amagqwetha omthetho wentando yesininzi kwiBayonne Golf Club eNew Jersey, uMnu. Morris wamema abanikeli ukuba badibane kwaye bafote noMnumzana Clinton, owayesandula ukugqiba umjikelo wegalufa .

Obu bumnandi bunomtsalane nangakumbi ngokungamchazi igama lowomthetho wentando yesininzi. I-PolitickerNJ ngoku inokuqinisekisa ukuba inqaku libhekisa kuBill Pascrell, i-Congressman ukusuka kwinto eyayiyi-8thIsithili (ngoku umele i-9th). I-8 endalathIsithili sasibandakanya idolophu yaseNutley, eyayilikhaya lendawo ethe saa yeRoche kwaye yayixhomekeke kwimpikiswano enkulu xa inkampani vala isityalo -Kunye nemisebenzi yayo eyi-1000-ngo-2012.

Nge-9 kaSeptemba 2010, ngokweForm 3 ka-Pascrell, uMorris wanikela nge-2380 yeedola, ezisa itotali yakhe kumjikelo ukuya kwi-4780 yeedola. Elo xabiso lidlulile kwi-2400 yeedola, kodwa abanikeli bavunyelwe ukuba benze iminikelo encinci yokutya kunye neziselo njengeminikelo yohlobo. Ewe, oku kugqitywa kudweliswe kwifom kaPascrell njengo-In-Kind: Golf Club Fundraiser.

Umnyhadala kaMorris wawungekacwangciswa nokufaka uMongameli wangaphambili. Kuyabonakala ukuba, uBill Clinton, owayesondele kufutshane noPascrell kwaye wafumana ngakumbi ngo-2008 xa uPascrell axhasa uHillary nanjengoko owayengummelwane weCongress uSteve Rothman exhasa uBarack Obama, kwathi kanti wayedlala igalufa apho kwaye wamisa ngokucinezela inyama nabaxhasi bakaPascrell.

Ngokwesithethi sikaPascrell, uTim Carroll (i-PolitickerNJ alum, njengoko isenzeka), mnat yayingumnyhadala wethu. UClinton kwenzeka ukuba abekhona kwaye wabulisa abalandeli beCongressman.UClinton weza emva komnyhadala-wayesegalufa ngaloo mini.

Ngokuka-Ron D'Argenio, igqwetha leBayonne Golf Club, uClinton wayekhona ebhiyozela iminyaka engama-64 yokuzalwa kwakhe kwiklabhu-eyintandokazi yabantu baseNew York ngenxa yokusondela kwesikhephe kumazantsi eManhattan. Wayedlala inkxaso-mali yesisa Yonke imali eqokelelweyo yenzelwe iSiseko sakhe, ngokwe-D'Argenio, kwaye malunga ne-60 yegalufa.

Ke imfihlakalo iyasonjululwa -uBill Pascrell wayengumxhamli wesipho sika-Evan Morris kwaye waphumla ngethamsanqa xa owayesakuba ngumongameli-owayenomfazi wakhe uPascrell owayemi kwiminyaka emibini ngaphambili kunyaka ka-2008- kwenzeka nje ukuba wayekhona ngexa uPascrell wabamba Ingxowa mali. Kwiminyaka emibini emva koko, xa uPascrell wayesemngciphekweni wokufa kunye nomnye owayesakuba lilungu leCongress uSteve Rothman emva kokumisa kwakhona izithintelo ezixineneyo kwizithili zabo, uClinton ubuyisele ubabalo, ekhankasela kakhulu uPascrell kwimeko enqabileyo yokukhetha ihashe kwindawo yokuqala ekhuphisanayo phakathi kwaba babini.

Kukho enye i-tidbit enomdla apha kwaye isizisa kwiphepha le-128 le-Congressman uFrank Pallone iphepha le-185 elinamaphepha e-FEC ukusuka kwi-Q3 2010. Ummeli uPascrell FEC uxela uluhlu lweMorris's $ 2380 yomnikelo njengo-In-Kind: Golf Club Fundraiser.Iingxelo ze-FEC








Ehlotyeni lika-2010, uMonmouth Congressman uPallone (D-6) owayesebenze ixesha elide wayejamelene nenqanawe lokuqala lendlela yakhe eyayinomtsalane ezantsi kwe-I-95 ukuya eWashington. Kwakungunyaka wepati yeti kwaye umsindo wokuvota waqeqeshwa kwiiDemokhrasi kwiCongress emva kwendlela encinci ye-Obamacare. Nangona kunjalo i-CD6 yaseRiphabhlikhi yaphumela ngaphandle - yamxabanisa u-Diane Gooch no-Anna Little- izinto ezathembisa ukuba zinzima ku-Pallone kunamanani akhe aqhelekileyo eSaddam kwi-D ekhuselekileyo ye-6.

Ukungcwatywa phakathi kwamaphepha okubengezela ngamehlo yi-2350 yeedola ngoJulayi 8, 2010 ukusuka ePallone yeNkongolo ukuya ku-Evan L Morris wase-Alexandria, e-Va. Injongo yokudweliswa kukutya kunye nesiselo. Oku kuthetha ukuba uMorris kufuneka abambe ingxowa mali yePallone, ngokunjalo. Olu hlobo lwenkcitho ngephulo luqhelekile xa inkcitho ekutyeni nasekuselweni idlula kowona mda mkhulu womrhumo unokwenziwa ngumntu.

Umzekelo, umda wabagqatswa baseburhulumenteni ngo-2010 wawungu- $ 2400 ngonyulo ngalunye. Kuba uPallone wayengenaye omnye umchasi ophambili, uMnu noNksk. Morris banokufaka kuphela i-4800 yeedola njengesibini (iminikelo ihlala inikwa ngababini zizibini ezitshatileyo). Umnikeli uvumelekile ukuba anikele ngesixa-esithile-njengendleko yokutya ukuba umsitho ubanjelwe endlwini yomntu. Kodwa ukuba ixabiso lokutya lidlula umda wonikelo-kunye no-in-kind total, iphulo liyafuneka ukubuyisela intsalela kulowo unikeleyo. NgoSeptemba 2010, Cong. UFrank Pallone ubuyisele imali engama-2350 eedola awayifumana ku-Evan Morris.Iingxelo ze-FEC



Ukuhlawulwa okunje kuya kuba yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuba i-lobbyist eyonakeleyo ibeke imali encinci epokothweni. Masithi uJohn Smith ubambe umsitho ekhayeni lakhe kwiCongressman Jones. USmith usebenza kwinkampani enkulu ye-pharma XYZ. USmith ubamba ipati ebiza i- $ 20,000 kunye ne-XYZ foots, kodwa iphulo livunyelwe kuphela ukwamkela ngohlobo lwe- $ 15,000. Iphulo likaJones lisike itsheki ye- $ 5000. Kodwa uJones akabhali itsheki kwiXYZ Corp; itsheki bayibhalela uMnumzana Smith. I-Boom - umnikelo omkhulu owenziweyo kunye noSmith uphakamisa ngetsheki efanelekileyo.

Akukho nto ibonisa ukuba uPascrell okanye uPallone babandakanyeka nangayiphi na indlela ngama-shenanigans akhokelela kwisiphelo esibuhlungu sikaMorris. Ukumela ilizwe elinenkxalabo enkulu yokuxuba amayeza-ukongeza kwikhampasi evaliweyo eNutley, eRoche isasebenza eyona ndawo inkulu yokuphendula ipolymerase kwihlabathi e-Branchburg-ayimangalisi into yokuba i-pharma co ifuna ukubaphembelela.

Kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba azibulale, uMorris wabhalela u-Reps Fred Upton (R-MI) no-Diana DeGette (D-CO), abasunguli be-21stUnyango lwenkulungwane, ukuvuyisana nabo kumzamo, egameni likaRoche noGenentech. Emva kweveki, u-Upton noPallone-usihlalo kunye no-Democrat obeka isikhundla kwiKomiti yezaMandla kunye nezoRhwebo-bafumana ileta evela kuJoel White, umongameli we-Clear Choices, umbutho onolwazi ngezeMpilo; U-Andrew Rosenberg we-CME Coalition uthumele u-Upton noPallone ileta efanayo. Yile ndlela izinto ezenzeka ngayo eWashington.

Kukwanomdla ukuba uBill Pascrell III, unyana odityaniswe kakuhle weCongressman Pascrell ngamanye amaxesha okhankanywa njengomntu oza kungena ezihlangwini zikayise kunye nokuhlala kuluhlu lwamandla ePNJ (wayeneminyaka engama-42 kulo nyaka ) Isebenzela inkampani yamandla okuphembelela iPrinceton yeMicimbi yoLuntu yeQela. Oku kunomdla kuba uGenentech, ophethwe nguRoche, wahlawula i-PPAG $ 66,537 kwi-2010, kunye namakhulu amawaka ngaphezulu kwiminyaka elandelayo.

Kwakhona, akukho nto ingakumbi malunga noku. Kuthatha imali eninzi ukuqhuba iphulo langoku. Ngaphandle kokuba iMelika ifuna amagosa ayo anyuliweyo onke ukuba abe ngoosozigidi, kufuneka abonge imali. Okuninzi. Kwaye ii-lobbyists, kuyo yonke i-vitriol ejolise kubo, benza umsebenzi osemthethweni, obuyela emva ekusekweni kweRiphabhlikhi; Amaphepha e-Federalist anokuqwalaselwa ngokulula njengombutho ongaphandle kodwa akukho namnye onesibindi sokuthetha kakubi ngo-Alexander Hamilton, James Madison noJohn Jay

Xa uMorris wahlawula imali eyi-3.1 yezigidi zeerandi ngemali yakhe yokuhlala eMpuma yoLwandle lwaseMaldan, uMullins uthi uxelele abahlobo bakhe ukuba yindlu eyathengwa nguTamiflu. Lowo ngumgca ohlekisayo. Okokugqibela, eyona nto imangalisayo kule profayili ye-mesanizing ka-Evan Morris, yintaba yobungqina engqina ukuba ii-lobbyists azihlukanga kuye nabani na ongomnye.

Eli bali lihlaziyiwe ukongeza uluvo oluvela kuRon D'Argenio weBayonne Golf Club.

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