{"id":4725,"date":"2009-11-10T06:13:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T14:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2009-11-10T06:14:27","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T14:44:27","slug":"inouye-rewarded-by-lobbyist-for-his-support-of-the-f-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=4725","title":{"rendered":"Inouye rewarded by lobbyist for his support of the F-22"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an interesting parallel between recent AP articles about Senator Inouye’s earmarks<\/a> going to major contributors to his campaign and his support for the F-22 fighter jet. \u00a0 Tony Podesta, one of Washington’s top lobbyists, who lobbied for funding for the F-22, held fundraisers for three of only four Democrats who voted to continue funding for the F-22 despite threats of a veto by the President.\u00a0 In the Huffington Post article “Tony Podesta: Turning Change Into Dollars<\/a>“, Aurthur Delaney writes:<\/p>\n

The president threatened to veto a defense spending bill unless lawmakers stripped $1.75 billion in funding for unneeded F-22 fighter jets. In July, the Senate voted 58 to 40 to kill the funding after an intense industry lobbying effort.<\/p>\n

Despite the veto threat, fourteen Democrats voted to keep funding the F-22. In the springtime, the Podestas set up fundraisers for three of them: Patty Murray (Wash.), Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), and Daniel Inouye (Hawaii). The Feinstein fundraiser was canceled, however, after the invitation listing Feinstein’s committees as the different courses of a meal was made public. (Guests who made contributions between $1,000 and $2,500 could order up Feintstein’s “Select Committee on Intelligence for the first course” and “your choice of Appropriations, Judiciary or Rules committees” for other courses.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is an interesting parallel between recent AP articles about Senator Inouye’s earmarks going to major contributors to his campaign and his support for the F-22 fighter jet. \u00a0 Tony Podesta, one of Washington’s top lobbyists, who lobbied for funding for the F-22, held fundraisers for three of only four Democrats who voted to continue … <\/p>\n

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