DNC reverses ban on fossil fuel PAC donations

[Mike Rows His Boat]

DNC reverses ban on fossil fuel donations

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Friday evening saying it welcomes donations from fossil fuel industry workers and “employers’ political action committees.”

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Christine Pelosi, a DNC member who co-authored the June resolution, offered an amendment to Perez’s measure that would strike the words “employers’ political action committees" to discourage donations from corporate PACs.

Pelosi said removing that language would reaffirm that Democratic Party’s “commitment to overturn Citizens United and banning corporate PAC money.”

But the motion to amend the language proposed by Pelosi failed, 4 to 28. The DNC’s executive committee voted to approve the original resolution, 30 to 2.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/401356-dnc-passes-resolution-on-fossil-fuel-donations

[lapucelle]

1. Isn't that the same reasoning behind AOC's acceptance of JP Morgan Chase contributions?

DNC Chairman Tom Perez sponsored Friday’s resolution that allows the committee to accept contributions from “workers, including those in energy and related industries, who organize and donate to Democratic candidates individually or through their unions’ or employers’ political action committees.”

https://www.opensecrets.org/races/contributors?cycle=2018&id=NY14&spec=N

https://www.opensecrets.org/races/industries?cycle=2018&id=NY14&spec=N

[JHan]

2. Not only that, this decision involved the Unions.

but you know, they gotta go with the corporatist meme come hell or high water.