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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOf $10.2 MIL in Speaking Fees in 2014, $4.6 MIL From Groups Lobbying Congress At Same Time
http://time.com/3889577/hillary-clinton-paid-speeches-lobbyists-influence/Half of Hillary Clintons Speaking Fees Came From Groups Also Lobbying Congress
The Democratic presidential candidate earned $10.2 million in 2014, her first full calendar year after leaving the State Department.
Of that, $4.6 million came from groups that also spent on lobbying Congress that year, according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
In all, the corporations and trade groups that Clinton spoke to in 2014 spent $72.5 million lobbying Congress that same year.
Of that, $4.6 million came from groups that also spent on lobbying Congress that year, according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
In all, the corporations and trade groups that Clinton spoke to in 2014 spent $72.5 million lobbying Congress that same year.
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Of $10.2 MIL in Speaking Fees in 2014, $4.6 MIL From Groups Lobbying Congress At Same Time (Original Post)
amborin
May 2016
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mooseprime
(475 posts)1. but she ALREADY told us
that she's not influenced!!!!!!
i know you are but what am i INFINITY
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)2. And while they were lobbying Congress ... Secretary Clinton was a PRIVATE CITIZEN
What do you hate the Free Market so much?
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)3. I am good with Clinton's speaking fees. She knows her monetary value and gets what she earned.