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February 4, 2021
This week in money-in-politics
Controversy brings small donor success for Marjorie Taylor Greene
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The House voted to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of her committee assignments Thursday, punishing the freshman member for trafficking baseless conspiracy theories and promoting violence against Democrats before taking office.
Meanwhile, Greene is capitalizing on the controversy to raise big money from small donors loyal to former President Donald Trump.
Greene’s past comments — which include anti-Semitic remarks, support for QAnon and conspiracy theories about the Parkland shooting and the 9/11 terror attacks — were met with outrage and condemnation by leaders of both parties. But after Greene privately apologized to her GOP colleagues, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) chose not to punish her. That prompted Democrats to call for a full House vote to remove Greene from her key committee assignments.
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** Small donors ruled 2020; will that change post-Trump?
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Small donors played a pivotal role in financing both Democratic and Republican campaigns in the 2020 election. And with Donald Trump in Florida and President Joe Biden taking his place in the White House, it remains unclear whether small donations will continue to pour in for either party. On Jan. 20, Biden took office and Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), establishing the Democratic Party’s control of the White House and Senate on the same day.
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** Trump has $105 million in the bank to influence intra-GOP battles
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Former President Donald Trump has $105 million in the bank among four political committees he controls, a massive sum he could use to influence intraparty battles over the future of the Republican Party. Trump continued to ask his supporters for campaign cash long after he lost the Nov. 3 election. Trump’s new leadership PAC, Save America, raised around $31 million between Nov. 24 and Dec. 31, according to a new Federal Election Commission filing released Sunday.
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** Biden phases out private prisons, which spent big backing Trump
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The Department of Justice will not renew existing contracts with private prison companies following an executive action signed by President Joe Biden on Jan. 27. The move, part of a package of racial justice initiatives, reinstates an Obama-era policy reversed by former President Donald Trump in 2017. Even as the industry has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice reform groups, the top private prison companies continue to net billions in revenue by contracting with federal, state and local governments.
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* ** Trump allied lobbying firm is closing down after Biden win, D.C. protests (CNBC) ([link removed])
The ‘worker-centered’ policy being pushed by the new administration means less focus on opening markets for banks and drug makers. The industries that the Biden team would de-emphasize also have the lobbying muscle to fight back.
* ** Lauren Boebert: QAnon-supporting Republican claims 38,000 miles worth of gas money on Congress expenses (The Independent) ([link removed])
Rep. Lauren Boebert has drawn reimbursements worth $22,000 for gas mileage used during her 2020 campaign, raising questions from ethics experts. In order to justify such a reimbursement, Boebert’s distance driven during the campaign has to be 38,712 miles.
* ** Teachers unions' political support for Biden paying off as he takes their side in reopening battle (Fox News) ([link removed])
After spending millions to support President Biden and other Democrats in the 2020 election cycle, teachers unions are finding Biden to be a reliable ally amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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