Unions Gave $10 million to Labor Committee Dems
Posted By Bill McMorris On February 15, 2017 @ 5:00 am In Issues | No Comments
Labor unions have donated more than $10 million to the Democratic senators who will question Labor secretary nominee Andy Puzder on Thursday.
The 11 Democrats on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions have been allies of organized labor throughout their careers. Four of the leading Democrats have cashed in on more than $1 million for their campaign war chests, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Donation totals ranged from $32,000 for freshman Sen. Maggie Hassan (D., N.H.) to $2.1 million for Ranking Democrat Patty Murray (D., Wash.). Socialist Sen. Bernie (I., VT) had the second-highest haul, with $1.88 million in contributions from labor groups over the course of his Senate career. He also received substantial support for his insurgent presidential campaign against Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016. He received about $243,000 from that sector during the drawn out campaign.
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