Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>Many wonder who is paying the Dems way in Congress<<<


Glad you asked. Remember this from the NYT piece?

We were left wondering who is really in charge, when in a bipartisan press release announcing the agreement, the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Kit Bond, described the bill as “a delicate arrangement of compromises” that could not be changed in any way. The committee’s chairman, Jay Rockefeller, didn’t object.


Of course he didn't object. He'd already cashed his checks.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 — Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while seeking his support for legal immunity for businesses participating in National Security Agency eavesdropping.

Mr. Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, emerged last week as the most important supporter of immunity in devising a compromise plan with Senate Republicans and the Bush administration.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/washington/23nsa.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=login