Elsie L. Scott of Congressional Black Caucus Non Profit, Selling Access to Corporate Lobbyists

So much for bringing change to Washington.



President Obama campaigned hard against the influence of special interests groups that use lobbyists to get “access” in Washington.

But, things haven’t changed a bit in D.C. especially when it comes to the CBC and the way they use “non-profits” such as the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) to collect funds from much hated corporate America.

I mean, at least hated publicly to rake in the votes from Black America. But in the privacy of convention halls, corporate boardrooms and golf courses, it’s all love and kisses with a cashier’s check.

According the New York Times:
Elsie L. Scott, chief executive of the CBCF, acknowledged that the companies want to influence members.
In fact, the fund-raising brochures make clear that the bigger the donation, the greater the access, like a private reception that includes members of Congress for those who give more than $100,000.

“They are trying to get the attention of the C.B.C. members,” Ms. Scott said. “And I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. They’re in business, and they want to deal with people who have influence and power.

Black people gamble. Black people smoke. Black people drink,” she said in an interview. “And so if these companies want to take some of the money they’ve earned off of our people and give it to us to support good causes, then we take it.”

I guess she means good causes like paying of the mortgage of the CBC headquarters.

Via New York Times

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