From our book: "Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) candidly acknowledged that if she finds 30 messages on her desk, `of the thirty, you're going to know ten of them. Anyone is going to make phone calls to the people they know first. I'm going to call the people I know. Among the people I know are donors.'"
Glenn Thrush at NYT:
Glenn Thrush at NYT:
Mick Mulvaney, the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told banking industry executives and lobbyists on Tuesday that they should increase their campaign donations to influence lawmakers, revealing that he would meet only with lobbyists who contributed to his campaign when he served in the House.
“We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress,” Mr. Mulvaney, a former Republican lawmaker from South Carolina, told 1,300 bankers and lobbyists at an American Bankers Association conference in Washington. “If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”
Dear @WhiteHouse - I’m new to Washington. If I was looking for an example of how “PAY TO PLAY” works, would this be it?? https://t.co/Pddx8NmtY4— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) April 25, 2018
This is supposed to be a government by the people, for the people. Not a government of the thieves and the money changers. Mick Mulvaney is a disgrace. https://t.co/0RyViQLXwM— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) April 25, 2018
