Trending story , share it!
Obama Accepts Unlimited Corporate Contributions For Inaugural Events; Isn’t Saying How Much »
(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama’s inaugural committee on late Friday released a list of individuals and corporations contributing money to fund events surrounding the president’s Jan. 20 inauguration but did not reveal how much they contributed, the Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group reported on Friday evening. In 2009, the group notes, Obama's inaugural committee did not accept corporate contributions, limited individual contributions to $50,000 or less and, more than a month before the inauguration, published a searchable list of all donors, that included who they worked for, where they lived and how much they gave. On Friday evening, by contrast, the Presidential Inaugural Committee merely added a link at the bottom of its website with a list of only the names of the individuals and corporations that have contributed. (The Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group included links both to Obama’s 2009 database and thestripped-down 2013 list of [...] Source Main page (current trends)
More about: Corporate Contributions, corporations, inaugural committee, Inaugural Events, inauguration, obama, Obama Accepts, President Barack Obama, Presidential Inaugural Committee, The Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group, the Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group