{"id":292874,"date":"2010-02-08T07:38:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T12:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/02\/08\/wealthy-ceos-conspire-to-influence-elections-for-gop\/"},"modified":"2010-02-08T07:38:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T12:38:55","slug":"wealthy-ceos-conspire-to-influence-elections-for-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/292874","title":{"rendered":"Wealthy CEOs Conspire to Influence Elections for GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/6264152\/12imf2\/alternet~Wealthy-CEOs-Conspire-to-Influence-Elections-for-GOP\" >Wealthy CEOs Conspire to Influence Elections for GOP                     <\/a><br \/>Wall Street CEOs have formed a group to take advantage of new fundraising possibilities opened up by the Supreme Court decision to end the ban on corporate election spending.<Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/6264152\/12imf2\/alternet\"><\/p>\n<p>Wall Street CEOs have formed a group to take advantage of new fundraising possibilities opened up by the Supreme Court decision to end the ban on corporate election spending.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buzz Up\" href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit\/?submitUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2feconomy%2f145578%2fwealthy_ceos_conspire_to_influence_elections_for_gop&#038;submitHeadline=Wealthy+CEOs+Conspire+to+Influence+Elections+for+GOP\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/buzz.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to Delicious\" 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