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Phil falcone donates a lot to the democratic party and as does the chairman who go ahead the light squared project. and the white house personnel chief who serves as the u.s. ambassador had a $5,000 interest in light squared. jamie. >> jamie: quick question. the information about the president donating or not donating, contributing or buying an interest in the company. that was all public record. was that out, that information or just come to light? >> that, that has been a part of the tax recor...

Corporate money. whether or not union contracts have any effect on state budgets or not, if you get rid of unions, if you make unions disappear, particularly if you make public sector unions disappear, then the corporate interests that give big money to republicans in elections, they have no competition. so democrats cant ever win. last year out of the top ten outside spending groups in that election, weve seen this before, right? 7 of those groups made their donations to the right. only 3 of th...

Dozens of countries are offering to help japan as it recovers from the big earthquake and tsunami. take a look at this map. the countries in gold have either already sent crews or supplies or announced as they will. even the poor afghan city of kandahar announced it is donating $50,000 to what it called its brothers and sisters of japan. the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier uss "ronald reagan" is now in japan, already started delivering aid in the coastal regions as it spores the relief operat...

Friend, how can i do this for you? and its not insidious in terms of being malevolent, its a way of trying to build that relationship between a member and a funder to the mutual advantage of both. and whats left out is the mutual interest of the citizens. >> it is buying influence? >> it is absolutely buying influence. >> there are direct links between these companies that are donating and issues it this they -- that these congress people are going to be ruling on, correct? >> lisa markowski, he...

Mutual interest of the citizens. >> it is buying influence? >> it is absolutely buying influence. >> there are direct links between these companies that are donating and issues it this they -- that these congress people are going to be ruling on, correct? >> lisa markowski, her family set up this foundation, but its all oil companies that are donating. shes the ranking republican on the committee that decides will they allow offshore drilling. joe baccas donors include coca-cola who dont want to...

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