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AFL-CIO Ends Ban on Campaign Donations
The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted to discontinue the ban on PAC donations to members of Congress. The Council voted unanimously to continue the ban on all PAC donations to those who voted against us on Fast Track authority.
CWA will follow suit.
Below is a list of Senators who voted wrong:
| Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Michael Bennet (D-CO) Roy Blunt (R-MO) John Boozman (R-AR) Richard Burr (R-NC) Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Thomas Carper (D-DE) Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Dan Coats (R-IN) Thad Cochran (R-MS) Christopher Coons (D-DE) Bob Corker (R-TN) John Cornyn (R-TX) Tom Cotton (R-AR) Mike Crapo (R-ID) Ted Cruz (R-TX) Steve Daines (R-MT) | Joni Ernst (R-IA) Diane Feinstein (D-CA) Deb Fischer (R-NE) Jeff Flake (R-AZ) Cory Gardner (R-CO) Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Orin Hatch (R-UT) Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) Dean Heller (R-NV) John Hoeven (R-ND) James Inhofe (R-OK) Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Ron Johnson (R-WI) Tim Kaine (D-VA) Mark Kirk (R-IL) James Lankford (R-OK) Mike Lee (R-UT) John McCain (R-AZ) Claire McCaskill (D-MO) Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Jerry Moran (R-KS) | Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Patty Murray (D-WA) Bill Nelson (D-FL) David Perdue (R-GA) Rob Portman (R-OH) James Risch (R-ID) Pat Roberts (R-KS) Mike Rounds (R-SD) Marco Rubio (R-FL) Ben Sasse (R-NE) Tim Scott (R-SC) Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Daniel Sullivan (R-AK) John Thune (R-SD) Thom Tillis (R-NC) Patrick Toomey (R-PA) David Vitter (R-LA) Mark Warner (D-VA) Roger Wicker (R-MS) Ron Wyden (D-OR) |
And the list of House members:
| Ralph Lee Abraham (R-5th LA) Rick W. Allen (R-12th GA) Brad Ashford (D-2nd NE) Brian Babin (R-36th TX) Lou Barletta (R-11th PA) Andy Barr (R-6th KY) Joe Barton (R-6th TX) Dan Benishek (R-1st MI) Ami Bera (D-7th CA) Donald Beyer Jr., (D-8th VA Gus Bilirakis (R-12th FL) Mike Bishop (R-8th MI) Rob Bishop (R-1st UT) Diane Black (R-6th TN) Marsha Blackburn (R-7th TN) Rod Blum (R-1st IA) Earl Blumenauer (D-3rd OR) John Boehner (R-8th OH) Suzanne Bonamici (D-1st OR) Mike Bost (R-12th Illinois) Charles Boustany (R-3rd LA) Kevin Brady (R-8th TX) Susan Brooks (R-5th IN) Vern Buchanan (R-16th FL) Larry Bucshon (R-8th IN) Bradley Byrne (R-1st AL) Ken Calvert (R-42nd CA) Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-1st GA) John R. Carter (R-31st TX) Steve Chabot (R-1st OH) Jason Chaffetz (R-3rd UT) Mike Coffman (R-6th CO) Tom Cole (R-4th OK) Barbara Comstock (R-10th VA) Michael Conaway (R-11th TX) Gerald Connolly (D-11th VA) Jim Cooper (D-5th TN) Jim Costa (D-16th CA) Ryan Costello (R-6th PA) Kevin Cramer (R-At Large ND) Erick Crawford (R-1st AR) Ander Crenshaw (R-4th FL) Henry Cuellar (D-28th TX) John Abney Culberson (R-7th TX) Carlos Curbelo (R-26th FL) Susan Davis (D-53rd CA) Rodney Davis (R-13th IL) John Delaney (D-6th MD) Suzan DelBene (D-1st WA) Jeff Denham (R-10th CA) Charles Dent (R-15th PA) Ron DeSantis (R-6th FL) Scott DesJarlais (R-4th TN) Mario Diaz-Balart (R-25th FL) Robert Dold (R-10th IL) Sean Duffy (R-7th WI) Renee Ellmers (R-2nd NC) Tom Emmer (R-6th MN) Sam Farr (D-20th CA) Steven Fincher (R-8th TN) Michael Fitzpatrick (R-8th PA) Charles Fleischmann (R-3rd TN) Bill Flores (R-17th TX) J. Randy Forbes (R-4th VA) Jeff Fortenberry (R-1st NE) Virginia Foxx (R-5th NC) Trent Franks (R-8th AZ) Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11th NJ) Bob Gibbs (R-7th OH) Bob Goodlatte (R-6th VA) Trey Gowdy (R-4th SC Kay Granger (R-12th TX) Tom Graves (R-14th GA) | Garret Graves (R-6th LA) Sam Graves (R-6th MO) Glenn Grothman (R-6th WI) Frank Guinta (R-1st NH) Brett Guthrie (R-2nd KY) Richard Hanna (R-22nd NY) Cresent Hardy (R-4th NV) Gregg Harper (R-3rd MS) Vicky Hartzler (R-4th MO) Joseph Heck (R-3rd NV) Jeb Hensarling (R-5th TX) Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-3rd WA) Jody Hice (R-10th GA) French J. Hill (R-2nd AR) James Himes (D-4th CT) Ruben Hinojosa (D-15th TX) George Holding (R-13th NC) Richard Hudson (R-8th NC) Tim Huelskamp(R-1st KS) Bill Huizenga (R-2nd MI) Randy Hultgren (R-14th IL) Will Hurd (R-23rd TX) Robert Hurt (R-5th VA) Darrell Issa (R-49 CA) Lynn Jenkins (R-2nd KS) Bill Johnson (R-6th OH) Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-30th TX) Sam Johnson (R-3rd TX) Trent Kelly (R-1st MS) Mike Kelly (R-3rd PA) Derek Kilmer (D-6th WA) Ron Kind (D-3rd WI) Steve King (R-4th IA) Peter King (R-2nd NY) Adam Kinzinger (R-16th IL) John Kline (R-2nd MN) Stephen Knight (R-25th CA) Doug LaMalfa (R-1st CA) Doug Lamborn (R-5th CO) Leonard Lance (R-7th NJ) Rick Larsen (D-2nd WA) Robert Latta (R-5th OH) Billy Long (R-7th MO) Barry Loudermilk (R-11th GA) Mia Love (R-4th UT) Frank Lucas (R-3rd OK) Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-3rd MO) Kenny Marchant (R-24th TX) Tom Marino (R-10th PA) Kevin McCarthy (R-23rd CA) Michael McCaul (R-10th TX) Tom McClintock (R-4th CA) Patrick McHenry (R-10th NC) Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-5th WA) Martha McSally (R-2nd AZ) Patrick Meehan (R-7th PA) Gregoy Meeks (D-5th NY) Luke Messer (R-6th IN) John Mica (R-7th FL) Jeff Miller (R-1st FL) Candice Miller (R-10th MI) John Moolenaar (R-4th MI) Markwayne Mullin (R-2nd OK) Tim Murphy (R-18th PA) Randy Neugebauer (R-19th TX) Dan Newhouse (R-4th WA) Kristi Noem (R-At Large SD) Devin Nunes (R-22nd CA) Beto O'Rourke (D-16th TX) Pete Olson (R-22nd TX) Steven Palazzo (R-4th MS) Erik Paulsen (R-3rd MN) Scott Peters (D-52nd CA) | Robert Pittenger (R-9th NC) Joseph Pitts (R-16th PA) Ted Poe (R-2nd TX) Jared Polis (D-2nd CO) Mike Pompeo (R-4th KS) Tom Price (R-6th GA) Mike Quigley (D-5th IL) John Ratcliffe (R-4th TX) Tom Reed (R-23rd NY) David Reichert (R-8th WA) James Renacci (R-16th OH) Reid Ribble (R-8th WI) Kathleen Rice (D-4th NY) Tom Rice (R-7th SC) Scott Rigell (R-2nd VA) Martha Roby (R-2nd AL) David Roe (R-1st TN) Mike Rogers (R-3rd AL) Harold Rogers (R-5th KY) Todd Rokita (R-4th IN) Thomas Rooney (R-17th FL) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-27th FL) Peter Roskam (R-16th IL) Dennis Ross (R-15th FL) David Rouzer (R-7th NC) Edward Royce (R-39th CA) Paul Ryan (R-1st WI) Matt Salmon (R-5th AZ) Mark Sanford (R-1st SC) Steve Scalise (R-1st LA) Kurt Schrader (D-5th OR) David Schweikert (R-6th AZ) Austin Scott (R-8th GA) James Sensenbrenner (R-5th WI) Pete Sessions (R-32nd TX) Terri Sewell (D-7th AL) John Shimkus (R-15th IL) Bill Shuster (R-9th PA) Michael Simpson (R-2nd IN) Jason Smith (R-8th MO) Adrian Smith (R-3rd NE) Lamar Smith (R-21st TX) Elise Stefanik (R-21st NY) Chris Stewart (R-2nd UT) Steve Stivers (R-15th OH) Marlin Stutzman (R-3rd IN) Glenn Thompson (R-5th PA) Mac Thornberry (R-13th TX) Patrick Tiberi (R-12th OH) Scott Tipton (R-3rd CO) David Trott (R-11th MI) Michael Turner (R-10th OH) Fred Upton (R-6th MI) David Valadao (R-21st CA) Ann Wagner (R-2nd MO) Tim Walberg (R-7th MI) Greg Walden (R-2nd OR) Mark Walker (R-6th NC) Jackie Walorski (R-2nd IN) Mimi Walters (R-45th CA) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-23rd FL) Randy Weber (R-14th TX) Brad Wenstrup (R-2nd OH) Bruce Westerman (R-4th AR) Ed Whitfield (R-1st KY) Roger Williams (R-25th TX) Joe Wilson (R-2nd SC) Steve Womack (R-3rd AR) Rob Woodall (7th GA) Kevin Yoder (R-3rd KS) David Young (R-3rd IA) Todd Young (R-9th IN) Ryan Zinke (R-At Large MT) |
Members of CWA Local 1104's Legislative-Political Action Team delivered 300 flip flops with comments from constituents written on them to Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y. 4th district) this week. Activists from Moveon.org, Long Island Progressive Coalition, CSEA and other unions have planned additional flip flop deliveries to Rice.
In January, Rice wrote a letter to President Barack Obama saying she opposed fast-track trade authority because it would send American jobs offshore and push down wages. In April, she said it again. But then she flip-flopped and voted against U.S. workers, jobs and communities by supporting Fast Track.