GOP Rep.: House Leadership In The Pockets Of Large Donors

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

CAITLIN MACNEAL – FEBRUARY 16, 2014, 2:58 PM EST

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who has been outspoken about his opposition to immigration reform, on Saturday indicated that Republican leaders support immigration reform because large donors like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are pushing them to.

"It seems as though there are some deep pockets outside the Congress and across the country that seem to be the only voices that line up with the Republican leadership in the House on immigration," he said on the Tea Party News Network's "The Capitol Hill Show."

"I'm happy to promote business, but I'm not one of those folks that's going to be directed by billionaires with big checkbooks and I think that's part of the division we have today in the Republican congress."

Republican House leaders unveiled a draft of their principles on immigration reform in January

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[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Translation: those donors need to give me more money.

[LAGC]

4. Yup.

I'm sure the checks are in the mail...

[Lobo27]

2. So the donors are making them go for immigration reform.

But not all the other BS they try to do? Well, I must be blind or my hearing completely shot.

[Archae]

3. This from the guy bought and paid for by corn-growing corporations.

[OKNancy]

5. This is one of those " no shit, Sherlock" moments n/t

[Fred Sanders]

6. King is just sending up the batshit crazy signal to the Koch Brothers to funnel him some more money

and further buy his loyalty.

[krobar659]

7. A SHAME TO THE STATE OF IOWA

I have five kids and two grandkids. Since the redistricting a few years ago, they all live in King's district! I strongly urge, no, make that beg, all of the DU readers to support the Democrat who runs against him in the next election! He has been an embarrassment to the state of Iowa. Thank you all!!!

[IrishAyes]

10. I've been considering moving to Iowa for that very reason, to vote for the Dem!

[blkmusclmachine]

8. Big $$$ buys votes & legislation. Too bad us mere taxpayers don't have any clout with the Politicos

that are supposed to represent us.

[delrem]

9. I imagine that this is the most established of bipartisan businesses. nt

[Ned Fenwick]

11. "Tea Party News Network??"

That doesn't sound very grassrootsy! I suppose the "tea party network" has posh headquarters on, what, the 140th through the 157th floors of some unnamed Bros. NY tower, whence Dick Armey dispatches buttboys like Bob Corker to insure that the peasants remain peasants? Or (and this is more likely), the TPN just shares the FOX suites of bunkers wherein Roger Ailes, to keep in tip-top shape, chases women.... And, you know what brothers I mean - the brothers that I dare not speak their name, the ones that their dad made them start out at the bottom for a while, those brothers.

[gopiscrap]

14. welcome to DU

[daybranch]

12. It jus ain't fair

when large donors will not let us use our best tactic- hate them furriners! They is coming here stealing our jobs! Now pour rich owners make it harder to stir up the mob so we can stay in Office and help make them even richer. It jus ain't fair.

[Dopers_Greed]

13. The baggers are upset

That the GOP sugar daddies aren't pampering them anymore