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Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema received the legal maximum of donations from several known GOP donors, new FEC filings show

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Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat, received the maximum donation allowed by law by several longtime GOP donors, according to a campaign fundraising report filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission.

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema received the maximum donation allowed by law from several GOP donors.

Donors previously donated to pro-Trump PACs and a PAC to elect Republicans to the Senate.
Sinema, a Democrat, has positioned herself as a key obstacle to President Joe Biden's agenda.

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat, received the maximum donation allowed by law by several longtime GOP donors, according to a campaign fundraising report filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission.

According to the FEC data, first reported by Mother Jones, Sinema raised $1.1 million between July and September this year, about the same amount she raised in previous fundraising cycles, according to the report, despite growing frustration among Arizona Democrats.

Included in the FEC disclosure are several GOP donors who have previously supported efforts to elect former President Donald Trump and to help Republicans get the majority in the Senate. The maximum individual contribution limit is $2,900 per election, with a maximum of $5,800 in a two-year period, according to FEC guidelines.

Among those who made the maximum donation was Minnesota billionaire Stan Hubbard, who regularly donates to the RNC and supported Scott Walker and eventually Trump's campaign for president through donations to a super PAC, Mother Jones reported.

Jimmy Haslam, the owner of the Cleveland Brown's and Pilot truck stops, and his wife, Susan, individually donated the maximum legal amount to Sinema on September 30, Mother Jones reported, citing the FEC data. According to the report, Haslam has given at least $425,000 to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC associated with Sen. Mitch McConnell that works to elect Republicans in the Senate.

Other GOP donors who backed Sinema include Marc Rowan, the CEO of the private equity firm Apollo who backed Trump's failed bid for reelection, and his wife, Carolyn, who individually donated the maximum legal limit. Private equity executive Anthony De Nicola, who also has backed the Senate Leadership Fund, also donated the maximum legal limit to Sinema, according to Mother Jones.

Progressives and other Democrats have grown frustrated with Sinema, who has made headlines in recent months for her reluctance to support key pieces of President Joe Biden's agenda. Sinema is currently fundraising in Europe, per The New York Times.

Both Sinema and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin have been opposed to parts of a Democratic spending plan to invest in climate, education, and healthcare spending. While Manchin has been clear about wanting to cut the price tag of the proposal, it's largely unclear what Sinema would support, as Insider previously reported.

Sinema, however, has reportedly been opposed to raising tax rates for individuals and large corporations, said two Senate Democratic aides familiar with the matter. Her position threatens to deprive the package of over $700 billion in revenue to pay for Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda.

Sinema, a first-term lawmaker, is not up for re-ction until 2024.

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by Ballpeen
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Really a non story. Big money donors donate both ways to give them access no matter which candidate wins. I think if someone took a deep dive in to this, you'd find many cases like this.
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by mac
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Originally Posted by OldColdDawg
Like to know if the establishment Rs are outraising the Trumpian Rs. It appears they are. MGT is selling it though, 3.4 mil? Really? Can't those people see she's nuts and dumb as hell?

Some folks wonder why their elected officials seem to suddenly change their viewpoint once they are voted into office. For the first time Sinema was elected as a Senator and will be safe for years, with no worry about facing re-election until 2024.. I think Sinema is a very good example to study in an attempt to figure out just what is 'influencing' her changing viewpoint.


Democrat Senator Sinema Under Scrutiny Over Net Worth Exploding From $35K To $1 Million

Written by Ann Brown

Oct 07, 2021
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All eyes are on Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, with many wondering how she increased her net worth from $32,500 in 2018 to an estimated $1 million today.

Sinema is blocking the Democrats from passing an ambitious social policy and climate bill while at the same time raising money from five business lobbying groups, many of which strongly oppose the bill, The New York Times reported.

When she won her U.S. Senate seat in 2018, Sinema was the first Arizona Democrat elected to the chamber in three decades. Now she is under a microscope as she threatens to derail President Biden’s legislative agenda. It’s the latest in a string of decisions that have disappointed Sinema’s base, CNN reported. In March, she voted against a bill that would have raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour and she refused to support an end to the filibuster, the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for most legislation. Without the filibuster, Democrats could pass their priorities with just a majority.


Sinema received more than $750,000 in donations from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. After that, she opposed a Democratic plan to lower prescription drug costs.

She told White House officials that she opposes House and Senate bills that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug costs, sources told Politico. According to her fellow Democrats, these bills would save an estimated $450 billion over the next decade and pay for a large portion of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending plan, which has the support of nearly 90 percent of voters. The budget bill would expand child care, health care and paid family leave and would fund programs to combat climate change, among other measures, Salon reported.

Sinema has had a long financial relationship with Big Pharma. She has received $519,988 from political action committees and individuals in the pharmaceutical industry throughout her political career, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. She received more than $120,000 in pharma contributions between 2019 and 2020, and she also received $190,161 from donors in pharmaceutical manufacturing and $62,797 from the medical supplies industry.

“Sinemas’ net worth went from $35,000 in 2018 to $1,000,000 in 2021. In 2018 Executive Level pay for her position was $174000. To keep it simple, 15% of that or $26,100 is all that she could legally have earned in outside income. So how did her net worth increase by $985,000?” asked Georgia Stein @GStein269 on Twitter.

AnnieED @annie_ed1 replied, “Plain and simple they are selling out government to big donors, friends and families who in turn pay them back for services rendered. Democrats/Republicans need to show how they’re making money”.

“And worth noting that if @SenatorSinema walks, she’s only doing so after dramatically increasing her personal net worth by $965,000 & breaking countless promises to her AZ supporters in her 3 years AS A SENATOR!” Tracy @TweetingTracy responded.

eorgia Stein
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Sinemas' net worth went from $35,000 in 2018 to $1,000,000 in 2021. In 2018 Executive Level pay for her position was $174000. To keep it simple, 15% of that or $26,100 is all that she could legally have earned in outside income. So how did her net worth increase by $985,000?
9:37 PM · Sep 29, 2021

nnieED
@annie_ed1
Plain and simple they are selling out government to big donors, friends and families who in turn pay them back for services rendered. Sinema and Manchin are crooks his wife, and daughter is living of government too. Democrats/Republicans need to show how they’re making money

racy
@TweetingTracy
And worth noting that if @SenatorSinema walks, she’s only doing so after dramatically increasing her personal net worth by $965,000 & breaking countless promises to her AZ supporters in her 3 years AS A SENATOR! #FollowTheMoney
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by PitDAWG
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Once again, you voted for Trump. You have no clue what an intellectual is or what the word honesty means.
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