Millions flow to four senate hopefuls after billionaires’ White House meeting

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Watchdog.org:

One day after billionaire Tom Steyer welcomed the Democratic Party elite into his home for a $400,000 fundraiser, he was jetting cross-country to meet with fellow billionaire George Soros and a top Obama aide in the West Wing of the White House.

 

It was Feb. 20, and the two-hour meeting was with John Podesta, counselor to President Obama and fourth in line of importance under the chief of staff. The visit also included Michael Vachon, Soros’ spokesperson and chief adviser to his international hedge fund, Soros Fund Management.

 

In the following months, millions flowed from the billionaires and Podesta’s family to liberal U.S. Senate candidates Gary Peters of Michigan, Bruce Braley of Iowa, Mark Udall of Colorado and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Watchdog.org has learned.

 

Shaheen and Udall, who are the only incumbents in the group, also were at Steyer’s soiree.

 

“The whole thing is very Third World — billionaires meet with the regime and get policy decisions and suddenly money flows to candidates,” said Phil Kerpen, president of the free-market advocacy group American Commitment. “I don’t blame them for trying. I blame the administration for agreeing.”