Corporate Cash Is Infesting the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
Tell the Parties: Disclose Immediately and Ban All Corporate Contributions for Future Conventions
Both the Republicans and Democratic parties have set up “host committees” or other nonprofit groups to accept corporate and special interest contributions. Both are likely to keep the full list of sponsors secret for as long as they can — well after the conventions.
These conventions should be about celebrating party members and nominating candidates, not selling influence to profit-hungry corporations and special interests.
Add your name below to urge the Democrats and Republicans to disclose the host committee donors and ban all corporate contributions for future conventions.
We, the undersigned, call on the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention to disclose immediately the sources of their funds and ban all corporate giving to host committees in the next election.
Though neither party is disclosing its full list of corporate sponsors, some sponsors of a nonprofit group set up by the DNC’s host committee have been revealed thanks to investigative reporting. The RNC host committee lists some corporate sponsors on its website. Below is a list of the corporate sponsors we know about:
Republican convention (August 27 to 30 in Tampa, Fla.)
American Petroleum Institute
American Natural Gas Alliance
Florida Blue (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
Bright House Networks
Chevron
Coca-Cola
CSX
Darden Restaurants
Florida Realtors
Ford
Google
Harris
Microsoft
Mosaic
Progress Energy
Publix
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (Altria)
St. Pete Clearwater
Tampa Bay & Co.
TECO Energy
UPS
Walmart
WellCare
Wells Fargo
Xerox
Democratic convention (September 4 to 6 in Charlotte, N.C.)
AT&T
Bank of America
Coca-Cola
Duke Energy
Time Warner Cable
Wells Fargo
If you are attending either convention and you notice corporate-sponsored events, let us know. Take a picture of any corporate logos you see and email them to action@citizen.org.
We need citizen-taxpayer funded elections with strict limits on contributions, say $1,000 per candidate each election & full disclosure of every cent to save our democracy!
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