Biden taps influence industry despite pledge on lobbyists
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary promising “from day one” to reject campaign cash from lobbyists.”I work for you ” not any industry,” he tweeted.Yet hours after his April campaign kickoff, the former vice president went to a fundraiser at the home of a lobbying executive. And in the months since, he’s done it again and again.It’s hard to quantify how much Biden has raised from the multibillion-dollar influence industry, but the roughly $200,000 […]
