The Hill: Rachel Robinson has joined the American International Automobile Dealers Association as vice president of government relations. Most recently, Robinson served as chief of staff to Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio), the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference. She was a lobbyist for the Securities Industry Association and served as director of Speaker operations for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.).
>Are they buying influence? You decide. CQ Politics:
BankPac, the PAC of the American Bankers Association, has already started passing out contributions to candidates:
....As one might expect, several recipients of BankPac campaign contributions sit on the Financial Services Committee. The leadership PACs of Republican Reps. Paul E. Gillmor and Deborah Pryce of Ohio and Bachus of Alabama each received $5,000 last month from BankPac.
>Here is some information on how Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce won the last election. Alternet:
.....In Ohio in 2006, Republican congresswoman Deborah Pryce was "reelected" only after thousands of Ohio State college students -- who vote predominantly Democratic -- were forced to vote on provisional ballots and those ballots were disqualified. That happened on top of preelection polls that found Pryce well below 50 percent, which also raises questions about the accuracy of the voting technology in Franklin County, Ohio. As is often the case, voter suppression tactics can be compounded by problematic counting technology....
Remember, Robert Bennett, head of the Ohio GOP who thinks Pryce would win re-election easily over any future Democratic opponent. The article mentioned above indicates that Pryce won because of voter suppression. Would the Republicans stoop to using voter suppression to win? You bet they would and they have. At least if Kilroy had won, she'd have a better attendance record than Pryce.
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