Listers,

 

The Center for American Progress Action Fund’s blog, ThinkProgress, created quite a stir by reporting that the U.S. Chamber’s political ad campaign has been funded by foreign interests.

 

The Chamber responds by noting that they have internal controls on such spending to ensure that “[n]o foreign money is used to fund political activities.”

 

If there are any political attorneys for labor unions on the list, we’re interested in how this issue would apply to labor unions. If national unions such as the AFL-CIO and the SEIU, which have international affiliate groups, have any sort of financial relationship with their affiliates, wouldn’t this also apply to them? Can anyone state definitively that this wouldn’t apply to labor unions (with an explanation)?

 

The AFL-CIO seems unconcerned, judging by their post on the matter.

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff Patch

Communications Director

Center for Competitive Politics

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