Top Hillary Clinton Advisers and Fundraisers Lobbied Against Obamacare
Hillary Clinton is campaigning as a guardian of President Barack Obama's progressive policy accomplishments.
Hillary Clinton is campaigning as a guardian of President Barack Obama's progressive policy accomplishments. In recent weeks, she has called the Affordable Care Act "one of the greatest accomplishments of President Obama, of the Democratic Party, and of our country," and promised that she is "going to defend Dodd-Frank" and "defend President Obama for taking on Wall Street."
Meanwhile, however, Clinton's campaign has been relying on a team of strategists and fundraisers, many of whom spent much of the last seven years as consultants or lobbyists for business interests working to obstruct Obama's agenda in those two areas.
Consultants associated with the Dewey Square Group, a lobbying firm that has been retained by business interests to defeat a variety of progressive reforms, are playing a major role in the Clinton campaign. Charles Baker III, the co-founder of Dewey, is a senior strategist and the campaign's chief administrative officer. Michael Whouley, another Dewey co-founder, played an early role in advising Clinton's plan for the current campaign by convening some of the very first strategy sessions. Senior Dewey officials Jill Alper and Minyon Moore are also close advisers and fundraisers for Clinton, while at least four other Clinton officials have worked at Dewey within the last four years. In addition, disclosures show that Clinton's Super PACs Priorities USA Action and Correct the Record have also paid Dewey Square Group for a variety of services in this election.
Read the rest at The Intercept.
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Hillary Clinton is campaigning as a guardian of President Barack Obama's progressive policy accomplishments. In recent weeks, she has called the Affordable Care Act "one of the greatest accomplishments of President Obama, of the Democratic Party, and of our country," and promised that she is "going to defend Dodd-Frank" and "defend President Obama for taking on Wall Street."
Meanwhile, however, Clinton's campaign has been relying on a team of strategists and fundraisers, many of whom spent much of the last seven years as consultants or lobbyists for business interests working to obstruct Obama's agenda in those two areas.
Consultants associated with the Dewey Square Group, a lobbying firm that has been retained by business interests to defeat a variety of progressive reforms, are playing a major role in the Clinton campaign. Charles Baker III, the co-founder of Dewey, is a senior strategist and the campaign's chief administrative officer. Michael Whouley, another Dewey co-founder, played an early role in advising Clinton's plan for the current campaign by convening some of the very first strategy sessions. Senior Dewey officials Jill Alper and Minyon Moore are also close advisers and fundraisers for Clinton, while at least four other Clinton officials have worked at Dewey within the last four years. In addition, disclosures show that Clinton's Super PACs Priorities USA Action and Correct the Record have also paid Dewey Square Group for a variety of services in this election.
Read the rest at The Intercept.
Hillary Clinton is campaigning as a guardian of President Barack Obama's progressive policy accomplishments. In recent weeks, she has called the Affordable Care Act "one of the greatest accomplishments of President Obama, of the Democratic Party, and of our country," and promised that she is "going to defend Dodd-Frank" and "defend President Obama for taking on Wall Street."
Meanwhile, however, Clinton's campaign has been relying on a team of strategists and fundraisers, many of whom spent much of the last seven years as consultants or lobbyists for business interests working to obstruct Obama's agenda in those two areas.
Consultants associated with the Dewey Square Group, a lobbying firm that has been retained by business interests to defeat a variety of progressive reforms, are playing a major role in the Clinton campaign. Charles Baker III, the co-founder of Dewey, is a senior strategist and the campaign's chief administrative officer. Michael Whouley, another Dewey co-founder, played an early role in advising Clinton's plan for the current campaign by convening some of the very first strategy sessions. Senior Dewey officials Jill Alper and Minyon Moore are also close advisers and fundraisers for Clinton, while at least four other Clinton officials have worked at Dewey within the last four years. In addition, disclosures show that Clinton's Super PACs Priorities USA Action and Correct the Record have also paid Dewey Square Group for a variety of services in this election.
Read the rest at The Intercept.