A Donor’s Gift Soon Followed Clinton’s Help (flag)

www.nytimes.com — Weeks after Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton helped a developer secure the use of tax-exempt bonds, her husband’s foundation was given a $100,000 donation. >

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TPMMuckraker — ... Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) helped a New York developer with legislation not long before he donated to her husband's foundation, the New York Times reports. Robert Congel's donation of $100,000 to Bill Clinton's foundation came after Mrs. Clinton secured earmarks for $5 million worth of road construction serving one of Congel's projects and an allowance to use tax-free bonds for the financing of this project. (New York Times) ...

Hillary Clinton Haunted By Her Tax Break Pork
Swampland - TIME.com — ... and Mitt Romney. He gave $25,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee. In some ways, this may make him look like a classic ideological donor, a rich guy who likes the Republican cause. But Congel has a few exceptions to his Republican-only rule, including an apparent soft-spot for the family Clinton--and I am not just talking about his regular contributions to Hillary Clinton's campaign. The inestimable Charlie Savage, now of the New York Times, had a story yesterday laying out the case. An upstate New York developer donated ...

House Passes Disclosure Bills on Presidential Library Donors, Records
The Caucus — ... to former President Clinton’s presidential library and foundation, particularly in advance of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s expected confirmation as Secretary of State, a little-mentioned action today by the House of Representatives seems a bit more relevant than usual. It may also carry a bit more heft as President Bush departs office this month with his own planned library, although this bill isn’t retroactive. The House passed twin measures today that are aimed at coaxing more public disclosure from the business of a president’s legacy. Groups raising money to build a ...

Live Blog: Clinton's Confirmation Hearing
The Caucus — ... Clinton’s selection for a Cabinet post was the far-reaching tentacles of her husband’s foundation , whose donors had previously been largely held secret. Republicans are expected to raise some issues about those dealings at this hearing, even though the Obama transition team and the Clintons have forged an agreement that will allow for more public disclosure of donations and overseas work. But Mr. Lugar cited the dangers of the foundation’s acceptance of contributions and the complications brought about with Mr. Clinton’s sweeping global ...