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Wall Street Is Big Donor to Inauguration

Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines found this 1/9/2009 on online.wsj.com

President-elect Barack Obama has banned corporations and big donors from funding his Jan. 20 inauguration. But 90% of donations received so far have been raised by well-heeled fund-raisers, including Wall Street executives whose companies have received billions of dollars in federal bailout money.