Congr Black Caucus Fdn

==is there an actual caucus that changes, but also a fdn?

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/business/black-caucus-is-wooed-for-trade-pact-votes.html?ref=topics">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/business/black-caucus-is-wooed-for-trade-pact-votes.html?ref=topics</a>TPP?

berman accuse hypoc?=from alford:
<a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/11/10/poll-shows-african-americans-support-clean-power-plan-and-climate-action-except-exxon-funded-national-black-chamber">http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/11/10/poll-shows-african-americans-support-clean-power-plan-and-climate-action-except-exxon-funded-national-black-chamber</a>One tactic of the fossil fuel industry’s attack on the proposed <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan/clean-power-plan-existing-power-plants" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">Clean Power Plan</a> is to say it unfairly <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/23/deneen-borelli-black-lives-matter-and-obama-climat/?page=all" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">targets minority communities</a> when in fact the opposite is true. Industry-funded groups like the <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/national-black-chamber-commerce" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">National Black Chamber of Commerce</a> are among the groups making these claims.In the past National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC)

president Harry Alford dismissed climate change by quoting Stevie

Wonder, saying, “When you believe in things you don't understand; you

suffer. Superstition ain't the way.”And

while Alford may equate science to superstition, there is no doubt that

he understands one thing very well – collecting oil industry money. The NBCC has <a href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/12082015/minorities-targeted-misinformation-obama-carbon-clean-power-plan-national-black-chamber-commerce" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">received over $1 million</a> from ExxonMobil alone.A new poll released by the <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/media/2015/151104a.asp" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">Natural Resources Defense Council </a>reports

the reality that 83% of African Americans support the Clean Power Plan.

And 67% of African Americans say that action should be taken to reduce

the threat of global warming.Which

shouldn’t be that surprising as African Americans are more likely to

feel the impacts of environmental pollution and risk than other

communities in America.The 2012 report “<a href="http://www.naacp.org/pages/coal-blooded1" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">Coal Blooded: </a><a href="http://www.naacp.org/pages/coal-blooded1" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">Putting Profits Before People</a>” revealed that of the

6 million people living in proximity to coal-fired power plants, 39%

were people of color and that seventy-eight percent of African Americans

live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant.And research shows African Americans are nearly <a href="http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid=15" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">three times as likely</a> as whites to be hospitalized or killed by asthma.In addition to the findings of the new NRDC poll, leaders of major black churches recently presented over <a href="http://spokesman-recorder.com/2015/11/03/black-churches-show-support-obamas-clean-power-plan/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">10,000 pastors’ signatures </a>to Congressional Black Caucus members in support of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan.As reported by the <a href="http://spokesman-recorder.com/2015/11/03/black-churches-show-support-obamas-clean-power-plan/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder</a>, Rev. Jesse Bottoms, vice president of the National Baptist Convention, explained what was driving this effort.“Environmental

concerns are not abstractions for African Americans,” Bottoms said.

“They are real, and they affect us in very real ways, particularly our

children and seniors.”However,

despite the polling and the efforts of the black church leadership, one

critical group is not leading on the issue — the politicians

representing many of these communities.In September, as reported by <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-minority-legislators-20150908-story.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">the Los Angeles Times</a>,

an ad appeared in a Spanish-language newspaper targeting five Latino

and African American lawmakers posing the question, “Would these

politicians be willing to confront the petroleum industry and fight for

Latino families?”Of

course, the reality is that the five politicians who were targeted have

received at least $260,000 combined from oil companies. That might

explain statements like the one from <a href="http://asmdc.org/members/a09/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">Assemblyman Jim Cooper </a>saying that solar panels and electric vehicles “are great, but they don't come to our neighborhoods.”As far as the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), they do not even list climate change as an issue on <a href="https://cbc-butterfield.house.gov/issues" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">their Issues page</a>. The CBC is notorious for its <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/us/politics/14cbc.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">ability to raise funds</a> from corporations, including polluters in the fossil fuel industry.A 2010 article in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/us/politics/14cbc.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">the New York Times </a>about the CBC noted

that “lobbyists and executives from coal, nuclear and power giants like

Peabody Energy and Entergy helped draft a report in the caucus’s name”

and that a “policy document issued by the Black Caucus Institute last

year asserted that the financial impact of climate change legislation

should be weighed before it is passed, a major industry stand.”A 2014 article in Grist ran with the headline, <a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/this-ambassador-for-black-politicians-argues-that-solar-drags-down-african-americans/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">“</a><a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/this-ambassador-for-black-politicians-argues-that-solar-drags-down-african-americans/" target="blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">This ambassador for black politicians argues that solar drags down African Americans.”</a> This

is another favored industry talking point that claims that rooftop

solar will result in higher electricity costs for low-income communities

and unfairly target African Americans. Mark Davis, <a href="http://www.greenforall.org/first_african_american_owned_solar_manufacturer_creates_local_jobs_in_anacostia" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">CEO of minority-owned WDC Solar</a>, was part of the group discussing the new NRDC poll results and has a very different view on the opportunity solar represents for low-income communities.“I

am a Green For All Climate Champion, and renewable energy and energy

efficiency are two pillars of our plan for low-income communities to

lower the cost of energy, create green jobs for low-income residents,

and improve the environment,” Davis said. “The Clean Power Plan can

accelerate an increase we’ve already seen in African American

participation in clean energy and can enhance economic empowerment in

low-income communities.”The new NRDC poll reports that <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/media/2015/151104a.asp" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 153, 204);">87% of African Americans support</a> using more solar over coal or nuclear power.So

while it is clear that African Americans support the Clean Power Plan,

solar power, and acting on climate change, it remains to be seen if the

politicians representing those communities will do their jobs and go

with the will of the people over the will of polluters.

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congressional_Black_Caucus_Foundation">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congressional_Black_Caucus_Foundation</a>

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<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Accessed August 2008: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congressional_Black_Caucus_Foundation#cite_note-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chairperson - The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kendrick_B._Meek" title="Kendrick B. Meek" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kendrick B. Meek</a>, Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">President - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Elsie_L._Scott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elsie L. Scott (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Elsie L. Scott</a>, Ph.D., Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Vice Chairperson - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kimberly_Williams" title="Kimberly Williams" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kimberly Williams</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/GlaxoSmithKline" title="GlaxoSmithKline" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">GlaxoSmithKline</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Secretary - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Virgil_Griffin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virgil Griffin (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Virgil Griffin</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Freddie_Mac" title="Freddie Mac" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Freddie Mac</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Treasurer - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Elliott_Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elliott Hall (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Elliott Hall</a>, Dykema Gossett, PLLC</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Clayton_Adams&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clayton Adams (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Clayton Adams</a> - State Farm Insurance Companies</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donna_Brazile" title="Donna Brazile" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Donna Brazile</a> - Brazile and Associates</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kevin_M._Brown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin M. Brown (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Kevin M. Brown</a> - Dell, Inc.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Chaka_T._Burgess&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chaka T. Burgess (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Chaka T. Burgess</a> - Amgen, Inc.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/G.K._Butterfield" title="G.K. Butterfield" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">G.K. Butterfield</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donna_M._Christensen" title="Donna M. Christensen" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Donna M. Christensen</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Danny_K._Davis" title="Danny K. Davis" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Danny K. Davis</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_Draine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Draine (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Michael Draine</a> - AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LLP</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roderick_D._Gillum" title="Roderick D. Gillum" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Roderick D. Gillum</a> - General Motors Corporation</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Darryl_Hazel" title="Darryl Hazel" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Darryl Hazel</a> - Ford Motor Company</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Fred_Humphries,_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Humphries, Jr. (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Fred Humphries, Jr.</a> - Microsoft Corporation</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Guillermo_Hysaw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guillermo Hysaw (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Guillermo Hysaw</a> - Garrison Walker Financial Group, Inc.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ingrid_Saunders_Jones&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ingrid Saunders Jones (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ingrid Saunders Jones</a> - The Coca-Cola Company</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephanie_Tubbs_Jones" title="Stephanie Tubbs Jones" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stephanie Tubbs Jones</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barbara_Lee" title="Barbara Lee" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barbara Lee</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sheila_Jackson_Lee" title="Sheila Jackson Lee" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">John Lewis</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_McGlotten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert McGlotten (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Robert McGlotten</a> - McGlotten & Jarvis</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lewis_L._McKinney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis L. McKinney (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Lewis L. McKinney</a> - Anheuser-Busch Companies</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gregory_W._Meeks" title="Gregory W. Meeks" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Gregory W. Meeks</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kim_Nelson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Nelson (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Kim Nelson</a> - General Mills</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Donald_M._Payne" title="Donald M. Payne" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Donald M. Payne</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=T._Daniel_Tearno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. Daniel Tearno (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">T. Daniel Tearno</a> - Heineken USA</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Yelberton_Watkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yelberton Watkins (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Yelberton Watkins</a> - Office of the House Majority Whip</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Melvin_Watt" title="Melvin Watt" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Melvin Watt</a> - Member of Congress</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kimberly_Woodard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kimberly Woodard (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Kimberly Woodard</a> - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.</li>

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EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Simone-Marie_Meeks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simone-Marie Meeks (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Simone-Marie Meeks</a> - CBC Spouses Chairperson</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Carolyn_Cheeks_Kilpatrick" title="Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick</a> - CBC Chairperson</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ernest_McFadden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ernest McFadden (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Ernest McFadden</a> - PepsiCo, CAC Chairperson</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Honorable <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cardiss_Collins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cardiss Collins (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Cardiss Collins</a> - Retired Member of Congress</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Amy_Robertson_Goldson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amy Robertson Goldson (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Amy Robertson Goldson</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congressional_Black_Caucus_Foundation#cite_ref-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style=" top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbcfinc.org/About/mission.html" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Mission</a>, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, accessed August 20, 2008.</li>

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wanted to pay off the mortgage on its foundation’s stately 1930s

redbrick headquarters on Embassy Row, it turned to a familiar roster of

friends: corporate backers like Wal-Mart, AT&T, General Motors,

Coca-Cola and Altria, the nation’s largest tobacco company.Soon enough, in 2008, a jazz band was playing at what amounted to a mortgage-burning party for the $4 million town house.Most

political groups in Washington would have been barred by law from

accepting that kind of direct aid from corporations. But by taking

advantage of political finance laws, the caucus has built a fund-raising

juggernaut unlike anything else in town.It

has a traditional political fund-raising arm subject to federal rules.

But it also has a network of nonprofit groups and charities that allow

it to collect unlimited amounts of money from corporations and labor

unions.From

2004 to 2008, the Congressional Black Caucus’s political and charitable

wings took in at least $55 million in corporate and union

contributions, according to an analysis by The New York Times, an

impressive amount even by the standards of a Washington awash in cash.

Only $1 million of that went to the caucus’s political action committee;

the rest poured into the largely unregulated nonprofit network. (Data

for 2009 is not available.)

The

caucus says its nonprofit groups are intended to help disadvantaged

African-Americans by providing scholarships and internships to students,

researching policy and holding seminars on topics like healthy living.But

the bulk of the money has been spent on elaborate conventions that have

become a high point of the Washington social season, as well as the

headquarters building, golf outings by members of Congress and an annual

visit to a Mississippi casino resort.In

2008, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation spent more on the

caterer for its signature legislative dinner and conference — nearly

$700,000 for an event one organizer called “Hollywood on the Potomac” —

than it gave out in scholarships, federal tax records show.At

the galas, lobbyists and executives who give to caucus charities get to

mingle with lawmakers. They also get seats on committees the caucus has

set up to help members of Congress decide what positions to take on the

issues of the day. Indeed, the nonprofit groups and the political wing

are so deeply connected it is sometimes hard to tell where one ends and

the other begins.Even

as it has used its status as a civil rights organization to become a

fund-raising power in Washington, the caucus has had to fend off

criticism of ties to companies whose business is seen by some as

detrimental to its black constituents.These

include cigarette companies, Internet poker operators, beer brewers and

the rent-to-own industry, which has become a particular focus of

consumer advocates for its practice of charging high monthly fees for

appliances, televisions and computers.Caucus leaders said the giving had not influenced them.“We’re

unbossed and unbought,” said Representative Barbara Lee, Democrat of

California and chairwoman of the caucus. “Historically, we’ve been known

as the conscience of the Congress, and we’re the ones bringing up

issues that often go unnoticed or just aren’t on the table.”But many campaign finance experts question the unusual structure.“The

claim that this is a truly philanthropic motive is bogus — it’s beyond

credulity,” said Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal

Center in Washington, a nonpartisan group that monitors campaign

finance and ethics issues. “Members of Congress should not be allowed to

have these links. They provide another pocket, and a very deep pocket,

for special-interest money that is intended to benefit and influence

officeholders.”

Not

all caucus members support the donors’ goals, and some issues, like a

debate last year over whether to ban menthol cigarettes, have produced

divisions.But

caucus members have attracted increasing scrutiny from ethics

investigators. All eight open House investigations involve caucus

members, and most center on accusations of improper ties to private

businesses.And an examination by The Times shows what can happen when companies offer financial support to caucus members.For

instance, Representative Danny K. Davis, Democrat of Illinois, once

backed legislation that would have severely curtailed the rent-to-own

industry, criticized in urban districts like his on the West Side of

Chicago. But Mr. Davis last year co-sponsored legislation supported by

the stores after they led a well-financed campaign to sway the caucus,

including a promise to provide computers to a jobs program in Chicago

named for him. He denies any connection between the industry’s

generosity and his shift.Growing InfluenceThe

caucus started out 40 years ago as a political club of a handful of

black members of Congress. Now it is at the apex of its power: President

Obama is a former member, though he was never very active. <a class="visually-hidden skip-to-text-link" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/us/politics/14cbc.html?_r=0#story-continues-3">Continue reading the main story</a>

    
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members, all Democrats, include the third-ranking House member,

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There

are hundreds of caucuses in Congress, representing groups as disparate

as Hispanic lawmakers and those with an interest in Scotland. And other

members of Congress have nonprofit organizations.But

the Congressional Black Caucus stands alone for its money-raising

prowess. As it has gained power, its nonprofit groups — one an outright

charity, the other a sort of research group — have seen a surge in

contributions, nearly doubling from 2001 to 2008.

Besides

the caucus charities, many members — including Mr. Clyburn and

Representative William Lacy Clay Jr. of Missouri — also have personal or

family charities, which often solicit donations from companies that

give to the caucus. And spouses have their own group that sponsors a

golf and tennis fund-raiser.The

board of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation includes executives

and lobbyists from Boeing, Wal-Mart, Dell, Citigroup, Coca-Cola,

Verizon, Heineken, Anheuser-Busch and the drug makers Amgen and

GlaxoSmithKline. All are hefty donors to the caucus.Some

of the biggest donors also have seats on the second caucus nonprofit

organization — one that can help their businesses. This group, the

Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute,

drafts positions on issues before Congress, including health care and <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival news about global warming." class="meta-classifier">climate change</a>.This

means, for example, that the lobbyists and executives from coal,

nuclear and power giants like Peabody Energy and Entergy helped draft a

report in the caucus’s name that includes their positions on

controversial issues. One policy document issued by the Black Caucus

Institute last year asserted that the financial impact of climate change

legislation should be weighed before it is passed, a major industry

stand.Officials

from the Association of American Railroads, another major donor, used

their board positions to urge the inclusion of language recommending

increased spending on the national freight rail system. A lobbyist for

Verizon oversaw a debate on a section that advocated increased federal

grants to expand broadband Internet service.And

Larry Duncan, a Lockheed Martin lobbyist, served on a caucus institute

panel that recommended that the United States form closer ties with

Liberia, even as his company was negotiating a huge airport contract

there.The companies say their service to the caucus is philanthropic.“Our

charitable donations are charitable donations,” said David Sylvia, a

spokesman for Altria, which has given caucus charities as much as $1.3

million since 2004, the Times analysis shows, including a donation to a

capital fund used to pay off the mortgage of the caucus headquarters.Elsie

L. Scott, chief executive of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation,

acknowledged that the companies want to influence members. In fact, the

fund-raising brochures make clear that the bigger the donation, the

greater the access, like a private reception that includes members of

Congress for those who give more than $100,000.

“They

are trying to get the attention of the C.B.C. members,” Ms. Scott said.

“And I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. They’re in

business, and they want to deal with people who have influence and

power.”She

also acknowledged that if her charity did not have “Congressional Black

Caucus” in its name, it would gather far less money. “If it were just

the Institute for the Advancement of Black People — you already have the

N.A.A.C.P.,” she said.Ms.

Scott said she, too, had heard criticism that the caucus foundation

takes too much from companies seen as hurting blacks . But she said she

was still willing to take their money.“Black

people gamble. Black people smoke. Black people drink,” she said in an

interview. “And so if these companies want to take some of the money

they’ve earned off of our people and give it to us to support good

causes, then we take it.”Big Parties, Big MoneyThe biggest caucus event of the year is held each September in Washington.The

2009 event began with a rooftop party at the new W Hotel, with the

names of the biggest sponsors, the pharmaceutical companies Amgen and

Eli Lilly, beamed in giant letters onto the walls, next to the logo of

the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. A separate dinner party and

ceremony, sponsored by Disney at the National Museum of Women in the

Arts, featured the jazz pianist Marcus Johnson.The

next night, AT&T sponsored a dinner reception at the Willard

InterContinental Washington, honoring Representative Bobby L. Rush,

Democrat of Illinois and chairman of the House subcommittee that

oversees consumer protection issues.The

Southern Company, the dominant electric utility in four Southeastern

states, spent more than $300,000 to host an awards ceremony the next

night honoring Ms. Lee, the black caucus chairwoman, with Shaun

Robinson, a TV personality from “Access Hollywood,” as a co-host. The

bill for limousine services — paid by Southern — exceeded $11,000.A separate party, sponsored by Macy’s, featured a fashion show and wax models of historic African-American leaders.

All

of this was just a buildup for the final night and the biggest event — a

black-tie dinner for 4,000, which included President Obama, the actor

Danny Glover and the musician Wyclef Jean.Annual

spending on the events, including an annual prayer breakfast that

Coca-Cola sponsors and several dozen policy workshops typically

sponsored by other corporations, has more than doubled since 2001,

costing $3.9 million in 2008. More than $350,000 went to the official

decorator and nearly $400,000 to contractors for lighting and show

production, according to tax records. (By comparison, the caucus spent

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The

sponsorship of these parties by big business is usually counted as a

donation in the caucus books. But sometimes the corporations pay vendors

directly and simply name the caucus or an individual caucus member as

an “honoree” in disclosure records filed with the Senate.(The

New York Times Company is listed as having paid the foundation $5,000

to $15,000 in 2008. It was the cost of renting a booth to sell

newspapers at the annual conference.)Foundation

officials say profit from the event is enough to finance programs like

seminars on investments, home ownership and healthy living; housing for

Washington interns; and about $600,000 in scholarships.Interns and students interviewed praised the caucus.“The

internship for me came at a very critical moment in my life,” said

Ervin Johnson, 24, an intern in 2007, placed by the Justice Department.

“Most people don’t have that opportunity.”Still,

Ms. Scott, the foundation’s chief executive, said that members of the

caucus’s board had complained about the ballooning bills for the annual

conference. And some donors have asked that their money go only toward

programs like scholarships. She blamed the high prices charged by

vendors mandated by the Washington Convention Center.Legislative InterestsThe

companies that host events at the annual conference are engaged in some

of the hottest battles in Washington, and they frequently turn to

caucus members for help.

Internet poker companies have been big donors, fighting moves to restrict their growth. Caucus members have been among their biggest backers.Amgen

and DaVita, which dominate the kidney treatment and dialysis business

nationwide, have donated as much as $1.5 million over the last five

years to caucus charities, and the caucus has been one of their

strongest allies in a bid to win broader federal reimbursements.AT&T

and Verizon, sponsors of the caucus charities for years, have turned to

the caucus in their effort to prevent new federal rules governing how

cellphone carriers operate Internet services on their wireless networks.But few of these alliances have paid off like the caucus’s connection to rent-to-own stores.Some

Democrats in Congress have tried to limit fees charged to consumers who

rent televisions or appliances, with critics saying the industry’s

advertisements prey on low-income consumers, offering the short-term

promise of walking away with a big-screen TV while hiding big long-term

fees. Faced with rules that could destroy their business, the industry

called on the caucus.In

2007, it retained Zehra Buck, a former aide to Representative Bennie

Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi and a caucus member, to help expand a

lobbying campaign. Its trade association in 2008 became the exclusive

sponsor of an annual caucus foundation charity event where its donated

televisions, computers and other equipment were auctioned, with the

proceeds going to scholarships. It donated to the campaigns of at least

10 caucus members, and to political action committees run by the caucus

and its individual members.It

also encouraged member stores to donate to personal charities run by

caucus members or to public schools in their districts. Mr. Clay, the

Missourian, received $14,000 in industry contributions in 2008 for the

annual golf tournament his family runs in St. Louis. The trade

association also held a fund-raising event for him in Reno, Nev.“I’ll

always do my best to protect what really matters to you,” Mr. Clay told

rent-to-own executives, who agreed to hold their 2008 annual convention

in St. Louis, his home district. Mr. Clay declined a request for an

interview.On

a visit to Washington, Larry Carrico, then president of the rent-to-own

trade association, offered to donate computers and other equipment to a

nonprofit job-training group in Chicago named in honor of Mr. Davis,

the Illinois congressman who in 2002 voted in favor of tough

restrictions on the industry.

Mr.

Davis switched sides. Mr. Carrico traveled to Chicago to hand over the

donations, including a van with “Congressman Danny K. Davis Job Training

Program” painted on its side, all of which helped jump-start a charity

run by Lowry Taylor, who also works as a campaign aide to Mr. Davis.In

an interview, Mr. Carrico said support from caucus members came because

they understood that his industry had been unfairly criticized and that

it provided an important service to consumers in their districts.While

some caucus members still oppose the industry, 13 are co-sponsors of

the industry-backed legislation that would ward off tough regulatory

restrictions — an alliance that has infuriated consumer advocates.“It

is unfortunate that the members of the black caucus who are supporting

this bill did not check with us first,” said Margot Saunders, a lawyer

with the National Consumer Law Center. “Because the legislation they are

supporting would simply pre-empt state laws that are designed to

protect consumers against an industry that rips them off.”The

industry’s own bill, introduced by a caucus member, has not been taken

up, but it does not really matter because the move to pass stricter

legislation has ground to a halt.“Without

the support of the C.B.C.,” John Cleek, the president of the

rent-to-own association, acknowledged in an industry newsletter in 2008,

“our mission in Washington would fail.”

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