Wagner, Ann Rep

<p>=</p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">an 10 21</font></div><div><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">hen House Democrats recently voted to hold former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/21/politics/steve-bannon-house-contempt-vote/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">contempt of Congress</a> for defying a subpoena from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's January 6 committee, only nine Republicans voted with them.<b> Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri and Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas were among the many Republicans who voted against holding Bannon in contempt.</b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>And Wagner — according to Politico's<a href="https://www.politico.com/playbook" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"> Playbook</a> — admitted that they did so because of the "wacko birds" in their party.</b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Politico Playbook reports that Wagner and McCaul (who is on the House Foreign Affairs Committee) "were at an event at Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar on Capitol Hill" when a "person in their group asked about redistricting in Missouri and said he hoped Wagner gets a more conservative district to help her win reelection."</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But Wagner indicated that she didn't want a more conservative district, saying, "Then you get those wacko birds." And McCaul chimed in, "That's why we had to vote the way we did today" — a reference, Politico Playbook says, to Wagner and McCaul's votes against holding Bannon in contempt.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to Politico Playbook, "Wagner's office didn't respond to a request for comment. Foreign Affairs' spokeswoman, Leslie Shedd, denied the account and vowed that McCaul would 'never speak to another Politico reporter' if Playbook published this item."</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><p>=</p><p>The Sierra Club has joined with Organizing For Action, an Obama-allied nonprofit group, to organize constituents of Rep. Ann Wagner to protest on Wednesday afternoon outside the congresswoman's Ballwin, Mo., office in an effort to get her to acknowledge the reality of manmade climate change.

The protestors claim the Missouri Republican has ducked questions on climate change science, and point to her participation in <b>Americans For Prosperity's "No Climate Tax Pledge," </b>which opposes any legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue.

"She's got her head in the sand," Michael Berg, an organizer for the Missouri chapter of Sierra Club, told HuffPost in an interview Wednesday. "She clearly does not admit that this is a problem and will not do anything to confront it."</p>

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Environmentalists were particularly troubled by an email Wagner sent to a constituent regarding her position on climate change, which was later reprinted in full on a <a href="http://www.curmudgeon-alley.com/?p=4047" target="_hplink">little-known blog</a>.

"The field of climate science is in its relative infancy and it appears that some within the public policy world have made dubious assessments of scientific information in order to further their own political agenda," Wagner wrote in the letter. "Our policy response to this dilemma should not be based on inconsistent and unsound science or driven by the fear of a supposed catastrophe."</p>

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Wagner spokesman Patrick Howell confirmed that the letter was written by Wagner and signaled she is open to meeting with activists to discuss their concerns, though he declined to elaborate on her opinions about climate change. "The congresswoman is always willing to meet with these groups," he told HuffPost.</p>

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The protest comes as OFA is laying the groundwork for legislative action on climate change, the first step of which involves targeting so-called climate deniers in Congress. Last month the group emailed its reported 20 million subscribers a "greatest hits" video compilation of congressmen whom it's identified as climate deniers. That video targeted Republican Sens. James Inhofe (Okla.) and Marco Rubio (Fla.), as well as House Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) and others.</p>

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This week OFA held 50 events around the country that run the gamut of <a href="http://paloalto.patch.com/groups/editors-picks/p/climate-change-rally-set-in-palo-alto" target="_hplink">praising members of Congress</a> for their work to combat global warming, to taking on climate deniers.

"The big success is that people were organizing very locally, figuring out what was important in their congressional disctrict and running their own plan based on that," said Ivan Frishberg, the organization's climate change campaign manager. "For a lot of these places, it was just a first step. This was the first action, and then we'll be building for future actions over the course of the summer and the rest of the year."</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=Career&type=C&cid=N00033106&newMem=N">https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=Career&type=C&cid=N00033106&newMem=N</a></p><p>
</p><p>2</p><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table id="summaryData" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; border: 0px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">011 - 2016 Total Receipts:</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="150" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> $5,035,212</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">2011 - 2016 Total Spent:</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="110" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> $3,666,323</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Debts:</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><img border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" height="10" width="0" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> $0</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Last Report:</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Wednesday, December 31, 2014</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(152, 4, 46); clear: left;">Top 5 Contributors, 2011 - 2016</h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table id="topContrib" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><thead><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Contributor</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Crawford Group</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$296,300</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$296,300</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Peabody Energy</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$94,950</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$75,450</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$19,500</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Edward Jones</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$85,900</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$74,400</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$11,500</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Northwestern Mutual</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$74,850</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$63,850</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$11,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Express Scripts</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$57,250</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$37,250</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: italic; margin-right: 25px;"><a name="cont" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00033106&type=C" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">...view more data</a></div></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(152, 4, 46); clear: left;">Top 5 Industries, 2011 - 2016</h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><table id="topIndus" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><thead><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Industry</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Total</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Indivs</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">PACs</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Automotive</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$387,550</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$346,550</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$41,000</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Securities & Investment</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$369,850</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$237,850</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$132,000</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Insurance</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$286,100</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$95,300</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$190,800</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Retired</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$261,525</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$261,525</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Lawyers/Law Firms</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$209,707</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$165,600</td><td class="number" style="padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$44,107</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="viewMoreText" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-style: italic; margin-right: 25px;"><a name="cont" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00033106&type=C" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">...view more data</a></div></div><div class="headerWithIcons" style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; color: rgb(152, 4, 46); clear: left;"><a name="funds" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Source of Funds</a></h2></div><div class="crpItem" style="margin-right: 25px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><img class="src_img_pie" src="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/include/pie.php?type=s&data1=3092729.38&data2=1936599.34&data3=5000&data4=882.93" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 10px; display: block;" /><table id="src_table" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; width: 605px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236);"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend1.gif" alt="legend" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">Individual Contributions</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">$3,092,729</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">(61%)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend2.gif" alt="legend" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">PAC Contributions</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">$1,936,599</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">(38%)</td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend5.gif" alt="legend" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">Candidate self-financing</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">$5,000</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">(0%)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/img/legend4.gif" alt="legend" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">Other</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">$883</td><td style="padding: 5px 30px 5px 5px; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;">(0%)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Crawford Group<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$296,300<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$296,300<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$0</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Peabody Energy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$94,950<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$75,450<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$19,500</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Edward Jones<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$85,900<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$74,400<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$11,500</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Northwestern Mutual<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$74,850<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$63,850<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$11,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Express Scripts<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$57,250<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$37,250<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$20,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Husch Blackwell LLP<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$44,026<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$35,794<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$8,232</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Wells Fargo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$38,950<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$32,450<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$6,500</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Thompson Coburn Llp<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$38,700<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$32,700<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$6,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Anheuser-Busch<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$37,200<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$17,200<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$20,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Emerson Electric<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$36,400<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$21,400<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$15,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Boeing Co<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$36,350<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$15,350<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$21,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Monsanto Co<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$31,750<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$11,750<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$20,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Harbour Group Industries<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$31,300<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$31,300<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$0</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">QC Holdings<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$28,500<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$8,500<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$20,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Ameren Corp<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$26,800<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$15,800<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$11,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Centric Group<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$25,400<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$25,400<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$0</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">World Wide Technology<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$23,900<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$23,900<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$0</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Hunter Engineering<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$22,900<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$22,900<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$0</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">American Society of Anesthesiologists<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$21,000<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$21,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Blue Cross/Blue Shield<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$21,000<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$8,000<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$13,000</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2">Credit Union National Assn<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$21,000<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>$21,000</font></p><div>
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Wagner (R) in 2014</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00029562" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to Ben R. Lujan (D) in 2014</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00003288" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to Bennie G. Thompson (D) in 2014</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00013770" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to Bill Shuster (R) in 2014</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00030676" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to Billy Long (R) in 2014</li></ul><p style="padding: 5px 0px;"><a class="orgsshowall" style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Show All</a></p></div></div><div class="typex" id="type3" total="139" name="Top Contributor to Candidate" style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="dat_type" style="font-weight: 700;"><a class="orgsshowhide" style="cursor: pointer; 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padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/contrib.php?cycle=2012&id=MO02" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to Missouri District 2 candidates in 2012</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/contrib.php?cycle=2012&id=NC09" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to North Carolina District 9 candidates in 2012</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/contrib.php?cycle=2012&id=OHS1" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to Ohio Senate candidates in 2012</li></ul><p style="padding: 5px 0px;"><a class="orgsshowall" style="text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Show All</a></p></div></div><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a name="Lobbying Client" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" /><a name="Top Contributor to Member" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" /><a name="Top Contributor to Candidate" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" /><a name="Top Contributor to Party Cmte" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" /></p><div class="typex" id="type4" total="139" name="Top Contributor to Party Cmte" style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="dat_type" style="font-weight: 700;"><a class="orgsshowhide" style="cursor: pointer; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><img class="typeimg " src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.opensecrets.org/usearch/img/y.gif" style="vertical-align: inherit; border: none; opacity: 0.6;" />  Top Contributor to Party Cmte<span class="dat_sum" style="font-size: 9px; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 5px;">(2 results)</span></a></div><div class="togdat" id="orgsdata4" style="width: 600px; padding: 10px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/parties/contrib.php?cycle=2014&cmte=RPC" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to RPC in 2014</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/parties/contrib.php?cycle=2006&cmte=RNC" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Crawford Group</a> to RNC in 2006</li></ul></div></div><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Crawford Group$296,300$296,300$0Peabody Energy$94,950$75,450$19,500Edward Jones$85,900$74,400$11,500Northwestern Mutual$74,850$63,850$11,000Express Scripts$57,250$37,250$20,000Husch Blackwell LLP$44,026$35,794$8,232Wells Fargo$38,950$32,450$6,500Thompson Coburn Llp$38,700$32,700$6,000Anheuser-Busch$37,200$17,200$20,000Emerson Electric$36,400$21,400$15,000Boeing Co$36,350$15,350$21,000Monsanto Co$31,750$11,750$20,000Harbour Group Industries$31,300$31,300$0QC Holdings$28,500$8,500$20,000Ameren Corp$26,800$15,800$11,000Centric Group$25,400$25,400$0World Wide Technology$23,900$23,900$0Hunter Engineering$22,900$22,900$0American Society of Anesthesiologists$21,000$0$21,000Blue Cross/Blue Shield$21,000$8,000$13,000Credit Union National Assn$21,000$0$21,000</p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/05/major-financial-players-lobby-around-obamas-investment-rules</p><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; padding: 10px 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 38px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3">Major Financial Players Lobby Around Obama’s Investment Rules</font></h1><div class="entry-content" style="margin: 5px 0px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" itemref="comments" style="margin: 5px 0px;"><div itemprop="articleBody" style="margin: 5px 0px;"><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the months since President Obama announced his support for new retirement investment rules that would stop advisers from pushing high-fee plans on small-fry American investors, several major financial organizations have lobbied hard on a bill that would undermine the commander in chief’s agenda, according to recently released lobbying records for the first quarter of the year.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The White House put its weight behind the rules change in February, but it wasn’t until early last month that the Department of Labor <a href="http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/EBSA20150655.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">announced</a> the start of the official public comment period. In the meantime, a bill — supported by Republicans in the House and listed in lobbying reports of major financial players like <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000172" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">MetLife</a> and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000019743" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Wells Fargo</a> — <a href="http://wagner.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-wagner-statement-on-the-introduction-of-the-retail-investor" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">was introduced</a> that would bar Labor from doing anything on the rules front until the Securities and Exchange Commission takes a crack at regulation in this area first.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">At the heart of the debate is whether or not current standards and definitions in the 41-year-old <a href="http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/erisa.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Employee Retirement Income Security Act</a> adequately address a retirement investment landscape that has changed drastically in four decades. According to the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/02/23/what-you-need-know-about-retirement-conflicts-interest-three-big-sentences" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">White House</a>, current rules lead to conflicts of interest for the advisers trusted to help consumers sock money away for their golden years.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Currently, investment advisers only need to show people “suitable” investment options, defined as ones that match clients’ <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-02-23/obama-to-lead-push-to-toughen-broker-rules-for-retirement-funds" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">needs and their risk tolerance</a> — not necessarily ones that will maximize their clients’ long-term earnings. That leaves the advisers with the opportunity to recommend high-fee plans that reward their firms and give them back-door benefits while taking away from the client.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/02/23/fact-sheet-middle-class-economics-strengthening-retirement-security-crac" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">fact sheet</a> shows how small investment drops can turn into chasms. On average, conflicts of interest lead to a one percent smaller annual return for retirement investors — a slice that translates to $17 billion a year cut out of middle and working class family retirement accounts.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Opponents to the president’s rules say that those fees are what make the system work: Higher fees for smaller accounts are the incentive to draw investment advisers to the small individual market and away from big corporate accounts that have much bigger payouts.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">At any rate, Rep. <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00033106&cycle=2014" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ann Wagner</a> (R-Mo.), who introduced the bill to slow down the rules, is certainly a fan favorite for big finance money.</span></p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the 2014 cycle, the top two donor bases for Wagner’s campaign committee and leadership PAC were the securities and investment industry (Wall Street) followed by the insurance industry. These two combined put together more than half a million dollars for Wagner, which is a little more than one-fifth of what she raised for the cycle.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Some of her top donors reported lobbying on the bill, too. <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000343" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Northwestern Mutual</a> was her second biggest donor, and Wells Fargo was 17th. Northwestern gave her $59,100 and lobbyists employed by the life insurance company kicked in an additional $1,300. Wells Fargo gave $19,500.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Other financial players with huge lobbying tabs — and campaign contribution shadows — also mentioned the bill in their first quarter reports. Among them were <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000414" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Charles Schwab</a>, the <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000152" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">American Council of Life Insurers</a>, the <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00333104" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries</a>, and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000022084" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Lincoln National</a>. All together, those companies — along with the many others that lobbied the bill — spend millions of dollars lobbying the federal government every year and quarter on a variety of issues.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">That only Republicans have so far signed on to Wagner’s legislation makes sense considering the organizations lobbying the bill. In the last two cycles, Republicans were preferred by the <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2014&ind=F" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">financial sector</a>, taking in 62 percent of its contributions to candidates and party committees in the 2014 cycle and 70 percent of the small amount given so far in the 2016 cycle.</p><p style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Compared to that D.C. presence, the collection of groups on the other side of the bill was small (then again, <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">everything</a> is small compared to Wall Street and finance in the D.C. money game). Two that did list the bill in the first quarter were the <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000088" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">AFL-CIO</a>— the association of labor unions that admittedly spends a lot of money in Washington — and the <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F2239&year=2015" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(17, 123, 184); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Pension Rights Center</a>. The AFL spent $640,000 in the first three months of 2015; in each of the last two years it has laid out more than $5 million. The Pension Rights Center spent $15,000 in the most recent quarter and in both of the last two years spent $120,000.</p></div></div></div><footer class="entry-meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74);">
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