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Chamber of Commerce funnels money to Norm Coleman to protect banks, thwart unionizing

By Molly Priesmeyer | 10.29.08 | 2:01 pm

National businesses and banks have been feeding Norm Coleman major sums of cash this last quarter, despite the fact that corporations and, especially the financial sector, are withering in a crippling economy and asking taxpayers for bailouts. According to a story in L.A. Times last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent $30 million on lobbying in the third quarter of this year, more than twice as much as it spent for the same purpose in the previous quarter. And a chunk of that change is going to Minnesota senator Norm Coleman.

Norm Coleman + mortgage industry = BFF

By Molly Priesmeyer | 05.12.08 | 11:06 am

On Thursday housing-advocacy group ACORN and Sharon Young, a St. Paul resident facing foreclosure, presented a giant (literally and figuratively) check to Sen. Norm Coleman. “This check shows how Senator Coleman’s votes against foreclosure assistance for my…