Maine Democratic Party: Private Equity Billionaire Ramped Up Donations to Senator Collins After Her Pivotal Vote for GOP Tax Giveaway
October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020
AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 29 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release:
A new report in Beacon digs into how Senator Collins' biggest billionaire backer escalated his political giving following her key vote for the 2017 GOP tax bill. Schwarzman "funneled massive amounts of campaign cash" to Republicans in support of the tax giveaway in 2017, and after Collins voted for the bill, he hosted a Manhattan fundraiser for her campaign and poured $1.5 million . . .
A new report in Beacon digs into how Senator Collins' biggest billionaire backer escalated his political giving following her key vote for the 2017 GOP tax bill. Schwarzman "funneled massive amounts of campaign cash" to Republicans in support of the tax giveaway in 2017, and after Collins voted for the bill, he hosted a Manhattan fundraiser for her campaign and poured $1.5 million . . .