(ABC) After the most expensive campaign in U.S. history, President Obama is dropping his principled objection to some forms of political fundraising to help pay for the post-election party.
ABC News has learned that the Presidential Inaugural Committee will accept unlimited corporate donations to help fund Obama’s inauguration festivities next month, reversing a voluntary ban on the money he imposed on the inaugural four years ago and during the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Obama will also allow individuals to contribute up to the legal maximum for the 2013 inauguration - $250,000 - lifting a $50,000 cap he voluntarily imposed in 2008, sources said.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Ultimate hypocrisy: Obama accepting corporate cash for inaugural
Ultimate hypocrisy: Obama accepting corporate cash for inaugural
2012-12-07T19:54:00-05:00
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