{"id":91,"date":"2011-07-25T13:38:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/?p=91"},"modified":"2011-07-25T13:38:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:38:23","slug":"proof-that-citizens-united-undermines-the-democratic-process-hedge-funds-private-equity-firms-are-more-vocally-represented-than-voting-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Proof that Citizens United undermines the democratic process:  hedge funds &#038; private equity firms are more vocally represented than voting citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/in-cantor-hedge-funds-and-private-equity-firms-have-voice-at-debt-ceiling-negotiations\/2011\/07\/22\/gIQAZYNVYI_story.html\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/in-cantor-hedge-funds-and-private-equity-firms-have-voice-at-debt-ceiling-negotiations\/2011\/07\/22\/gIQAZYNVYI_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the debt ceiling talks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/a-timeline-for-passing-debt-ceiling-increase\/2011\/07\/22\/gIQA2aeuTI_story.html\">tick down<\/a> to the Aug. 2 deadline, leading the opposition to any deal that includes higher taxes is the new tribune of rank and file House Republicans: Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>Cantor\u2019s pivotal role marks a rapid rise to power for the 48-year-old from the Richmond suburbs. It also represents a major coup for sectors of the investment community that Cantor has been striving to assist for several years \u2014 on the same tax issues that have been at stake this month. And so far, Cantor has prevailed on those issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/in-cantor-hedge-funds-and-private-equity-firms-have-voice-at-debt-ceiling-negotiations\/2011\/07\/22\/gIQAZYNVYI_story.html As the debt ceiling talks tick down to the Aug. 2 deadline, leading the opposition to any deal that includes higher taxes is the new tribune of rank and file House Republicans: Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia. . &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/?p=91\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-news-dc","category-political-news-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gbvdems.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}