{"id":1084717,"date":"2021-12-04T18:58:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T23:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084717"},"modified":"2021-12-04T18:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T23:58:51","slug":"report-nord-stream-2-lobbyist-gives-senate-democrats-maximum-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-nord-stream-2-lobbyist-gives-senate-democrats-maximum-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Nord Stream 2 Lobbyist Gives Senate Democrats Maximum Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-nord-stream-2-lobbyist-gives-senate-democrats-maximum-donations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084717&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1231108070-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Major Democrat donors along with a Nord Stream 2 lobbyist reportedly gave the maximum amount of campaign contributions to&nbsp;Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other vulnerable Senate Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer&nbsp;could potentially still see a challenger in his upcoming reelection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A report from Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/nord-stream-2-lobbyist-donations-schumer-e44b83bf-31da-4d3d-85c8-8d33b3e69f27.html\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;that&nbsp;former Connecticut state Rep.&nbsp;Vincent Roberti (D), who runs&nbsp;Roberti Global, a firm that has been&nbsp;paid&nbsp;$8.5 million for its Nord Stream 2 lobbying work, <a href=\"https:\/\/lda.senate.gov\/filings\/public\/filing\/search\/?registrant=roberti&amp;registrant_country=&amp;registrant_ppb_country=&amp;client=nord+stream&amp;client_state=&amp;client_country=&amp;client_ppb_country=&amp;lobbyist=&amp;lobbyist_covered_position=&amp;lobbyist_conviction_disclosure=&amp;lobbyist_conviction_date_range_from=&amp;lobbyist_conviction_date_range_to=&amp;report_period=&amp;report_year=&amp;report_dt_posted_from=&amp;report_dt_posted_to=&amp;report_amount_reported_min=&amp;report_amount_reported_max=&amp;report_issue_area_description=&amp;affiliated_organization=&amp;affiliated_organization_country=&amp;foreign_entity=&amp;foreign_entity_country=&amp;foreign_entity_ppb_country=&amp;foreign_entity_ownership_percentage_min=&amp;foreign_entity_ownership_percentage_max=&amp;search=search\">according<\/a> to&nbsp;lobbying disclosure records, maintains \u201chonorary\u201d titles at the Democrat campaign arms in both the House and Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously holding titles with the campaign arm, he&nbsp;has given the&nbsp;maximum legal limit of&nbsp;$5,800 to multiple senators. Those senators include&nbsp;Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Patty Murray (D-WA).&nbsp;Roberti has reportedly also given the maximum&nbsp;for a&nbsp;primary&nbsp;contribution of&nbsp;$2,900 to&nbsp;Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH).&nbsp;Two of the senators,&nbsp;Cortez Masto and Hassan, will be in brutal&nbsp;reelection fights next year against Republican challengers.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, President Joe Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/23\/gop-rebukes-bidens-strategic-petroleum-reserve-sell-off-unserious-political-move-to-distract-from-failed-policies\/\">waged<\/a> war on pipelines in the United States, having canceled the&nbsp;Keystone Pipeline, which resulted in massive layoffs and&nbsp;halted energy exploration on federal land. This ended America\u2019s energy independence, which was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/03\/03\/exclusive-energy-secretary-dan-brouilette-president-trump-has-made-america-energy-independent\/\">gained<\/a>&nbsp;under former President Donald Trump.&nbsp;Despite canceling the permits for the&nbsp;Keystone pipeline, Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/18\/report-joe-biden-will-waive-sanctions-for-russia-pipeline-to-germany\/\">removed&nbsp;<\/a>Trump-era Russia sanctions&nbsp;so that construction of the&nbsp;Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany could be streamlined.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Republicans such as&nbsp;Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are trying to push for the sanctions on&nbsp;Russia to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/03\/cruz-pushes-to-reinstate-sanctions-on-russian-pipeline-biden-supports-in-exchange-for-nominee-approvals\/\">reinstated<\/a>. Cruz and other Republicans have held up Biden nominees for the&nbsp;State Department and other agencies being confirmed as leverage against Biden to reimpose the sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>In fact,&nbsp;Roberti is not the only Democrat donor who supports the pipeline to give money to Senate Democrats. The report added that&nbsp;McLarty Inbound is the&nbsp;foreign lobbying arm of&nbsp;Mack&nbsp;McLarty\u2019s, the former chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton,&nbsp;consulting firm. The&nbsp;consulting firm represents five companies with a financial stake in the&nbsp;Nord Stream project, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/atlantic-council-scholars-made-millions-lobbying-for-putin-backed-pipeline\/\">according<\/a> to the Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>McLarty has personally&nbsp;donated to multiple Democrat senators this year. Some of those senators include&nbsp;Schumer,&nbsp;Tim Kaine (D-VA),&nbsp;Jacky Rosen (D-NV),&nbsp;Michael Bennet (D-CO),&nbsp;Pat Leahy (D-VT), and Chris Coons (D-DE).&nbsp;McLarty Inbound\u2019s managing partner,&nbsp;Richard Burt, said&nbsp;McLarty is \u201cnot involved\u201d in the lobbying for \u201cany of those five companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Axios wrote that when Burt was asked about&nbsp;Nord Stream and lobbying work, which reportedly includes&nbsp;\u201c<a class=\"gtm-content-click\" href=\"https:\/\/lda.senate.gov\/filings\/public\/filing\/409b32d4-1ab9-435a-bbf8-b00aee6deaed\/print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia sanctions issues<\/a>,\u201d Burt said, \u201cYou should talk to the people representing Nord Stream 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many senators who received donations claimed they are&nbsp;against Nord Stream 2 and support \u201cstrong action.\u201d A&nbsp;Hassan&nbsp;spokesperson told Axios the senator \u201chas supported strong action against Nord Stream 2, including voting for sanctions in 2017 and as part of the FY20 and FY21 defense authorizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A&nbsp;Blumenthal&nbsp;spokesperson said he&nbsp;opposed the pipeline and<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>\u2026has been a strong advocate for Ukraine in the Senate and supports Sen. [Robert] Menendez\u2019s amendment to trigger severe sanctions if Russia escalates actions against Ukraine, including on Nord Stream II.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An aide to Cortez Masto said the senator \u201copposes Nord Stream 2 and the Biden administration\u2019s decision to allow the pipeline to move forward. She has consistently supported legislation and sanctions to block it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some senators responded on their opposition to the pipeline despite receiving money from&nbsp;Roberti,&nbsp;Schumer\u2019s&nbsp;spokesperson said, \u201cSchumer hasn\u2019t spoken to Roberti about this issue,\u201d and&nbsp;Roberti did not respond to Axios\u2019s&nbsp;request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Democrat donors along with a Nord Stream 2 lobbyist reportedly gave the maximum amount of campaign contributions to\u00a0Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other vulnerable Senate Democrats. 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