2016 Postmortem

Or donated the funds to jobs programs.

Or blame Senator Elizabeth Warren

The banks Hillary treated as people in her bankruptcy vote: The Vote for Bankruptcy Reform that Haunts Hillary Clinton

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/us/politics/the-vote-for-bankruptcy-reform-that-haunts-hillary-clinton.html?_r=0

MANCHESTER, N.H. — As Hillary Clinton fights off intense criticism over her ties to Wall Street, a central question has gone unanswered: Has she ever taken any action that favored the financial industry?

“Anybody who knows me who thinks that they can influence me, name anything they’ve influenced me on,” Mrs. Clinton said at a CNN forum on Wednesday. “Just name one thing.”

Senator Bernie Sanders, her opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, took up the challenge.

“Senator Elizabeth Warren can certainly name at least one thing,” his campaign said in a “fact-check” emailed to reporters on Thursday.


Hillary Clinton, right, talking to Senator Elizabeth Warren on Capitol Hill in 2013, when Mrs. Clinton was the secretary of state. In a 2003 book, Ms. Warren offered a stinging portrayal of how Mrs. Clinton changed her views on bankruptcy legislation. Credit Christopher Gregory/The New York Times

Elizabeth Warren’s critique of Hillary Clinton’s 2001 bankruptcy vote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/02/09/elizabeth-warrens-critique-of-hillary-clintons-2001-bankruptcy-vote/
By Glenn Kessler February 9

“You will not find that I ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that I ever received.”

–Hillary Clinton, in the fifth Democratic debate, Feb. 4, 2016

Moments after the former secretary of state (and N.Y. senator) made this statement, the Bernie Sanders campaign issued a news release titled “Elizabeth Warren on How Wall Street has influenced Hillary Clinton.” The news release recounted how Sen. Warren (D-Mass.), in a 2003 book, blamed campaign contributions from banking interests for why Clinton flipped from being opposed to an overhaul of bankruptcy laws as first lady – calling it “awful”– to voting to advance the bill as a freshman senator.

Warren noted that Clinton had received $140,000 in campaign contributions from banking industry executives as she sought a Senate seat. “Big banks were now part of Senator Clinton’s constituency. She wanted their support, and they wanted hers—including a vote in favor of ‘that awful bill,’” Warren wrote.