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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1506359" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/barack-obama-state-of-the-union-2015-google-ebay-tesla-instagram-cvs-united-parcel-service-114461.html" target="_blank"><strong>Companies mentioned by Obama are big D.C. spenders - Politico</strong></a></p><p></p><p>As far as free PR goes, it doesn’t get much better: Six companies got a shout-out from President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. And, as it happens, all but one is a big spender in the Washington influence game.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>United Parcel Service</strong>: The shipping company was the only one mentioned by Obama that has overwhelmingly supported Republicans over the years through its political action committees and employee donations. It gave more than $3 million — only one-third of which went to Democrats — in the 2014 election cycle. It also spent $7.6 million on lobbying the federal government in 2014.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1506359, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/barack-obama-state-of-the-union-2015-google-ebay-tesla-instagram-cvs-united-parcel-service-114461.html'][B]Companies mentioned by Obama are big D.C. spenders - Politico[/B][/URL] As far as free PR goes, it doesn’t get much better: Six companies got a shout-out from President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. And, as it happens, all but one is a big spender in the Washington influence game. [B] United Parcel Service[/B]: The shipping company was the only one mentioned by Obama that has overwhelmingly supported Republicans over the years through its political action committees and employee donations. It gave more than $3 million — only one-third of which went to Democrats — in the 2014 election cycle. It also spent $7.6 million on lobbying the federal government in 2014.[B][/B] [/QUOTE]
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