In this week's roundup of deleted tweets from politicians archived by Politwoops, we examine a number of recent examples of messaging changes that came in the form of image deletions and replacements.
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More than two dozen first-term House members, part of an enormous freshman class swept into office on an anti-incumbent tide of disgust over Washington insider dealing, have introduced a combined 263 bills designed to benefit the bottom lines of hometown corporations.
An analysis of campaign finance records by the Sunlight Foundation shows that some of the corporations that stand to save money from bills aimed at temporarily suspending tariffs on products that the firms import are also campaign contributors to the members of Congress introducing ...
Continue readingProfile: Tom Reed
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: New York, 29 |
| Born: Nov. 18, 1971 Joliet, Ill. |
| Campaign cash raised: $2,609,380 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $694,905 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $94,250 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $807,888 / $171,975 |
| At-risk in November? No |
| Outside group spending: None reported |
| Net worth in 2010: $784,011 to $1,810,999 |
| Net worth in 2011: $19,009 to $859,997 |
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