Protest vs. Rep. Crowley's Free Trade Votes @ Town Hall Meeting in Jackson Heights (4/10/12) – Video

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Protest vs. Rep. Crowley #39;s Free Trade Votes @ Town Hall Meeting in Jackson Heights (4/10/12)
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, TradeJustice New York Metro and Occupy Wall Street Trade Justice Working Group protested Representative Joseph Crowley at a town hall meeting at the Jackson Heights Jewish Center in Jackson Heights, Queens. Why Protest Crowley? Queens Congressional Rep and Queens Democratic Machine Boss Joseph Crowley, first won his Congressional seat in an unopposed primary and is reelected term after term with virtually no electoral opposition. Crowley has abused this safe seat to continually sell out the interests of the 99% while taking in big money from the corporate elites. Crowley heads the New Democrats Coalition, an alliance of centrist, pro-corporate Democratic legislators tied to the infamous Democratic Leadership Council. A ProPublica expose revealed the New Democrats #39;s close ties to "large banks, pharmaceutical firms, insurance companies, and big-ticket trade groups" (www.propublica.org The Office of Congressional Ethics recommended a full-blown probe of whether improperly solicited donations from corporate executives just before voting on legislation overhauling Wall Street. The scrutiny centers on a series of fund-raisers -- including one Crowley attended last Dec. 10, at which he collected thousands of dollars from financial power brokers before returning to the Capitol to vote against a series of amendments that would have imposed tougher restrictions on Wall Street. Crowley was reported to have received at least $23500 before the vote. As New ...

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