Big Republican Donors Are Even More Extreme Than Their Party — And They Drive Its Agenda

Sean McElwee, Jesse Rhodes and Brian Schaffner, Salon: Politics
Sun, 12/11/2016 - 4:00am

(Credit: Kim Seidl via Shutterstock/samdiesel via iStock/Salon) Barack Obama began his presidency with a bold progressive vision for the country. Though much of his agenda was implemented, he faced unprecedented opposition. Obama’s push for a moderate climate-change bill (similar to the one he had co-sponsored with John McCain only a few years earlier) was crushed by Republicans.

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