After missing 40% of her votes in Congress over the summer, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola showed up to work on Tuesday to vote against the “No Foreign Election Interference Act,” a bill to crack down on foreign money influencing U.S. elections.
Every Republican voted in support of suspending rules and passing H.R. 8314, which prohibits tax-exempt organizations that receive funding from foreign nationals from contributing to political committees for eight years from the date that entity received a contribution or gift from a foreign national.
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, introduced the No Foreign Election Interference Act. Currently, the Federal Election Campaign Act prohibits foreign nationals from donating money directly to U.S. campaigns. However, there are no laws or regulations preventing foreign nationals from influencing U.S. elections by directing funds to 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations or other tax-exempt organizations.
Under this bill tax-exempt entities would be barred from contributing to a political committee eight years from the date it received a contribution or gift from a foreign national. The first two disqualified contributions would be punished by a fine totaling 200% of the donation amount. A third contribution would result in the automatic revocation of tax-exempt status for the organization making the political committee donation.
Last month, Ways and Means Committee Republicans wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel raising concerns about foreign adversaries exercising influence over American-based tax-exempt organizations after recent reports shed light several U.S.-based tax-exempt organizations, including the Energy Foundation, The People’s Forum, and the Berger Action Fund that have been funding far-left advocacy groups, promoting Chinese Communist Party propaganda, and fueling antisemitic protests to influence America’s political landscape.
The Energy Foundation claims to be headquartered in California, however, tax forms show the group refers to itself as “Energy Foundation China,” and reports suggest the majority of its operations are conducted in China with a staff that has substantial connections to the CCP. The group contributed $3.8 million to promote “green” energy policies that would increase our country’s dependence on Chinese minerals and materials.
Roy Singham, a self described socialist who’s based in Shanghai, owns and operates a complex network of America-based nonprofits and has funded the The People’s Forum which has been at the center of a number of antisemitic incidents since the October 7 attacks in Israel. Singham has provided hundreds of millions of dollars to groups that mix progressive advocacy with CCP talking points, and its reported that he works closely “with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda world wide.” To date, it remains unclear how Singham, his entities and the U.S.-based individuals he’s associated with are being funded.
The Berger Action Fund, a nonprofit funded by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, recently funneled $60 million to 13 left-wing advocacy groups focused on issues ranging from voter engagement to environmental initiatives. Among those subgroups he funds is the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which finances campaigns such as ranked-choice voting, Forrest Dunbar for Senate, and other leftist causes and candidates.
Peltola refused to join the 16 Democrats who voted in favor of the bill, which had 218 yeas and 181 nays. The bill needed two-thirds votes to pass, because it was considered a “suspension of the rules bill,” used for bills that typically pass easily because there is broad agreement. All of the “no” votes were Democrats.
Meanwhile, Peltola princely thinks the Citizens United decision was an affront to democracy.
She may not be able to understand the verbiage contained in the bills. Maybe she could start by entering Murkowski’s Christmas essay contest for fourth graders.
Daddy was a school teacher.. lol
What!? She voted on something that wasn’t about fish?
Oh I’m so surprised by her vote.
No comment from Mitch McConnell on the issue of CCP purchasing of American presidents, senators and congressmen? The same senator who warmly welcomed Murkowski back after she “won” the write campaign against Miller.
We need some folks in our state legislature to champion a similar bill that disallows all foreign money from AK campaigns, direct and indirect, but to include any/all $$ from outside of AK. Yes, meaning the Lowlife 48, HI, DC, and territories as well as international. It’s difficult to stay red when constantly smashed with blue ink balls. RCV campaign this year is a case in point. $5m in outside funding for the No-on-2 camp, maybe $70k from inside AK for the Yes-on-2 campaign.
Do what you can: ‘https://yeson2ak.com/donate/
Her political ads profess that she is the greatest supporter of Alaskan fishermen, yet she allows Fred Myers to sell salmon from CHINA! Sold as “Aqua Star smart seafood”, WILD PACIFIC SALMON. Yet in very small print is written ” Product of China. How are we selling China salmon in Alaska with all that we produce!
Yuck. China salmon is going to be farmed fish – toxic farmed fish.
Mary Peltola got her orders, got out of the house, and voted accordingly.
Mary Peltola is an empty vessel, just the way her handlers like her.
Correction needed: There is an Energy Foundation in California and an Energy Foundation in China. Two different entities with similar names.
California and China are still both enemy states.
Would love to see her official email record and understand exactly who is pulling Peltola’s strings. She can’t really be this stupid or anti-American, can she? Or is this really the prevailing sentiment in places like Bethel?
Perhaps all new Congressmen will be required to take a refresher course in the actual “this” US Constitution certifying this friendly republic of United States and passing as tested by US Marines before the congressmen give an oath to secure and defend this Constitution as a prerequisite to receiving stipends from constituent public funds all all other government creation on local levels pursuant to the US Constitution to help keep them out of the weeds of foreign influence going forward.
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