Tech and telecom companies are donating freely to one Silicon...
Tech and telecom companies are donating freely to one Silicon Valley Democrat. The leadership political action committee of House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., raised $202,700 in the first quarter of 2014, according to a Tuesday filing at…
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the Federal Election Commission (http://1.usa.gov/1paEAzi). Eshoo created the PAC, known as Peninsula, in February. Much of the money comes from tech and telecom donations, according to the 47-page FEC filing. Donations include $5,000 from Oracle President Safra Catz, $5,000 from Oracle Senior Vice President Kenneth Glueck, $5,000 from Oracle President Mark Hurd and another $5,000 from Oracle Chairman Jeffrey Henley, in addition to $5,000 from Oracle’s PAC; $1,000 from Twitter Vice President-Global Public Policy Colin Crowell, a former aide to then-House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey, D-Mass.; $250 from Facebook lobbyist Catlin O'Neill, a former chief of staff to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; and $5,000 from NextNav CEO Gary Parsons. Political action committees of associations and companies also donated heavily: $1,000 from the American Cable Association PAC; $5,000 from the Cisco Systems E-PAC; $2,500 from the Comcast Corp. & NBC Universal Political Action Committee as well as $5,000 from NCTA’s PAC; two donations of $1,000 from the Computer and Communications Industry Association PAC; $5,000 from the Consumer Electronics Association PAC; $2,500 from the eBay Committee for Responsible Internet Commerce; $1,000 from the EchoStar and Dish Network PAC; $5,000 from the Google NetPAC; $5,000 from the Hewlett-Packard PAC; $5,000 from Intel’s PAC; $1,000 from Level 3 and Microsoft’s PAC; $1,000 from Sprint’s PAC; $2,500 from Time Warner Cable’s PAC; $5,000 from T-Mobile’s PAC; $2,000 from tw telecom’s PAC; $5,000 from Windstream’s PAC; $5,000 from XO Communications’ PAC; and $1,000 from Yahoo’s PAC. Eshoo’s PAC has already disbursed funds to several political campaigns, such as for the House primary campaigns of Reps. Tim Bishop of New York, Gerald Connolly of Virginia, and Suzan DelBene of Washington. Eshoo is vying for the top Democratic spot on the House Commerce Committee when it opens in November following the departure of ranking member Henry Waxman, D-Calif. She’s not the senior-most Democrat on House Commerce but has the backing of Pelosi.