Glen Thrush of Politico reports some house democrats were actually buying votes in advance of the climate change bill.

Big Dem cash dump on eve of climate vote

Three House Democratic leaders who were whipping members on the climate change bill gave tens of thousands in campaign cash to party moderates around the time of the 219-212 vote on June 26, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) doled out $28,000 to reps who eventually voted yes on June 24, two days before the big vote — on a day when House leaders were doing some heavy-duty arm-twisting.

Clyburn recipients who voted for the bill included a who’s-who of battleground district Dems:

Steve Driehaus, D-OH ($2,000)
Martin Heinrich, D-NM ($2,000)
Suzanne Kosmas, D-Fla. ($4,000)
Betsy Markey, D-Colo. ($2,000)
Carol Shea-Porter, D-NH ($2,000)
Baron Hill, D-Ind. ($2,000)
Alan Grayson, D-Fla. ($2,000)
Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa ($2,000)
Jim Himes, D-Conn. ($2,000)
Mary Jo Kilroy, D-OH ($2,000)
Kurt Schrader, D-Ore. ($2,000)
Jerry McNerney, D-Calif. ($2,000)
Tom Perriello, D-Va. ($2,000)

Nancy Pelosi also handed a bag of cash containing $4,000 to Ohio Democrats Zack Space and Chris Carney. And monkey-boy Henry Waxman gave out upwards of $16,000.

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