Donor Lobbying for Nuclear-Plant Tax Credits Brags of Dinners With Trump
- Developer earlier gave millions to Democratic committees
- GOP senators called tax-credit allocation ‘very troubling’
President-elect Donald Trump arrives with his wife, Melania, for a New Year's Eve party on Dec. 31, 2016, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
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After Franklin L. Haney made his first million-dollar contribution to a super-PAC, his dream of owning a nuclear power plant took a big step forward.
That gift went to a group to help re-elect President Barack Obama in 2012. Haney followed up with two more million-dollar donations in 2012 and 2014, both of which went to a committee run by former aides of then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.