New York Daily News: Jerry Nadler pockets campaign cash from big music companies with business before his Judiciary Committee

“In a perfect world, members of Congress who serve on committees that oversee or regulate specific industries wouldn’t be able to fundraise or accept campaign contributions from those industries,” said Aaron Scherb, the director of legislative affairs at Common Cause.

Scherb added that participating in the imperfect system doesn’t mean that Nadler or other lawmakers are being bought off, but there’s a “perceived conflict of interest that’s created.”

“For many Americans, our corrosive fund-raising system calls into question whether members of Congress are acting in the public interest, or for some private financial interest,” Scherb said.

While Nadler was raking in all that corporate music cash, he was also one of the key chairmen pushing for a major campaign finance and government-reform package that passed the House earlier this year, the “For the People Act.” Scherb hailed his work on that. Among other things, it would promote small-dollar donors by providing public matching funds at a rate of $6 for every dollar given. …

“The current campaign finance system disproportionately gives influence to high-dollar donors and people who have a megaphone, while many everyday Americans feel voiceless because they can’t hire a lobbyist, or start a super PAC, or make a big campaign contribution,” Scherb said.