Finance/Insurance/Real Estate-Mortgage Banks: Money to Congress
Top 20 Members
Candidate Amount Obama, Barack (D) $39,717,344 McCain, John (R) $29,046,121 Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $20,297,774 Dodd, Chris (D-CT) $5,965,036 Coleman, Norm (R-MN) $2,819,240 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $2,428,158 Cornyn, John (R-TX) $2,097,448 Sununu, John E (R-NH) $1,804,380 Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) $1,723,028 Baucus, Max (D-MT) $1,623,625 Biden, Joseph R Jr (D-DE) $1,617,986 Dole, Elizabeth (R-NC) $1,545,541 Rangel, Charles B (D-NY) $1,360,119 Durbin, Dick (D-IL) $1,356,933 Smith, Gordon H (R-OR) $1,341,419 Paul, Ron (R-TX) $1,330,294 Lautenberg, Frank R (D-NJ) $1,308,619 Kanjorski, Paul E (D-PA) $1,270,336 Collins, Susan M (R-ME) $1,242,537 Udall, Mark (D-CO) $1,209,457
(Dick Durbin was right: the banks DO own congress. And they own a cool million worth of him, too.
SO I pulled up another list, this time the pharmaceutical industry's top 20 beneficiaries of lobby money so far for 2010:)
Health/Pharmaceutical Industry: Money to Congress
Top 20 Members
(So, if you are ever unsure how much corporate lobbyists influence a candidate from your area or any candidate in whom you are interested, consult OpenSecrets.org and see how much corporate money influences that candidate--jef)
Burr, Richard (R-NC) $218,619 Reid, Harry (D-NV) $198,450 Specter, Arlen (D-PA) $182,200 Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) $166,065 Eshoo, Anna (D-CA) $150,850 Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR) $137,850 Camp, Dave (R-MI) $120,300 Murray, Patty (D-WA) $109,750 Kirk, Mark (R-IL) $109,710 Mikulski, Barbara A (D-MD) $108,874 Dodd, Chris (D-CT) $107,300 Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) $105,100 Matheson, Jim (D-UT) $103,500 Meek, Kendrick B (D-FL) $100,500 Boehner, John (R-OH) $99,450 Capuano, Michael E (D-MA) $98,350 Inslee, Jay R (D-WA) $94,300 Bennett, Robert F (R-UT) $93,750 Schwartz, Allyson (D-PA) $89,872 Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) $89,700
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