[extropy-chat] Open Secrets

Mike Lorrey mlorrey at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 24 03:47:46 UTC 2004


For those of you who think it is the Bush administration who is in the
pockets of corporate special intrests, peruse this compilation of
political donations (especially look at the last industry, Oil & Gas):

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/mems.asp?party=A&cycle=2004

Top Industries Giving to Members of Congress
2004 Cycle 

Top Industries
Who's got the most juice on Capitol Hill? Here's a list of the top
industries contributing to members of the 108th Congress during the
2003-2004 election cycle. The first list shows the overall 50 biggest
industries. The other two highlight the top 25 industries giving to
members of each of the two major parties. In all cases, the Top
Recipient listed is the individual member of the 108th Congress who
received the most from the industry. Totals shown here include only the
money that went to current incumbents in Congress.

 Top 50 Industries Top Republican Industries Top Democratic Industries 
 2004

Rank Industry        Total       Dem GOP  Top Recipient
                                 
1 Lawyers/Law Firms  $73,725,894 82% 18% John Kerry (D) 
2 Retired            $40,051,487 69% 31% John Kerry (D) 
3 Real Estate        $26,869,682 58% 42% John Kerry (D) 
4 Health Prfssionals $25,288,245 49% 51% John Kerry (D)
5 Securities/Invest  $22,779,925 65% 35% John Kerry (D)
6 Insurance          $15,273,992 41% 59% John Kerry (D) 
7 Lobbyists          $14,481,510 51% 48% John Kerry (D) 
8 Joint Cmtes        $14,368,028 100% 0% John Kerry (D)
9 Misc Business      $13,385,185 80% 20% John Kerry (D) 
10 Education         $13,078,866 88% 12% John Kerry (D) 
11 Commercial Banks  $12,496,663 44% 56% John Kerry (D) 
12 Misc Finance      $12,221,015 60% 40% John Kerry (D) 
13 Business Services $12,144,043 69% 31% John Kerry (D) 
14 TV/Movies/Music   $11,396,130 74% 25% John Kerry (D) 
15 Leadership PACs   $11,109,058 25% 75% Richard Burr (R-NC) 
16 Computers/Internet $9,563,189 64% 36% John Kerry (D) 
17 Transport Unions   $9,241,163 77% 23% Richard A. Gephardt (D)
18 Electric Utilities $8,830,167 38% 62% Richard Burr (R-NC) 
19 General Contractors$8,197,218 37% 63% John Kerry (D) 
20 Public Sctr Unions $8,130,736 82% 18% Stephanie Herseth (D-SD) 
21 Pharm/Health Prod  $7,863,642 40% 60% John Kerry (D) 
22 Oil & Gas          $7,320,974 25% 75% John Kerry (D)

=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.
http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail 



More information about the extropy-chat mailing list