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Title    All 535 Members of Congress, and How Much Money They Got From ISPs
Date    Tuesday December 12 2017, @01:33AM
Author    takyon
Topic   
from the 535-101 dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/12/12/0125217

MrPlow writes:

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All 535 members of Congress, and how much money they got from ISPs

In March, we published a story that showed contributions from the ISP industry to members of Congress who voted to repeal a landmark FCC privacy rule, opening the door to the sale of customer data. It was one of our most popular stories of the year, and many of you asked why we only published contributions to some members of Congress. Incidentally, every one of the 265 members who voted for the measure in March were Republicans. And many of those same members endorse the effort to end net neutrality.

But it's fair to want to see monetary influence across all of Congress. While it is clear that alignment with the ISPs is currently drawn along party lines, the industry's attempt to gain favor with lawmakers is not partisan. Entrenched telecommunications companies liberally spread money and attention to everyone who holds office. Sometimes that influence comes in the form of lavish parties with Olympic athletes and lobbyists, but consistently it comes in the form of contributions to campaigns.

It's impossible to quantify the overall influence of this powerful industry, but we can chart some of it.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) leads the Senate with $2,554,784. Following him are Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) ($1,692,749), Roy Blunt (R-MO) ($1,283,416), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ($1,119,163), Bill Nelson (D-FL) ($1,028,790), and Senate Minority Leader Charles E Schumer (D-NY) ($984,757).

In the House, Representative Greg Walden (R-OR02) received $1,605,986, followed by Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI06) ($1,590,125), Steny H Hoyer (D-MD05) ($1,429,710), Joe Barton (R-TX06) ($1,262,757), John M Shimkus (R-IL15) ($1,044,204), and James E Clyburn (D-SC06) ($1,030,550).

In the Senate, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took the least from the telecom industry at just $40,219. In the House, Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH08) took just $15 (muffins? flowers? bus fare?) and the next guy up the list took $1,040.


Original Submission

Links

  1. "MrPlow" - https://soylentnews.org/~MrPlow/
  2. "All 535 members of Congress, and how much money they got from ISPs" - https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/11/16746230/net-neutrality-fcc-isp-congress-campaign-contribution
  3. "we published a story" - https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp-web-browsing-privacy-fire-sale
  4. "spread money and attention to everyone" - https://www.theverge.com/2014/3/10/5491908/comcast-buys-congress
  5. "lavish parties" - http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-06/time-warner-cable-deal-sets-comcast-lobbying-machine-in-motion
  6. "Joe Barton" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Barton
  7. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=23763

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