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Figures Reveal Corporate Cronyism At Work In Bailout Vote
Those who voted yes had receieved more handsome contributions
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A public watchdog database has conducted some interesting research
into representatives who voted yes to the bailout bill, shedding
light as to who their loyalties truly lie with.
MAPLight.org,
a site dedicated to illuminating the connection between campaign
donations and legislative votes, concludes that the 205 Representatives
who voted for the bill received more than twice as much money
from the banking sector than those who voted against it.
MAPLight.org has found that, over the past five
years, banks and securities firms gave an average of $231,877
in campaign contributions to each Representative voting in favor
of the bailout, compared with an average of $150,982 to each
Representative voting against the bailout--54 percent more money
given to those who voted Yes.
The site, which makes money/vote connections transparent,
to help citizens hold their legislators accountable, revealed
that Democrats who voted yes received “an average of $212,700
each, about twice as much as those voting No, $107,993.”
Republicans who voted yes “received an average of $273,181
each, 50% more than those voting No, $181,688.”
“Profit-driven companies wouldn't be making
campaign contributions if it didn't buy them influence or access,"
said Daniel Newman, MAPLight.org's executive director. “Votes
in Congress align with the river of money that flows through our
political system.”
The true colors of your democratically elected members
of Congress shine through once again.
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