We identified the list of top 20 contractors, ranked by the GAO by how much they received from the federal government in 2012 (you can see the list at the bottom of this post), and then calculated which members of the Congress received the most political contributions from this group in 2012 (counting both their campaign committees and leadership PACs). Chamber Member Total $738,632 John McCain (R-Ariz) Senate Senate Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) $418,974 Senate Susan Collins (R-Maine) $367,051 $312,650 Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) Senate Senate Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) $305,100 Senate Mark Warner (D-Va) $292,350 Senate Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga) $291,150 Senate Jack Reed (D-RI) $279,917 $279,260 Patty Murray (D-Wash) Senate Senate John Cornyn (R-Texas) $272,876 House Buck Mckeon (R-Calif) $408,500 $207,250 Adam Smith (D-Wash) House House C. W. Bill Young (R-Fla) $200,060 House Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $199,750 $190,100 John Boehner (R-Ohio) House House Hal Rogers (R-Ky) $185,750 House Eric Cantor (R-Va) $180,500 $166,650 Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md) House House Mike Rogers (R-Mich) $165,750 House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) $164,000 opensecrets.org/news/2013/10/which-donors-have-the-most-to-lose.html
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:30:29 +0000
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