Re: Check his records! in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18974876 en Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:59:37 EDT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:59:37 EDT Re: Check his records! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18978947 Jason Levine : Here's his top 20 contributers:

said by »www.opensecrets.org/politicians/···00008094 :

1 Time Warner $120,750
2 Walt Disney Co $99,350
3 Vivendi $74,591
4 American Assn for Justice $72,000
5 American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $63,500
6 National Assn of Realtors $63,000
6 Viacom Inc $63,000
8 National Education Assn $55,000
9 News Corp $52,250
10 National Cable & Telecommunications Assn $48,800
11 Sony Corp of America $48,750
12 United Auto Workers $47,000
13 Carpenters & Joiners Union $44,500
14 Service Employees International Union $41,500
15 AT&T Inc $41,400
16 Operating Engineers Union $40,100
16 William Morris Agency $40,100
18 Gang, Tyre et al $40,000
19 American Federation of Teachers $39,900
20 Laborers Union $38,650
It looks like 5 of his top 10 contributers are in the TV/Movie/Music industries.

Sure enough, when you segment it by industry:

said by »www.opensecrets.org/politicians/···00008094 :

1 TV/Movies/Music $1,088,246
2 Lawyers/Law Firms $749,177
3 Real Estate $283,310
4 Public Sector Unions $214,900
5 Pro-Israel $209,670
6 Building Trade Unions $174,950
7 Misc Unions $148,050
8 Retired $130,150
9 Securities & Investment $115,000
10 Health Professionals $106,648
11 Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $104,900
12 Business Services $103,600
13 Lobbyists $95,450
14 Transportation Unions $85,550
15 Human Rights $83,626
16 Insurance $79,290
17 Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $73,947
18 Beer, Wine & Liquor $70,500
19 Misc Finance $68,000
20 Industrial Unions $67,000
TV/Movies/Music interests give him far more money than anyone else.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18978947 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:03:25 EDT Re: Check his records! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18977817 MrMoody : There's only one way the US government for the corporations by the corporations is going to stop:

Register to vote. Actually show up on election day and VOTE. And vote against EVERY INCUMBENT until they stop trying to pull crap like this. Rep. Smug's gravy train gets cut off when he's out of office.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18977817 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:57:49 EDT Re: Check his records! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18975732 Rocky67 : Before he was in public office this guy was my attorney. He's a total dick.
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"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18975732 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:44:47 EDT Re: Check his records! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18975464 swhx7 : Howard Berman (D-MPAA/RIAA) represents the district that contains the headquarters of the U.S. movie/TV and recorded-music industries. They're his constituents and he is loyal to them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18975464 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:05:48 EDT Re: Check his records! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18974876 Jeffrey :
said by Rob See Profile :

I bet this guy has been given some "play money" by some the **AA!
You know it. I don't know too much about this guy, but what I do know, I don't particularly like.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18974876 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:18:03 EDT Check his records! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18974858 Rob : I bet this guy has been given some "play money" by the **AA! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18974858 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:15:47 EDT