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BeeperPart Of The Problem
join:2001-09-27
Dayton, OH | reply to randysavage0
Re: Exaggeration at its finest! said by randysavage0:
It's good to see at least a couple people in Congress that can turn down money (or stab their donors in the back  )
Here you can find who donates to what candidate.
»www.opensecrets.org/
RICK BOUCHER (D-VA)
Top Contributors
1 VeriSign Inc $11,375
2 American Bankers Assn $10,000
2 Exelon Corp $10,000
2 Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union $10,000
2 National Auto Dealers Assn $10,000
6 Verizon Communications $9,500
7 MBNA Corp $8,000
7 SBC Communications $8,000
9 Laborers Union $7,500
10 Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $6,000
10 BellSouth Corp $6,000
10 Patton Boggs $6,000
10 Southern Co $6,000
14 El Paso Corp $5,500
14 Travelocity.com $5,500
16 American Electric Power $5,000
16 Cmte for Southwest Virginia $5,000
16 FirstEnergy Corp $5,000
16 Lehman Brothers $5,000
16 Microsoft Corp $5,000
16 National Mining Assn $5,000
16 National Venture Capital Assn $5,000
16 Pharmacia Corp $5,000
16 Teamsters Union $5,000
16 United Auto Workers $5,000
I don't see any stabbing in the back going on from Boucher. The telcos like the profits their DSL provides them that consumers use to exploit P2P systems. Verizon is in a spat with RIAA right now.
ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
Top Contributors
1 Intuit Inc $10,000
1 National Assn of Realtors $10,000
3 National Venture Capital Assn $8,000
4 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $5,400
5 Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $5,000
5 Emily's List $5,000
5 Genentech Inc $5,000
5 Laborers Union $5,000
5 WorldCom Inc $5,000
10 National Assn of Letter Carriers $4,500
11 Ruby & Schofield $4,250
12 Acropolis Systems $4,000
12 American Medical Assn $4,000
12 National Education Assn $4,000
15 American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $3,500
16 National Cable & Telecommunications Assn $3,464
17 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $3,400
18 American Intellectual Property Law Assn $3,160
19 BJS Electronics $3,000
19 Ironworkers Union $3,000
19 Sun Microsystems $3,000
I'd bet she wishes she didn't get $5,000 from Worldcom.
What about the curious donor ranked #18? I can't find anything AIPLA has to say on filetrading, DCMA, or DRM, but they do have an opinion on sexually reproducing plants and seeds.
»www.aipla.org/html/pioneerhibred.html
I am pretty sure these two Representatives are not bought and paid for. They both beat their opponents by 70%-30% margins in 2000.
I hope that their proposals get traction in the next Congress.
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 dnoyeBFerrous Phallus
join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI | As I understand it, this is only the "hard" contributions, but not the soft money? | |
BeeperPart Of The Problem
join:2001-09-27
Dayton, OH | Correct. Really, only the hard dollars matter. Here's why.
Soft money becomes illegal on 11/06/2002.
Soft money has gone to party building, get out the vote drives, issue ads, and the like.
»ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000217.html
Opinions differ on how elections are going to be changed by the elimination of soft money. I suspect that things will be unchanged.
One reason I think things will be unchanged is that the law will be set aside as unconstitutional. If McCain-Feingold is struck down, nothing changes. If the reform is constitutional, I suspect that the Democratic Party will develop a case of buyer's remorse once the massive hard dollar advantage the GOP has takes effect and Democrats have their lunch handed to them in 2004.
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well, that settles it!!!
They are just pissed off they didn't get a couple hundred grand from the RIAA. | |
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