Monday, September 16, 2013

Everything You Need to Know About the Defense Industry Influence in Washington

2014-Cycle Top 20 Congressional Recipients of Defense Industry Money

RankCandidateOfficeAmount
1Moran, Jim (D-VA)House$88,100
2Thornberry, Mac (R-TX)House$77,500
3Visclosky, Pete (D-IN)House$76,200
4Inhofe, James M (R-OK)Senate$76,000
5Reed, Jack (D-RI)Senate$72,950
6Graham, Lindsey (R-SC)Senate$67,493
7Wittman, Rob (R-VA)House$66,850
8McKeon, Buck (R-CA)House$62,950
9Kingston, Jack (R-GA)House$62,400
10Durbin, Dick (D-IL)Senate$62,000
11Rogers, Mike D (R-AL)House$60,555
12Smith, Adam (D-WA)House$57,000
13Hunter, Duncan D (R-CA)House$56,500
13Calvert, Ken (R-CA)House$56,500
15Ruppersberger, Dutch (D-MD)House$56,350
16Palazzo, Steven (R-MS)House$55,250
17Forbes, Randy (R-VA)House$52,500
18Walorski, Jackie (R-IN)House$49,950
19Granger, Kay (R-TX)House$47,500
20Frelinghuysen, Rodney (R-NJ)House$47,000

According to Open Secrets, for the 2009-2014 cycles, Rand Paul has received  $20,200 from individuals in the defense sector. Justin Amash has received none.

3 comments:

  1. Ron Paul also received money from federal employees or those very cozy with the feds -- including $23,000+ from Lockheed Martin employees. And what is this supposed to tell us?

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  2. These numbers are piddling. Surely a U.S. senator costs much more. Many years ago I heard from a reliable source that meeting with a Saudi royal costs around 250K. It is a national disgrace if U.S. politicians are cheaper.

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  3. It seems like chump change. Of course, those are the totals from individual donors linked to jobs within the defense industry. It still doesn't seem like much.

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