Senators Authorizing Syria Strike Got More Defense Cash Than Lawmakers Voting No

[Ichingcarpenter]

Senators voting Wednesday to authorize a Syria strike received, on average, 83 percent more campaign financing from defense contractors than lawmakers voting against war.

Overall, political action committees and employees from defense and intelligence firms such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, United Technologies, Honeywell International, and others ponied up $1,006,887 to the 17 members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who voted yes or no on the authorization Wednesday, according to an analysis by Maplight, the Berkeley-based nonprofit that performed the inquiry at WIRED’s request.

Committee members who voted to authorize what the resolution called a “limited” strike averaged $72,850 in defense campaign financing from the pot. Committee members who voted against the resolution averaged $39,770, according to the data.

The analysis of contributions from employees and PACs of defense industry interests ranges from 2007 through 2012 — based on data tracked by OpenSecrets.org.



http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/syria-war-authorization-money/

[hobbit709]

1. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Its just a coincidence there is no correlation between

facts and the observable verifiable truth

[enough]

3. k&r (nt)

[woo me with science]

4. And there it is.

Please send to everyone. America is waking up, but the visual aids certainly help drive home the problem.

[xchrom]

5. du rec.