Corrupt Dems who voted for CRomnibus received twice as much money from finance industry

[Triana]

We'll start with the thing that will catch your attention, as is the way: Democrats who voted for the giant spending bill on Thursday night received, on average, twice the campaign contributions from the finance/insurance/real estate industry as their colleagues who voted against it.

Debate over the bill, you'll remember, ended up being centered on the repeal of a restriction on big banks imposed after the financial collapse that led to the recession. The vote in the House -- which ended up being far narrower than the White House would have liked -- resulted in an interesting geographic split. Here's how it looked.



Democrats in conservative areas (the South, upstate New York) voted for the bill. Republicans in conservative areas ... didn't. That doesn't hold true universally, but it's striking to see Kansas and Texas and Louisiana have so much of that lighter red color, showing Republicans who bucked Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and opposed the measure. (The black areas are districts whose representatives didn't vote.)

We cross-referenced the vote with data from the Center for Responsive Politics on how much each member had received in campaign contributions from the finance/insurance/real estate industries. This isn't only from PACs affiliated with those industries, we'll note; it also includes employees of firms in those industries. On average, members of Congress who voted yes received $322,000 from those industries. Those who voted no? $162,000. Here's the split by party:

THE REST:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/12/12/democrats-who-voted-for-the-spending-bill-have-received-twice-as-much-money-from-the-finance-industry-as-the-no-voters/

[DonCoquixote]

1. Notice the really dark blue

South Florida, home of Debbie Wassermann Schultz, incomptent Democrats that could not even get Charlie Crist into office.

Texas: what needs to be said

New York: Double the earlier comment about Texas.

[Triana]

3. DWS is IMO less than useless.

She's a detriment to the party and what used to be its principles. What a shame. And she doesn't even have the sense to resign.

[kentuck]

2. Interesting factoid.

Money, money, money, money!

[liberal_at_heart]

4. You mean to tell me there are Democrats who take lobbying money from the banks and then

vote in favor of legislation that favors banks? Democrats would never do that.

[LittleBlue]

5. Name and shame these corrupt bastards

[woo me with science]

6. Huge K&R, and just want to say...

that you have posted some outstanding, important posts lately. Thank you.

Instead of prosecuting torturers, Obama prosecuted the guy who revealed the program
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025936083

Despite Torture Uproar, DOJ Still Says "No" To Prosecutions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025936740

George Tenet in 2007: "We don't torture people"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025936371

[Doctor_J]

7. Rallying the base for 2016 already!

Pssst. We are not going to get out of this mess soon, or peacefully

[jtuck004]

10. "We are not going to get out of this mess." n/t

[Triana]

12. We will not get out of it in our lifetimes.

And I hope no one plans on ever retiring, going to college or sending kids to college. Because it isn't going to happen for most. We're all just sitting ducks waiting for the Oligarchy to peck us off. That's "life" in the US.

[bigwillq]

8. K and R

[Wellstone ruled]

9. The best Politicians that money can buy.

Replay of History circa 1890-1930,cash and open bar on the Senate floor. Senator Clark and Gould would be so proud. Boner is just a lush holding down a Wall Street slot.

[woo me with science]

11. kick