Where Does Lobbyist Money Go? (Good resource link)

[Robbien]

Public Citizen put out a "Congress Watch" (http://www.citizen.org/documents/BankrollersFinal.pdf) where they see who is most in the pants pockets of lobbyists. Actually, it looks at just about every aspect of lobbying, from which lobbyists give the most to which party received the most lobbyist donations.

The report finds, in the case of donations to a party, Republicans receive 56.6 percent of the funds given out by lobbyists (nearly $58.5 million), to 43.4 percent given to Democrats ($44.7 million).

When it comes to individuals, again, there are more Republicans than Democrats. Out of the 36 Congress members that accepted more than half a million dollars from lobbyists (since 1998), 21 are Republicans. Three of the four who have accepted more than a million are Republicans. The sole Democrat in the million-dollar club is no longer a Senator (Tom Daschle (D-SD)). The other three are Tom DeLay (R-TX), Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa).

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There are many, many more stats you can look at, many shocking in that Democrats receive contributions at nearly the same rates as Republicans. This may bode well for Democrats' hopes in November -- or it may show that Democrats are as corrupt as their Republican counterparts.

Oh, but Jack Abramoff -- 100 percent of his contributions were to Republicans

http://www.progressiveu.org/012735-where-does-lobbyist-money-go