Help Research Republicans and Telecom PACs

by: Matt Stoller

Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 00:00

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Ok, so I just broke the news that every Senate Democratic challenger has come out for net neutrality, and that there is basically no telecom and cable money going to Democrats. What about the other side?

I need your help to figure that out. Here’s a chart, with all Democratic candidates and their Republican opponents. How much money from telecom and cable companies is going to the Republicans? I used OpenSecrets to find out the amount Susan Collins and Ted Stevens are getting. Can we fill out the rest of this chart?

Candidate State Contributions from
Telecom/Cable Position Opponent Contributions from
Telecom/Cable

Allen ME $0 Favors Collins $46,450

Begich AK $0 Favors Stevens $223,600

Franken MN $62,650 Favors Coleman

Hagen NC $0 Favors Dole

Kleeb NE $0 Favors Johanns

LaRocco ID $4,600 Favors Risch

Lunsford KY $0 Favors McConnell

Merkley OR $0 Favors Smith

Musgrove MS (B) $0 Favors Wicker

Noriega TX $0 Favors Cornyn

Rice OK $0 Favors Inhofe

Shaheen NH $0 Favors Sununu

Slattery KS $2,800 Favors Roberts

Udall CO $54,450 Favors Schaffer

Udall NM $0 Favors Pearce

Warner VA $45,050 Favors Gilmore

Put numbers for the rest of the candidates in the comments. Hopefully we’ll find a few who don’t get huge sums of money from the telecom and cable interests, and we can lobby them for net neutrality.

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Help Research Republicans and Telecom PACs | 16 comments

Hmm (0.00 / 0)

and that there is basically no telecom and cable money going to Democrats

Any comments on this?

by: mcc @ Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 23:17:20 PM CDT

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maybe I missed it in previous posts (0.00 / 0)

How do you define telecom/cable? Is there a list of specific companies you want us to check for?

New Jersey politics at Blue Jersey.

by: Hopeful in NJ @ Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 23:19:15 PM CDT

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Cornyn (0.00 / 0)

As much as I can tell he does not get a lot.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pol…
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Blame John McCain for the housing crisis.

by: bluethunder @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 04:15:29 AM CDT

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Yeah, good luck getting him onboard (0.00 / 0)

The reason Cornyn doesn’t get much telco money is because they don’t need to lobby him. He naturally votes for the most evil option every time.

by: Chammy Nooks @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 07:31:12 AM CDT

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True. (0.00 / 0)

Blame John McCain for the housing crisis.

by: bluethunder @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 09:22:38 AM CDT

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has that ever stopped them before? n/t (0.00 / 0)

–New Mexico politics from the local perspective.

by: fbihop @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 12:28:31 PM CDT

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McConnell (0.00 / 0)

He only received 13,000 from utility pacs (as opposed to hundreds of thousands) both this race and 2006.
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Blame John McCain for the housing crisis.

by: bluethunder @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 04:21:46 AM CDT

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Norm Coleman (0.00 / 0)

Over his career, from Communications/Electronics sector, the amount is $640,071. Open Secrets breaks it down to ~$206k from PACs and $434k from individuals.

by: Books Alive @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:07:34 AM CDT

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Elizabeth Dole (0.00 / 0)

Oddly, her $541,933 total for Communications/Electronics sector is second smallest of all her donor categories. Defense is lower, but Finance/Insurance/Real Estate leads with over $3 million. In addition, she has another 4 sectors that add up to $1 million or more.

by: Books Alive @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:13:52 AM CDT

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Roger Wicker (0.00 / 0)

With a shorter career, his total for Communications/Electronics is $243,680. His levels range from a low of $35k from Labor to a high of $758 in the Finance/Insurance/Real Estate categories.

by: Books Alive @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:26:43 AM CDT

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John Sununu (0.00 / 0)

From ’03-’08:

Telecom Svs.: $73,750
Computers/Internet: $113,222

He’d be a big one to lobby as he’s on Commerce and cares most about that committee and its issues.

by: OfftheHill @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:45:37 AM CDT

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Jim Inhofe (0.00 / 0)

Telecom and Computers don’t show up in his top industries (not surprisingly it’s all energy, paying for his climate change obfuscation).

Lobbyists contributed $128,683.

by: OfftheHill @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:51:05 AM CDT

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Steve Pearce (0.00 / 0)

Nothing from the two major industries for his Senate race. They also did not appear in his top industries list for his ’06, ’04 and ’02 House races.

by: OfftheHill @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:54:23 AM CDT

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Open Secrets search strategy to use? (0.00 / 0)

Stevens is the first record I’ve looked at that breaks out the telecoms by themselves as Telecom Services and Equipment. In other words, the tables of Industry/Sectors are tailored to each individual, and none of the members I looked at (above) used the Telecom Services and Equipment category.

How do you want us to proceed? Thanks!

by: Books Alive @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 08:55:17 AM CDT

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Campaign for Telecoms to take Net Neutrality Pledge (0.00 / 0)

I am part of a new campaign to switch to the first Telecom to take the Net Neutrality Pledge. It is a new type of campaign because people can join the campaign without switching but once the first Telecom takes the Pledge (as long as they provide service in your area) then all the members will switch. If you’re interested check it out here: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/first-telecom-to-take-the-net-neutrality-pledge-wins-our-business

Thanks and let’s spread the word about keeping an open internet.

by: agraham1 @ Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 10:47:25 AM CDT

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PAC contributions from Verizon, AT&T;, and Sprint (January 2005 – March 2008).

Contribution
House Member
District

1
29500
Clyburn, James
SC-6

2
29000
Hoyer, Steny
MD-5

3
28000
Emanuel, Rahm
IL-5

4
27500
Boucher, Frederick
VA-9