"These many." -- John Sidgmore, the chief executive of WorldCom, in response to the question, "How many millions did you personally pocket before announcing the bankrupty of your company?"
Posted on 07/22/2002 6:38:23 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Months after the collapse of Enron, President Bush, members of Congress and the Justice Department are again on the trail of what looks to be one of the biggest cases of fraudulent accounting practices yet. On June 25, WorldCom, the nation’s second largest long-distance carrier, announced that it had overstated its cash flow by nearly $4 billion during the last two years, sending its stock into a virtual freefall and leaving the company on the brink of bankruptcy.
How did it happen? That’s what Congress wants to know, especially during an election year. With voters already disgruntled after what seems to be months of continuous corporate scandal, Democrats are hoping to use the issue of corporate mistrust to unseat Republicans this Election Day. One avenue they will likely use: campaign contributions from the embattled companies to the GOP. “All you have to do is follow the money,” House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) told reporters June 26. “It leads right to the Republican party.”
But that argument might not be as convincing in WorldCom’s case. Over the last 10 years, the company’s political contributions have been spread evenly between the two national parties. Since 1989, the company has contributed roughly $7.6 million in soft money, PAC and individual contributions to federal candidates and parties, 54 percent to the GOP. The race for WorldCom money has been even tighter than during the current election cycle. So far in 2001-02, WorldCom has contributed just over $1 million, split equally between Democrats and Republicans. CONTINUE ...
|
Name |
Grand Total |
From PACs |
From Individuals |
|
Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) |
$32,166 |
$27,000 |
$5,166 |
|
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) |
$28,000 |
$21,000 |
$7,000 |
|
John McCain (R-Ariz) |
$23,900 |
$18,000 |
$5,900 |
|
James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) |
$23,750 |
$14,500 |
$9,250 |
|
Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt) |
$23,250 |
$1,000 |
$22,250 |
|
Ron Wyden (D-Ore) |
$19,500 |
$19,500 |
$0 |
|
Tim Johnson (D-SD) |
$19,000 |
$16,500 |
$2,500 |
|
Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo) |
$17,625 |
$8,000 |
$9,625 |
|
Conrad Burns (R-Mont) |
$17,000 |
$14,000 |
$3,000 |
|
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) |
$16,115 |
$13,000 |
$3,115 |
|
Trent Lott (R-Miss) |
$15,750 |
$12,500 |
$3,250 |
|
Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) |
$15,000 |
$6,500 |
$8,500 |
|
Max Cleland (D-Ga) |
$14,000 |
$13,000 |
$1,000 |
|
Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) |
$13,500 |
$12,000 |
$1,500 |
|
Jack Reed (D-RI) |
$13,500 |
$13,500 |
$0 |
|
George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio) |
$12,000 |
$12,000 |
$0 |
|
John Kerry (D-Mass) |
$11,810 |
$3,010 |
$8,800 |
|
Fred Thompson (R-Tenn) |
$11,600 |
$9,100 |
$2,500 |
|
Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-Ill) |
$11,500 |
$7,850 |
$3,650 |
|
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) |
$11,000 |
$11,000 |
$0 |
|
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D-Ark) |
$10,425 |
$9,925 |
$500 |
|
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) |
$10,400 |
$10,400 |
$0 |
|
Robert G. Torricelli (D-NJ) |
$10,050 |
$7,550 |
$2,500 |
|
Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
$0 |
|
Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill) |
$9,915 |
$7,500 |
$2,415 |
|
George Allen (R-Va) |
$9,500 |
$7,000 |
$2,500 |
|
Tom Daschle (D-SD) |
$9,500 |
$9,500 |
$0 |
|
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) |
$8,750 |
$8,250 |
$500 |
|
Max Baucus (D-Mont) |
$8,500 |
$7,500 |
$1,000 |
|
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) |
$8,500 |
$5,000 |
$3,500 |
|
Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) |
$8,499 |
$8,499 |
$0 |
|
Ben Nelson (D-Neb) |
$8,000 |
$8,000 |
$0 |
|
Thad Cochran (R-Miss) |
$8,000 |
$8,000 |
$0 |
|
Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) |
$8,000 |
$8,000 |
$0 |
|
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) |
$7,500 |
$7,500 |
$0 |
|
Evan Bayh (D-Ind) |
$7,250 |
$6,250 |
$1,000 |
|
Jon L. Kyl (R-Ariz) |
$7,000 |
$7,000 |
$0 |
|
Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) |
$6,700 |
$3,000 |
$3,700 |
|
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo) |
$6,500 |
$6,500 |
$0 |
|
Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn) |
$6,202 |
$6,000 |
$202 |
|
Jean Carnahan (D-Mo) |
$5,500 |
$5,500 |
$0 |
|
Kent Conrad (D-ND) |
$5,500 |
$4,500 |
$1,000 |
|
Wayne Allard (R-Colo) |
$5,500 |
$5,500 |
$0 |
|
John Ensign (R-Nev) |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
|
Bill Frist (R-Tenn) |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
|
John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WVa) |
$5,000 |
$3,500 |
$1,500 |
|
Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
|
Strom Thurmond (R-SC) |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
|
Carl Levin (D-Mich) |
$4,700 |
$4,500 |
$200 |
|
John W. Warner (R-Va) |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$0 |
|
Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Bill Nelson (D-Fla) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Sam Brownback (R-Kan) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Joseph R. Biden Jr (D-Del) |
$3,500 |
$2,000 |
$1,500 |
|
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
John B. Breaux (D-La) |
$3,300 |
$3,300 |
$0 |
|
Russell D. Feingold (D-Wis) |
$3,250 |
$3,000 |
$250 |
|
Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) |
$3,000 |
$2,000 |
$1,000 |
|
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Gordon Smith (R-Ore) |
$3,000 |
$2,000 |
$1,000 |
|
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) |
$2,900 |
$1,000 |
$1,900 |
|
Bob Graham (D-Fla) |
$2,520 |
$2,520 |
$0 |
|
Phil Gramm (R-Texas) |
$2,500 |
$0 |
$2,500 |
|
Robert C. Byrd (D-WVa) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Lincoln D. Chafee (R-RI) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Harry Reid (D-Nev) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Md) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Don Nickles (R-Okla) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Arlen Specter (R-Pa) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Robert C. Smith (R-NH) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Herb Kohl (D-Wis) |
$1,000 |
$0 |
$1,000 |
|
James M. Jeffords (I-Vt) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Judd Gregg (R-NH) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) |
$1,000 |
$0 |
$1,000 |
|
Susan Collins (R-Maine) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) |
$125 |
$125 |
$0 |
*Based on FEC data downloaded 6/1/02. Figures represent contributions from PAC, soft money and individual donors affiliated with MCI Telecommunications, WorldCom Inc, and MCI WorldCom, 1989-2002.WorldCom Contributions
to Current Members of the House, 1989-2002*Rank list alphabetically
|
Name |
Grand Total |
From PACs |
From Individuals |
|
Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr (R-Miss) |
$82,050 |
$38,500 |
$43,550 |
|
Heather A. Wilson (R-NM) |
$27,000 |
$27,000 |
$0 |
|
John Linder (R-Ga) |
$23,450 |
$22,950 |
$500 |
|
Bart Stupak (D-Mich) |
$23,288 |
$23,000 |
$288 |
|
Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va) |
$23,275 |
$20,025 |
$3,250 |
|
Diana Degette (D-Colo) |
$21,850 |
$21,650 |
$200 |
|
John Conyers Jr (D-Mich) |
$21,500 |
$21,500 |
$0 |
|
Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) |
$21,150 |
$0 |
$21,150 |
|
Bart Gordon (D-Tenn) |
$19,300 |
$19,000 |
$300 |
|
Robert L. Ehrlich Jr (R-Md) |
$16,700 |
$13,500 |
$3,200 |
|
Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill) |
$15,300 |
$15,300 |
$0 |
|
Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
$0 |
|
William P. "Bill" Luther (D-Minn) |
$14,500 |
$14,000 |
$500 |
|
Christopher Cox (R-Calif) |
$14,186 |
$14,186 |
$0 |
|
James P. Moran (D-Va) |
$14,000 |
$14,000 |
$0 |
|
Martin Frost (D-Texas) |
$13,300 |
$13,300 |
$0 |
|
Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) |
$13,250 |
$13,250 |
$0 |
|
Howard Coble (R-NC) |
$13,000 |
$13,000 |
$0 |
|
Karen McCarthy (D-Mo) |
$12,900 |
$12,900 |
$0 |
|
Tom Latham (R-Iowa) |
$12,050 |
$12,050 |
$0 |
|
Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash) |
$12,000 |
$12,000 |
$0 |
|
Cliff Stearns (R-Fla) |
$12,000 |
$12,000 |
$0 |
|
Roger Wicker (R-Miss) |
$12,000 |
$7,000 |
$5,000 |
|
Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) |
$11,300 |
$11,300 |
$0 |
|
Sam Johnson (R-Texas) |
$11,000 |
$9,500 |
$1,500 |
|
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) |
$11,000 |
$11,000 |
$0 |
|
Joel Hefley (R-Colo) |
$11,000 |
$8,500 |
$2,500 |
|
Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) |
$10,750 |
$10,750 |
$0 |
|
W. J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-La) |
$10,750 |
$8,500 |
$2,250 |
|
Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif) |
$10,500 |
$10,500 |
$0 |
|
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) |
$10,500 |
$10,500 |
$0 |
|
J. C. Watts Jr (R-Okla) |
$10,500 |
$10,500 |
$0 |
|
Frank Pallone Jr (D-NJ) |
$10,250 |
$10,250 |
$0 |
|
David E. Price (D-NC) |
$10,200 |
$10,000 |
$200 |
|
Christopher R. Cannon (R-Utah) |
$9,500 |
$9,000 |
$500 |
|
Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif) |
$9,500 |
$9,500 |
$0 |
|
Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio) |
$9,350 |
$8,850 |
$500 |
|
Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) |
$9,000 |
$9,000 |
$0 |
|
Harold Rogers (R-Ky) |
$9,000 |
$9,000 |
$0 |
|
Jane Harman (D-Calif) |
$8,750 |
$7,000 |
$1,750 |
|
Cal Dooley (D-Calif) |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$0 |
|
Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$0 |
|
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) |
$8,500 |
$6,000 |
$2,500 |
|
Chet Edwards (D-Texas) |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$0 |
|
Ric Keller (R-Fla) |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$0 |
|
Ralph M. Hall (D-Texas) |
$8,223 |
$7,650 |
$573 |
|
Lois Capps (D-Calif) |
$8,000 |
$8,000 |
$0 |
|
David R. Obey (D-Wis) |
$8,000 |
$8,000 |
$0 |
|
Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) |
$7,500 |
$7,500 |
$0 |
|
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) |
$7,500 |
$5,500 |
$2,000 |
|
Dennis Hastert (R-Ill) |
$7,500 |
$7,500 |
$0 |
|
Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz) |
$7,300 |
$7,300 |
$0 |
|
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr (R-Wis) |
$7,250 |
$7,250 |
$0 |
|
Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) |
$7,050 |
$6,000 |
$1,050 |
|
Gerald D. Kleczka (D-Wis) |
$7,050 |
$6,300 |
$750 |
|
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) |
$7,000 |
$7,000 |
$0 |
|
Ted Strickland (D-Ohio) |
$7,000 |
$7,000 |
$0 |
|
Rick Boucher (D-Va) |
$6,850 |
$6,850 |
$0 |
|
David Wu (D-Ore) |
$6,500 |
$6,500 |
$0 |
|
Charlie Norwood (R-Ga) |
$6,500 |
$6,500 |
$0 |
|
Constance A. Morella (R-Md) |
$6,500 |
$6,250 |
$250 |
|
Roy Blunt (R-Mo) |
$6,500 |
$6,500 |
$0 |
|
Brad Carson (D-Okla) |
$6,500 |
$3,500 |
$3,000 |
|
John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) |
$6,300 |
$6,300 |
$0 |
|
Joe L. Barton (R-Texas) |
$6,200 |
$6,200 |
$0 |
|
Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) |
$6,000 |
$6,000 |
$0 |
|
Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) |
$6,000 |
$6,000 |
$0 |
|
Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga) |
$6,000 |
$2,000 |
$4,000 |
|
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) |
$6,000 |
$6,000 |
$0 |
|
Mike Rogers (R-Mich) |
$6,000 |
$6,000 |
$0 |
|
John Tanner (D-Tenn) |
$6,000 |
$6,000 |
$0 |
|
Rod R. Blagojevich (D-Ill) |
$5,800 |
$4,000 |
$1,800 |
|
Edolphus Towns (D-NY) |
$5,800 |
$5,800 |
$0 |
|
Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) |
$5,500 |
$5,500 |
$0 |
|
Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ) |
$5,500 |
$5,500 |
$0 |
|
Ed Bryant (R-Tenn) |
$5,500 |
$5,500 |
$0 |
|
Frank R. Wolf (R-Va) |
$5,500 |
$5,500 |
$0 |
|
Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md) |
$5,100 |
$5,100 |
$0 |
|
John E. Sununu (R-NH) |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
|
Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
|
Judy Biggert (R-Ill) |
$5,000 |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
|
Nancy L. Johnson (R-Conn) |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
|
Jack Kingston (R-Ga) |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$0 |
|
J. D. Hayworth (R-Ariz) |
$4,925 |
$4,925 |
$0 |
|
John Lewis (D-Ga) |
$4,850 |
$4,850 |
$0 |
|
Anne Northup (R-Ky) |
$4,750 |
$4,750 |
$0 |
|
Albert R. Wynn (D-Md) |
$4,750 |
$4,750 |
$0 |
|
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$0 |
|
Jerry Weller (R-Ill) |
$4,500 |
$2,750 |
$1,750 |
|
Fred Upton (R-Mich) |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$0 |
|
Robert C. Scott (D-Va) |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$0 |
|
David Dreier (R-Calif) |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$0 |
|
Dan Burton (R-Ind) |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$0 |
|
Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$0 |
|
John Shadegg (R-Ariz) |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$0 |
|
Mike Doyle (D-Pa) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Barney Frank (D-Mass) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Mike Honda (D-Calif) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Eric Cantor (R-Va) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Thomas M. Barrett (D-Wis) |
$4,000 |
$3,750 |
$250 |
|
Bob Barr (R-Ga) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Jim Davis (D-Fla) |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$0 |
|
Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
Tom Sawyer (D-Ohio) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
Joseph M. Hoeffel (D-Pa) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
Harold E. Ford Jr (D-Tenn) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
John D. Dingell (D-Mich) |
$3,500 |
$3,000 |
$500 |
|
Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
Brian Baird (D-Wash) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
John H. Isakson (R-Ga) |
$3,500 |
$3,500 |
$0 |
|
Jim Nussle (R-Iowa) |
$3,300 |
$3,300 |
$0 |
|
Michael N. Castle (R-Del) |
$3,000 |
$1,000 |
$2,000 |
|
Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Anthony Weiner (D-NY) |
$3,000 |
$1,000 |
$2,000 |
|
Maxine Waters (D-Calif) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Brad Sherman (D-Calif) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
C. W. Bill Young (R-Fla) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Lynn Rivers (D-Mich) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Joseph R. Pitts (R-Pa) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Cynthia A. McKinney (D-Ga) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Frank R. Mascara (D-Pa) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Norm Dicks (D-Wash) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Leonard L. Boswell (D-Iowa) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Robert Aderholt (R-Ala) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Gene Green (D-Texas) |
$3,000 |
$3,000 |
$0 |
|
Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill) |
$2,800 |
$0 |
$2,800 |
|
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) |
$2,800 |
$2,800 |
$0 |
|
Michael R. McNulty (D-NY) |
$2,750 |
$2,750 |
$0 |
|
Edward Whitfield (R-Ky) |
$2,600 |
$2,600 |
$0 |
|
Elton Gallegly (R-Calif) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
Dick Armey (R-Texas) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
James E. Clyburn (D-SC) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
Darlene Hooley (D-Ore) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
Jay Inslee (D-Wash) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
Steven C. Latourette (R-Ohio) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
Dennis Moore (D-Kan) |
$2,500 |
$2,000 |
$500 |
|
Ike Skelton (D-Mo) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
Lamar Smith (R-Texas) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
Joseph Crowley (D-NY) |
$2,500 |
$2,500 |
$0 |
|
John B. Larson (D-Conn) |
$2,250 |
$1,000 |
$1,250 |
|
William D. Delahunt (D-Mass) |
$2,250 |
$2,000 |
$250 |
|
Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY) |
$2,250 |
$2,250 |
$0 |
|
Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) |
$2,200 |
$1,500 |
$700 |
|
Melvin Watt (D-NC) |
$2,200 |
$2,000 |
$200 |
|
James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
George Nethercutt (R-Wash) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Tom Udall (D-NM) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Mark Udall (D-Colo) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Jim Turner (D-Texas) |
$2,000 |
$1,500 |
$500 |
|
John M. Shimkus (R-Ill) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
E. Clay Shaw Jr (R-Fla) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Dan Miller (R-Fla) |
$2,000 |
$0 |
$2,000 |
|
Amo Houghton (R-NY) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Paul E. Gillmor (R-Ohio) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
George W. Gekas (R-Pa) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Tom DeLay (R-Texas) |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$0 |
|
Sanford D. Bishop Jr (D-Ga) |
$2,000 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
|
Marge Roukema (R-NJ) |
$1,750 |
$1,750 |
$0 |
|
Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) |
$1,625 |
$1,625 |
$0 |
|
Greg Ganske (R-Iowa) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Mike McIntyre (D-NC) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Thomas Gerard Tancredo (R-Colo) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
John E. Sweeney (R-NY) |
$1,500 |
$500 |
$1,000 |
|
Charles W. Stenholm (D-Texas) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Vic Snyder (D-Ark) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Jim Ramstad (R-Minn) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Mike Pence (R-Ind) |
$1,500 |
$1,000 |
$500 |
|
Major R. Owens (D-NY) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
John L. Mica (R-Fla) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
John Thune (R-SD) |
$1,500 |
$1,000 |
$500 |
|
Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Mark Green (R-Wis) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Tony P. Hall (D-Ohio) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Mark Foley (R-Fla) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Vernon J. Ehlers (R-Mich) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Bob Clement (D-Tenn) |
$1,500 |
$0 |
$1,500 |
|
Mary Bono (R-Calif) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Richard H. Baker (R-La) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Barbara Lee (D-Calif) |
$1,500 |
$1,500 |
$0 |
|
Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) |
$1,300 |
$1,300 |
$0 |
|
Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) |
$1,300 |
$1,000 |
$300 |
|
Robert Wexler (D-Fla) |
$1,250 |
$1,000 |
$250 |
|
Martin Olav Sabo (D-Minn) |
$1,250 |
$1,250 |
$0 |
|
Richard M. Burr (R-NC) |
$1,250 |
$1,000 |
$250 |
|
Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY) |
$1,250 |
$1,250 |
$0 |
|
James T. Walsh (R-NY) |
$1,100 |
$1,100 |
$0 |
|
Ed Royce (R-Calif) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Jefferson B. Miller (R-Fla) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Scott McInnis (R-Colo) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Denny Rehberg (R-Mont) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Bob Riley (R-Ala) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Betty McCollum (D-Minn) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Tim Roemer (D-Ind) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Robert W. Schaffer (R-Colo) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Adam Schiff (D-Calif) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Pete Stark (D-Calif) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
John Sullivan (R-Okla) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Bill Thomas (R-Calif) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Mike Thompson (D-Calif) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Karen L. Thurman (D-Fla) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
David Vitter (R-La) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Jim Matheson (D-Utah) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
David E. Bonior (D-Mich) |
$1,000 |
$0 |
$1,000 |
|
Robin Hayes (R-NC) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Nick Lampson (D-Texas) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Philip M. Crane (R-Ill) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Nathan Deal (R-Ga) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Sam Farr (D-Calif) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Bob Filner (D-Calif) |
$1,000 |
$0 |
$1,000 |
|
Jeff Flake (R-Ariz) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Darrell Issa (R-Calif) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Bill Jenkins (R-Tenn) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Richard "Doc" Hastings (R-Wash) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Baron P. Hill (D-Ind) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Tim Holden (D-Pa) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Steve Israel (D-NY) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
John J. LaFalce (D-NY) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Vito J. Fossella (R-NY) |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$0 |
|
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill) |
$800 |
$500 |
$300 |
|
Henry Bonilla (R-Texas) |
$700 |
$500 |
$200 |
|
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis) |
$700 |
$0 |
$700 |
|
Ciro D. Rodriguez (D-Texas) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Patrick J Toomey (R-Pa) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Jim Maloney (D-Conn) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Jerry Moran (R-Kan) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Ed Schrock (R-Va) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Gene Taylor (D-Miss) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Melissa A. Hart (R-Pa) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Adam Smith (D-Wash) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Joe Baca (D-Calif) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Sander M. Levin (D-Mich) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Tom Lantos (D-Calif) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Jim Langevin (D-RI) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Sue W. Kelly (R-NY) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
James C. Greenwood (R-Pa) |
$500 |
$0 |
$500 |
|
Virgil Goode (R-Va) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
John J. "Jimmy" Duncan Jr (R-Tenn) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Bud Cramer (D-Ala) |
$500 |
$0 |
$500 |
|
William J. Coyne (D-Pa) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
Brian D. Kerns (R-Ind) |
$500 |
$500 |
$0 |
|
James V. Hansen (R-Utah) |
$300 |
$0 |
$300 |
|
Sonny Callahan (R-Ala) |
$300 |
$300 |
$0 |
|
Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY) |
$250 |
$0 |
$250 |
|
James A. Barcia (D-Mich) |
$250 |
$250 |
$0 |
|
Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill) |
$250 |
$250 |
$0 |
|
Van Hilleary (R-Tenn) |
$250 |
$0 |
$250 |
|
Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) |
$250 |
$0 |
$250 |
|
Peter T. King (R-NY) |
$250 |
$0 |
$250 |
|
David D. Phelps (D-Ill) |
$250 |
$0 |
$250 |
|
David L. Hobson (R-Ohio) |
$200 |
$200 |
$0 |
|
Richard W. Pombo (R-Calif) |
$200 |
$0 |
$200 |
*Based on FEC data downloaded 6/1/02. Figures represent contributions from PAC, soft money and individual donors affiliated with MCI Telecommunications, WorldCom Inc, and MCI WorldCom, 1989-2002.
ALL ABOARD!!! The Hipocrisy Express will be leaving on track 9. Democrats to the front of the car please!
The percentages have changed somewhat over time, but their main focus was always to funnel money to members sympathetic to legislation which benefitted them. Plus, funneling money to those on the fence.
It's long been my conviction that (a) Mr. John McCain (Mr. CFR) is at or near the top of many of these kinds of companies' contribution lists, and (b) Those members sitting on the fence do so looking for a reason (money) to vote a certain way. When the money comes, it's amazing how it changes a point of view.
This only further goes to show it is not a question of getting money out of politics to clean it up. It is a question of getting power out of the hands of politicians to clean it up.
When that happens, nobody will bother giving politicians money (except maybe Mom and Uncle Fred). Then businesses can get on with protecting their stockholders and careers by beating the competition with service and better products rather than beating them by buying strategically placed politicians.
"These many." -- John Sidgmore, the chief executive of WorldCom, in response to the question, "How many millions did you personally pocket before announcing the bankrupty of your company?"
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