List of Democrats who have taken Abramoff money

1/4/06

[MNJohnnie]

Abramoff Lobbying & Political Contributions to Democrats, per FEC Records

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500

* Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500

* Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250

* Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000

* Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250

* Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765

* Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500

* Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950

* Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000

* Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500

* Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792

* Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300

* Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000

* Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000

* Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250

* Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750

* Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000

* Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000

* Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250

* Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300

* Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550

* Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000 * Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000

* Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000

* Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830

* Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891

* Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550

* Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991

* Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168

* Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200

* Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500

* Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300

* Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500

* Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941

* Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000

* Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500

* Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300

* Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550

* Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250

* Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least – $6,250 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte $423,480

Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $354,700

Democratic National Cmte $65,720

Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) $42,500
Patty Murray (D-Wash) $40,980
Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000
Harry Reid (D-Nev) $30,500
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) $28,000
Tom Daschle (D-SD) $26,500
Democratic Party of Michigan $23,000
Brad R. Carson (D-Okla) $20,600
Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich) $19,000
Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md) $17,500
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $15,500
Democratic Party of Oklahoma $15,000
Chris John (D-La) $15,000
John Breaux (D-La) $13,750
Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) $13,600
Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo) $12,000
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La) $11,500
Barney Frank (D-Mass) $11,100
Max Baucus (D-Mont) $11,000
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $10,000
Democratic Party of North Dakota $10,000
Nick Rahall (D-WVa) $10,000

Democratic Party of South Dakota $9,500

Democratic Party of Minnesota $9,000

Ron Kind (D-Wis) $9,000

Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $8,500

Joe Baca (D-Calif) $8,000

Dick Durbin (D-Ill) $8,000

Xavier Becerra (D-Calif) $7,523

Tim Johnson (D-SD) $7,250

Democratic Party of New Mexico $6,250

Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) $6,000

David E. Bonior (D-Mich) $5,000

Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) $5,000

Democratic Party of Montana $5,000

Fritz Hollings (D-SC) $5,000

Jay Inslee (D-Wash) $5,000

Thomas P. Keefe Jr. (D-Wash) $5,000

Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md) $5,000

Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich) $5,000

Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) $4,500

Tom Carper (D-Del) $4,000

Kent Conrad (D-ND) $4,000

Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis) $4,000

Sander Levin (D-Mich) $4,000

Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif) $4,000

George Miller (D-Calif) $4,000

Kalyn Cherie Free (D-Okla) $3,500

James L. Oberstar (D-Minn) $3,500

Charles J. Melancon (D-La) $3,100

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $3,000

Cal Dooley (D-Calif) $3,000

John B. Larson (D-Conn) $3,000

David R. Obey (D-Wis) $3,000

Ed Pastor (D-Ariz) $3,000

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $3,000

Richard M. Romero (D-NM) $3,000

Brad Sherman (D-Calif) $3,000

Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss) $3,000

Max Cleland (D-Ga) $2,500

Grace Napolitano (D-Calif) $2,500

Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif) $2,500

Bill Luther (D-Minn) $2,250

Gene Taylor (D-Miss) $2,250

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) $2,000

Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $2,000

Dan Boren (D-Okla) $2,000

Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn) $2,000

John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $2,000

Doug Dodd (D-Okla) $2,000

Ned Doucet (D-La) $2,000

Lane Evans (D-Ill) $2,000

Sam Farr (D-Calif) $2,000

John Neely Kennedy (D-La) $2,000

Carl Levin (D-Mich) $2,000

Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) $2,000

Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $2,000

Robert Menendez (D-NJ) $2,000

Adam Schiff (D-Calif) $2,000
Ronnie Shows (D-Miss) $2,000
Adam Smith (D-Wash) $2,000
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif) $2,000
Mike Thompson (D-Calif) $2,000
Maxine Waters (D-Calif) $2,000
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore) $1,500
Norm Dicks (D-Wash) $1,500
John Kerry (D-Mass) $1,400
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) $1,000
Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif) $1,000
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) $1,000
Jim Costa (D-Calif) $1,000
Susan A. Davis (D-Calif) $1,000
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) $1,000
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $1,000
Tim Holden (D-Pa) $1,000
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) $1,000
Joe Lieberman (D-Conn) $1,000
Jim Maloney (D-Conn) $1,000
David Phelps (D-Ill) $1,000
Charles S. Robb (D-Va) $1,000
Brian David Schweitzer (D-Mont) $1,000
Pete Stark (D-Calif) $1,000
Gloria Tristani (D-NM) $1,000
Derrick B. Watchman (D-Ariz) $1,000
Rick Weiland (D-SD) $1,000
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) $1,000
Ron Wyden (D-Ore) $1,000
Bob Borski (D-Pa) $720
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) $500
Howard L. Berman (D-Calif) $500
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) $500
Democratic Party of Washington $500
Barbara Lee (D-Calif) $500
Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif) $500

Grand Total $1,541,673

[CyberAnt]

http://www.capitaleye.org/abramoff_recips.asp

This is the source!

[HamiltonJay]

Well not to be rude, but most of those monies seem far too little to sway a vote... some perhaps, but 2k or 500 sure isn't going to buy you a vote.

22k maybe 78k probably.. but most of those numbers are way to little to peddle too much influence.

[MNJohnnie]

For about the 50th time.

http://www.capitaleye.org/abramoff_recips.asp

[aShepard]

That's a one hell of a list!

I'm going to the store for some more popcorn and beer. This is going to be fun!

[pointsal]

Did Ellis have his hand in the cookie jar?

[BenLurkin]

Thank you.

[listenhillary]

Money, Mobsters, Murder [MUST READ re: Abramoff and Ney]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551702/posts

I don't know how accurate this is, but it doesn't look good.


Bob Ney (R-Ohio) $31,500

[MNJohnnie]

I agree but that is NOT the problem. The PROBLEM is that the facts of this story are being selectively reported. The ACCUSATION being made is ties to Abrahmoff are proof of guilt. OK. Work from that assumption.

Now explain the ties, by the very members of the Democrat Party MAKING THE ACCUSATION, to the SAME source of supposed corruption?

[MNJohnnie]

Money, Mobsters, Murder [MUST READ re: Abramoff and Ney] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551702/posts

Notice the almost $400,000 given to the Democrat Congressional Comittee did not make it into this story. In fact not one Democrat is even mentioned. Why is that?

[La Enchiladita]

This list has been posted on other threads by 'justanobody' and 'flattorney'.. with the following link:

http://www.nrsc.org/newsdesk/document.aspx?ID=1362

I am just stating this for clarification.

[Huck]

That's cool, but why not post BOTH parties? That would be even more helpful.

[Lady Heron]

Question: Politicians receive money daily and do not check who they are receiving it from, so unless the politician did something in return for the money different than what he would have normally done(being influenced by the money) he has done nothing wrong, so who was influenced? Because until we know that this is a non-story.

From what I can see this is nothing more than politics by the MSM against republicans at this point. Republicans ought to be out screaming from the roof tops bias holding up a list of the dems also any time this comes up, and pointing it out any time a reporter opens his mouth

Republicans not campaigning against the MSM every time bias is shown is just stupid at this point especially with so many alternate sources of news....just keep point is out....people learn quick.

[MNJohnnie]

Do you always have trouble reading?

Nope. However, You are demonstrating an inablity to behave as a civil, rational adult. I have no intrested to catering to your petulentce. Here is the point since you seem to have trouble grasping what THIS thread is about./

The PROBLEM is that the facts of this story are being selectively reported. The ACCUSATION being made is ties to Abrahmoff are proof of guilt. OK. Work from that assumption.

Now explain the ties, by the very members of the Democrat Party who are MAKING THE ACCUSATIONS, to the SAME source of supposed corruption?

[NeoCaveman]

Thanks Johnnie for adding some balance to the media's partisan reporting.

[Coop]

Great work!

[MNJohnnie]

My point in this thread was to point out the slective reporting. This link will give you the WHOLE list. I personal have no opinion about Abrhamoff and really do not care what happens to him. That is why we have Judges and Courts to determine his fate.

http://www.capitaleye.org/abramoff_recips.asp

The PROBLEM I am trying to point out is that the facts of this story are being selectively reported. The ACCUSATION being made is ties to Abrahmoff are proof of guilt. OK. Work from that assumption. Now explain the ties, by the very members of the Democrat Party who are MAKING THE ACCUSATIONS, to the SAME source of supposed corruption?

[CyberAnt]

Rush has mentioned that she is.

[Just A Nobody]

this list is all over FR with no citation

I have posted this list a few times on FR, and have provided links every time.

[Liz]

Abramoff gave Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) $36,000........Rangel wrote to the NY Post:


I TOOK NO $ FROM ABRAMOFF
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/letters/59716.htm
January 1, 2006

The Post has done me a grave injustice with the article, "Rangel's Wampum Linked to Scandal" (Dec. 27), printed beneath a headline that connects my friendship with the Native American community to an association with sleazy lobbyist Jack Abramoff. You imply this guilt-by-association despite my specific denial to your reporter that I know Abramoff or have ever, to my knowledge, taken a dime from him.

I repeat, I don't know Abramoff, have never met Abramoff and have never accepted a political contribution from Abramoff. But if I do find that any contribution I have received was made at the behest of Abramoff, I will return it. Contributions by Native Americans to my political campaigns have nothing to do with Abramoff but result from my legislative efforts in defense of Native American rights and sovereignty for many years.

SNIP

Charles B. Rangel Member of Congress, Manhattan

[Huck]

I get it. I guess it's sort of ironic to decry selective reporting by selectively reporting. Seems like it'd make more sense to include the WHOLE list, which is what the MSM should be doing, doncha think?