Enron’s Campaign Contributions, 1989-2001- Senate & House

Center For Responsive Politics ^ | January 2002 | N/A

[angkor]

T H E   C E N T E R   F O R   R E S P O N S I V E   P O L I T I C S			T H E   C E N T E R   F O R   R E S P O N S I V E   P O L I T I C S
Enron Contributions to Current Senators, 1989-2001*			Enron Contributions to Current Members of the House of Representatives, 1989-2001*
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			Name	Total
Name	Total		Ken Bentsen (D-Texas)	$42,750
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)	$99,500		Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)	$38,000
Phil Gramm (R-Texas)	$97,350		Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)	$28,909
Conrad Burns (R-Mont)	$23,200		Tom DeLay (R-Texas)	$28,900
Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)	$21,933		Martin Frost (D-Texas)	$24,250
Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)	$18,689		Charles W. Stenholm (D-Texas)	$14,439
Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo)	$18,500		Chet Edwards (D-Texas)	$10,000
Gordon Smith (R-Ore)	$18,000		Doug Bereuter (R-Neb)	$10,000
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)	$14,124		Larry Combest (R-Texas)	$9,820
Chuck Hagel (R-Neb)	$13,331		John D. Dingell (D-Mich)	$9,000
Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)	$12,000		Edward J. Markey (D-Mass)	$8,500
John B. Breaux (D-La)	$11,100		Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore)	$8,500
John McCain (R-Ariz)	$9,500		Kevin Brady (R-Texas)	$8,000
Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah)	$8,053		Sam Johnson (R-Texas)	$7,750
Pat Roberts (R-Kan)	$8,000		Pete Sessions (R-Texas)	$7,500
Bob Graham (D-Fla)	$8,000		Dennis Hastert (R-Ill)	$7,432
John Ensign (R-Nev)	$7,500		Henry Bonilla (R-Texas)	$7,250
Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho)	$7,250		Bill Thomas (R-Calif)	$7,000
Don Nickles (R-Okla)	$7,000		David Dreier (R-Calif)	$7,000
Craig Thomas (R-Wyo)	$7,000		E. Clay Shaw Jr (R-Fla)	$7,000
Tom Daschle (D-SD)	$6,000		Ralph M. Hall (D-Texas)	$6,900
Ben Nelson (D-Neb)	$6,000		W. J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-La)	$6,464
Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind)	$5,750		Scott McInnis (R-Colo)	$6,250
Kent Conrad (D-ND)	$5,650		Michael G. Oxley (R-Ohio)	$5,850
Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo)	$4,500		Dick Armey (R-Texas)	$5,550
Ron Wyden (D-Ore)	$4,000		Rick Boucher (D-Va)	$5,332
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky)	$4,000		Steve Largent (R-Okla)	$5,123
George Allen (R-Va)	$3,500		John Culberson (R-Texas)	$5,000
Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala)	$3,500		Jim McCrery (R-La)	$5,000
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)	$3,500		Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo)	$5,000
Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC)	$3,500		Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)	$4,850
Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)	$3,500		Gene Green (D-Texas)	$4,750
Thad Cochran (R-Miss)	$3,000		Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo)	$4,750
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)	$3,000		Heather A. Wilson (R-NM)	$4,500
Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)	$3,000		John L. Mica (R-Fla)	$4,500
Sam Brownback (R-Kan)	$2,750		Lee Terry (R-Neb)	$4,500
James M. Inhofe (R-Okla)	$2,550		Kay Granger (R-Texas)	$4,500
James M. Jeffords (I-Vt)	$2,500		Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla)	$4,400
Mary L. Landrieu (D-La)	$2,500		Sonny Callahan (R-Ala)	$4,350
Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska)	$2,500		Lamar Smith (R-Texas)	$4,350
Jon L. Kyl (R-Ariz)	$2,450		John M. Shimkus (R-Ill)	$4,250
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo)	$2,300		Cass Ballenger (R-NC)	$4,050
Max Baucus (D-Mont)	$2,250		Cal Dooley (D-Calif)	$4,000
Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-Ill)	$2,038		Nick Lampson (D-Texas)	$4,000
John W. Warner (R-Va)	$2,000		J. C. Watts Jr (R-Okla)	$3,750
Jesse Helms (R-NC)	$2,000		Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr (R-Miss)	$3,750
Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn)	$2,000		Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz)	$3,700
Trent Lott (R-Miss)	$2,000		Jim Nussle (R-Iowa)	$3,700
Evan Bayh (D-Ind)	$2,000		Jim Turner (D-Texas)	$3,500
John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WVa)	$2,000		Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)	$3,500
Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn)	$2,000		Frank Pallone Jr (D-NJ)	$3,500
Tim Johnson (D-SD)	$1,756		Ed Royce (R-Calif)	$3,500
Mike DeWine (R-Ohio)	$1,500		Mark Foley (R-Fla)	$3,500
Jon Corzine (D-NJ)	$1,250		Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)	$3,500
Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-Mich)	$1,000		Joe Skeen (R-NM)	$3,500
Harry Reid (D-Nev)	$1,000		Greg Walden (R-Ore)	$3,500
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)	$1,000	Max Sandlin (D-Texas)	$3,000
Robert C. Byrd (D-WVa)	$1,000	Jerry Lewis (R-Calif)	$3,000
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)	$1,000	Vito J. Fossella (R-NY)	$3,000
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md)	$1,000	David R. Obey (D-Wis)	$3,000
Judd Gregg (R-NH)	$1,000	William M. "Mac" Thornberry (R-Texas)	$3,000
Bill Nelson (D-Fla)	$1,000	Roy Blunt (R-Mo)	$2,500
Wayne Allard (R-Colo)	$1,000	Philip M. Crane (R-Ill)	$2,500
Robert C. Smith (R-NH)	$1,000	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla)	$2,500
Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass)	$1,000	Bud Cramer (D-Ala)	$2,500
Zell Miller (D-Ga)	$1,000	Amo Houghton (R-NY)	$2,500
Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark)	$1,000	Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash)	$2,500
Robert G. Torricelli (D-NJ)	$1,000	Mac Collins (R-Ga)	$2,500
Jean Carnahan (D-Mo)	$1,000	Cliff Stearns (R-Fla)	$2,300
Rick Santorum (R-Pa)	$1,000	David Wu (D-Ore)	$2,250
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)	$950	Wes Watkins (R-Okla)	$2,250
Jim Bunning (R-Ky)	$769	Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla)	$2,000
		Adam Smith (D-Wash)	$2,000
*Based on FEC data downloaded 11/1/01.		Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY)	$2,000
Senators not on this list received no Enron contributions.		Charles Bass (R-NH)	$2,000
		Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)	$2,000
		Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif)	$2,000
		John Thune (R-SD)	$2,000
		Chris John (D-La)	$2,000
		Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio)	$2,000
		Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan)	$2,000
		Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)	$2,000
		Peter Deutsch (D-Fla)	$2,000
		Greg Ganske (R-Iowa)	$2,000
		Edward Whitfield (R-Ky)	$2,000
		Darlene Hooley (D-Ore)	$1,950
		David L. Hobson (R-Ohio)	$1,850
		Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore)	$1,750
		Don Young (R-Alaska)	$1,600
		William P. "Bill" Luther (D-Minn)	$1,503
		Jim Davis (D-Fla)	$1,500
		Harold Rogers (R-Ky)	$1,500
		Anthony Weiner (D-NY)	$1,500
		J. D. Hayworth (R-Ariz)	$1,500
		Charlie Norwood (R-Ga)	$1,500
		Jerry Weller (R-Ill)	$1,500
		George P. Radanovich (R-Calif)	$1,500
		Ed Bryant (R-Tenn)	$1,500
		Bart Gordon (D-Tenn)	$1,500
		Ken Calvert (R-Calif)	$1,500
		Mark Green (R-Wis)	$1,500
		C. W. Bill Young (R-Fla)	$1,500
		Jim Ramstad (R-Minn)	$1,350
		Jerry Moran (R-Kan)	$1,250
		Jim Ryun (R-Kan)	$1,250
		Porter J. Goss (R-Fla)	$1,100
		Gary A. Condit (D-Calif)	$1,041
		James L. Oberstar (D-Minn)	$1,000
		Constance A. Morella (R-Md)	$1,000
		Solomon P. Ortiz (D-Texas)	$1,000
		Richard M. Burr (R-NC)	$1,000
		John Shadegg (R-Ariz)	$1,000
		James P. Moran (D-Va)	$1,000
		Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va)	$1,000
		Nancy L. Johnson (R-Conn)	$1,000
		J. Randy Forbes (R-Va)	$1,000
		Howard Coble (R-NC)	$1,000
		Ric Keller (R-Fla)	$1,000
		Gil Gutknecht (R-Minn)	$1,000
		Rod R. Blagojevich (D-Ill)	$1,000
		Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill)	$1,000
		Steve Buyer (R-Ind)	$1,000
		Tim Roemer (D-Ind)	$1,000
		Roger Wicker (R-Miss)	$1,000
		James C. Greenwood (R-Pa)	$1,000
		Patrick J. Tiberi (R-Ohio)	$1,000
		Anne Northup (R-Ky)	$1,000
		John P. Murtha (D-Pa)	$1,000
		Norm Dicks (D-Wash)	$1,000
		Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo)	$900
		Tom Latham (R-Iowa)	$800
		John E. Sununu (R-NH)	$800
		Richard H. Baker (R-La)	$800
		Curt Weldon (R-Pa)	$750
		Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio)	$550
		David Vitter (R-La)	$500
		Michael N. Castle (R-Del)	$500
		Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif)	$500
		Tom Sawyer (D-Ohio)	$500
		Rick Larsen (D-Wash)	$500
		Jim McDermott (D-Wash)	$500
		Melissa A. Hart (R-Pa)	$500
		Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo)	$500
		Xavier Becerra (D-Calif)	$500
		Ciro D. Rodriguez (D-Texas)	$500
		George Nethercutt (R-Wash)	$500
		Dan Miller (R-Fla)	$500
		Donald Manzullo (R-Ill)	$500
		Tom Petri (R-Wis)	$500
		Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich)	$500
		Baron P. Hill (D-Ind)	$500
		Ted Strickland (D-Ohio)	$500
		Steve Chabot (R-Ohio)	$500
		John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)	$500
		Karen McCarthy (D-Mo)	$500
		John Tanner (D-Tenn)	$500
		Dave Weldon (R-Fla)	$500
		Robert Wexler (D-Fla)	$500
		Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla)	$500
		Mary Bono (R-Calif)	$500
		Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga)	$500
		Ron Paul (R-Texas)	$500
		Nick J. Rahall II (D-WVa)	$500
		Frank R. Wolf (R-Va)	$500
		Bob Ney (R-Ohio)	$500
		Robert Menendez (D-NJ)	$500
		Cynthia A. McKinney (D-Ga)	$500
		William J. Jefferson (D-La)	$500
		Duncan Hunter (R-Calif)	$500
		Brad Sherman (D-Calif)	$500
		Jane Harman (D-Calif)	$500
		Christopher B. Cannon (R-Utah)	$500
		James V. Hansen (R-Utah)	$500
		Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas)	$500
		Edolphus Towns (D-NY)	$500
		Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa)	$500
		Ernest Istook (R-Okla)	$500
		Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas)	$500
		Joel Hefley (R-Colo)	$350
		Peter T. King (R-NY)	$300
		Wally Herger (R-Calif)	$300
		Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)	$250
		Eric Cantor (R-Va)	$250
		Jesse Jackson Jr (D-Ill)	$250
		Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif)	$250
		Brian Baird (D-Wash)	$250
		Albert R. Wynn (D-Md)	$125
		*Based on FEC data downloaded 11/1/01.
		Members not on this list received no Enron contributions.

[Southack]

A couple of interesting facts in this scandal are that Enron was the 7th largest public company in America, but not even in the top ten 2000 Presidential campaign donors. Another interesting tidbit is that Enron got favors such as trade delegation trips and power plant deals from the Clinton administration after making $100,000 donations to Clinton and/or the DNC, but received no favors at all from the Bush administration.

I also find it humorous that Democrats whined like spoiled children about Bush being "good" to his energy "buddies" during the 2000 Presidential campaign, yet Bush resolved the California power crisis in a way that left two major energy companies insolvent and Bush refused to bail out Enron from its fraud-induced debacle, either.

Isn't funny how the initial screams of presstitutes and Democrats are always proven later to be complete fabrications?!

[Ridin' Shotgun]

LOL! The only thing that's in the bag is that we've been sold out by both parties. To the same degree and for the same reasons. They just pontificate with different rhetoric to give us the idea that we really DO have a choice.

Enron and all the rest of the mega-multi-national-trans-national-immoral-loyal-to-none-godless corporate entities, purchase and therefore control the actions of every potential leader from BOTH sides of the aisle, before his name even appears on a ballot.

These 'controllers' are government's silent partners and are our silent rulers. As a simple example: regardless of solemn campaign promises, Ole' read-my-lips raised taxes because he was 'told' to.

So with appropriate promises of 'protection from the top', these heartless corpulent bastards can proceed to rob the devil himself (mortgaging us in the deal) without fear of retribution because they always build in auto-escape-hatches for themselves, for when they're outed or when they've raped until they're sated.

In this case, the suckers are the 401K employees who were enticed/forced to invest in the company and who once again, will take it in the shorts while the top dogs escape with the funds. But by extension, you take it in the shorts, too. With your own support.

But no one's head will roll, because government builds in its own protections too. They are called things called 'national security concerns' and 'plausible deniability' (or I was baking cookies for my daughter). And the dumbed down masses buy into it. And buy into it. And buy into it. Until their purchasing power disappears. Then behold our future. Argentina.

[angkor]

It doesn't matter what numbers are placed before the eyes of MissInterpret. She's using Rat logic.

[angkor]

it's reasonable to assume that the sitting Senator from Missouri was also a recipient.

Ashcroft received soft money from Enron. The Congressional figures herein are "hard money" because they go directly to a candidate. You can use the link just under the main headline to look for the soft money figures.

Like you and everyone here - except of course the profoundly stupid MissInterpret - Ashcroft is clearly doing the ethical thing by recusing himself.

Now, when will Daschle, Hitlery, Gephardt, Dingle, and the other Rats - all recipients of Enron largesse - make their declarations of recusal?

It'll be interesting to see how quickly this issue is swept under the Senatorial carpet. But there certainly will not be any "Congressional investigation."

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thanks - would be good to add these amounts to the table that shows the direct contributions to politicians.

[angkor]

The soft money figures aren't all that interesting or transparent. Just a ton of repeated contributions to the RNC and DNC. You don't really know what happens to the money after that, since both are simply huge slush funds.

[concerned about politics]

Just about the same to both parties.
Does anyone think maybe this Enron thing is making news against Bush because of the Clinton/Lewinski report out today? I reciently heard about this report comming out. I wonder what it says. I wonder if the press will talk about that, too.
It wouldn't hurt to remind the voters of Monicagate right now.

[finnman69]

Click at this Henry Waxman Enron Tip Site to 'help' him find the Enron 'criminals'

Narc on a Dem site

[angkor]

I sent this:

Recipients of Enron largesse:

Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $42,750
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) $38,000
Martin Frost (D-Texas) $24,250
Charles W. Stenholm (D-Texas) $14,439
Chet Edwards (D-Texas) $10,000
John D. Dingell (D-Mich) $9,000
Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) $8,500

And they said:

"Thank you for contributing to the work of the Committee on Government Reform - Minority Office."

"Updates on this investigation will be posted on this website. Please check back often."

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

But the timing of the soft money donation - the one made AFTER the Bush team told Enron NO BAIL OUT - is HUGE!

[harpo11]

Do you know if Gov. Gray-out Davis (D-CA) received campaign contributions from Enron?

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

"we know you're going belly up...contribute to our cause and we'll nail Bush"

Exactly my thought just from casual observation. Boies and Bennett being involved, however, cement that factoid.

This is so clear - it is mindboggling - but the Dxxx Dems have nothing else to use against President Bush - except for economic hardships THEY ARE CAUSING by their refusal to cut taxes and by yammering on about ending the tax cuts passed last year!

Hillary is nothing if not a pure communist.

[snopercod]

Is there really a senator from Idaho named Crapo?

Yes. He is most famous for inventing the low-flush toilet.

[Phantom Lord]

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