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It looks like Republicans are the majority recipients, but ENRON made sure to hedge it's contributions everywhere. Note the biggest $ contributions went to politicians from Texas, so that could have some bearing on the lopsidedness of the figures as most of them are Republicans. IMHO, if the majority of officeholders were Democrats, the figures would likely have been reversed.

Here are some nice graphs from the same source:

Enron Total Contributions, 1989-2001*

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Election Cycle	Total Contributions	Soft Money Contributions	Contributions from PACs	Contributions from Individuals	% to Dems	% to Repubs
1990	$163,250	$0	$130,250	$33,000	42%	58%
1992	$281,009	$75,109	$130,550	$75,350	42%	58%
1994	$520,996	$136,292	$189,565	$195,139	42%	58%
1996	$1,141,016	$687,445	$171,671	$281,900	18%	81%
1998	$1,049,942	$691,950	$212,643	$145,349	21%	79%
2000	$2,441,398	$1,671,555	$280,043	$489,800	28%	72%
2002	$172,859	$124,059	$32,000	$16,800	11%	88%
TOTAL	$5,770,470	$3,386,410	$1,146,722	$1,237,338	27%	73%

NOTE: Soft money contributions were not publicly disclosed until the 1991-92 election cycle.
*Based on FEC data downloaded 11/1/01.

Top Congressional Recipients
of Enron Contributions, 1989-2001*

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Contributions to Current Members of Congress, 1989-2001*

SENATE	# of Members	Average Contribution	Total Contributions
Democrats	29	$3,811	$110,513
Republicans	41	$10,182	$417,480
Independent	1	$2,500	$2,500
TOTAL	71	$7,472	$530,493

HOUSE	# of Members	Average Contribution	Total Contributions
Democrats	71	$3,622	$257,140
Republicans	117	$2,960	$346,348
TOTAL	188	$3,210	$603,488

Top Presidential Recipients
of Enron Contributions, 1989-2001*

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Name	Total
George W. Bush (R)	$113,800
Bob Dole (R)	$95,650
Al Gore (D)	$13,750
George H. W. Bush (R)*	$13,000
Bill Clinton (D)	$11,000

NOTE: Totals do not include the 1988 election cycle, when George H.W. Bush first ran for president.
*Based on FEC data downloaded 11/1/01.

Where is the $100,000 given to the DNC by Enron in November?????? AFTER the President's team rebuffed ENron's plea for a bailout.

A total of $5 million over 12 years spread over 250+ politicians does not sound like a lot of money somehow.

Thanks for the summary tables. I wonder how the top executives (Lay, et. al) contributed as individuals, if at all.

So all the hot air of yesterday, about how G. W. received over a half-million dollars from Enron, is not true? It seems from the table; yes; no?

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