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Campaign contributions and voting positions

14 pointsby SlyShyabout 15 years ago

3 comments

hammerdrabout 15 years ago
There is also a logical fallacy that campaign contributions necessarily influence congress(wo)men. Contributions are given to people that others support. Just because someone voted for industry X and was given contribution money by industry X does not imply being 'bought.'<p>That said and taken into consideration, people that are outliers (like this guy: <a href="http://ismycongressmanbought.com/my_cong.php?con=Sodrel,%20Michael" rel="nofollow">http://ismycongressmanbought.com/my_cong.php?con=Sodrel,%20M...</a> and this guy: <a href="http://ismycongressmanbought.com/my_cong.php?con=Chocola,%20Chris)[1]" rel="nofollow">http://ismycongressmanbought.com/my_cong.php?con=Chocola,%20...</a> should be viewed with a suspicious eye.<p>[1] Both happen to be Republicans. I was just viewing my home state (Indiana) where most politicians are Republicans. I am by no means trying to imply one party is better than the other. I am also a Republican.
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notmynameabout 15 years ago
Quite interesting, but I'd love to see a key to the colors used.
prawnabout 15 years ago
FYI:<p><a href="http://ismycongressmanbought.com/my_cong.php?con=%3Cblink%3EHello%20HN" rel="nofollow">http://ismycongressmanbought.com/my_cong.php?con=%3Cblink%3E...</a>