On the take... your elected officials

Your government is bought and paid for by special interest groups who bury them in cash.  Why can't we get a single payer bill through Congress?  Well, have a look at the Senate Finance Committee, headed by Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley.

Issue: Health Care Reform. 

Bribery: members of the Senate Finance Committee

The Senate Finance Committee members are indentured to the people who want to kill health care reform to the tune of $51.2 million dollars, an average of $2.26 million each.  Democrats have taken more money than Republicans.

Max Baucus (D, MT) Baucus is the ranking Dem on the Senate Finance Committee.  In his career, he has taken $2.79 million from the health sector and $1.17 million from the insurance sector for a total of $3.96 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) Career total from health sector is $1.67 million, insurance sector $394,000 for a total of $2.06 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Kent Conrad (D-ND) Career total from health sector is $1.33 million, insurance sector $821,000 for a total of $2.15 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Career total from health sector is $861.000, insurance sector $161,000 for a total of $1.02 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

John Kerry (D-MA) Career total from health sector is $8.14 million, insurance sector $1.39 million for a total of $9.53 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Career total from health sector is $1.28 million, insurance sector $440,000 for a total of $1.72 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) Career total from health sector is $1.16 million, insurance sector $229,000 for a total of $1.38 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Charles Schumer (D-NY) Career total from health sector is $1.40 million, insurance sector $946,000 for a total of $2.34 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Career total from health sector is $1.88 million, insurance sector $246,000 for a total of $2.13 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Career total from health sector is $573,000, insurance sector $81,000 for a total of $654,000 from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Bill Nelson (D-FL) Career total from health sector is $1.16 million, insurance sector $520,000 for a total of $1.68 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Career total from health sector is $1.22 million, insurance sector $459,000 for a total of $1.68 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Thomas Carper (D-DE) Career total from health sector is $452,000, insurance sector $447,000 for a total of $899,000 from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Grassley is beneath contempt for his crazed antics and flip answers to legitimate questions.  For example, when asked what his solution was for the uninsured if they want insurance as good as his, he said "Go to work for the government". Career total from health sector is $1.87 million, insurance sector $858,000 for a total of $2.73 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Career total from health sector is $2.31 million, insurance sector $659,000 for a total of $2.97 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Career total from health sector is $744,000, insurance sector $408,000 for a total of $1.15 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Career total from health sector is $1.97 million, insurance sector $533,000 for a total of $2.50 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Jim Bunning (R-KY) Career total from health sector is $1.05 million, insurance sector $769,000 for a total of $1.82 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Mike Crapo (R-ID) Career total from health sector is $549,000, insurance sector $361,000 for a total of $910,000 from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Pat Roberts (R-KS) Career total from health sector is $1.88 million, insurance sector $246,000 for a total of $2.13 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

John Ensign (R-NV) Career total from health sector is $1.79 million, insurance sector $580,000 for a total of $2.37 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Mike Enzi (R-WY) Career total from health sector is $613,000, insurance sector $241,000 for a total of $854,000 from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

John Cornyn (R-TX) Career total from health sector is $2.0 million, insurance sector $560,000 for a total of $2.56 million from anti-health-reform lobbyists.

Source: Sunlight Foundation