{"id":15889,"date":"2011-08-15T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T19:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15889"},"modified":"2011-08-15T13:42:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T19:42:25","slug":"melanie-waddell-top-10-industry-donors-to-congressional-deficit-panel-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15889","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Waddell: Top 10 Industry Donors to Congressional Deficit Panel Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Bank of America among contributors to ‘Super Committee’ charged with deficit reduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne<\/a><\/p>\n

August 15, 2011<\/p>\n

MapLight, which tracks donations to politicians, released on Friday <\/a>an analysis of campaign contributions to the 12 members of Congress appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The list of contributors includes such heavy hitters as J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.<\/p>\n

The members of the so-called \u201cSuper Committee\u201d are Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), and Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.).<\/p>\n

Click here to continue reading “Top 10 Industry Donors to Congressional Deficit Panel Members” by Melanie Waddell<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nBy Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n

The defense industry already has a head start: since 2007, the members of the new deficit committee have taken roughly $1 million in war industry contributions to their PACs and campaign committees. Here\u2019s how much they\u2019ve each taken, according to OpenSecrets.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n