Public Citizen put out a "Congress Watch" where they see who is most in the pants pockets of lobbyists. Actually, it looks at just about every aspect of lobbying, from which lobbyists give the most to which party received the most lobbyist donations.
The report finds, in the case of donations to a party, Republicans receive 56.6 percent of the funds given out by lobbyists (nearly $58.5 million), to 43.4 percent given to Democrats ($44.7 million).
When it comes to individuals, again, there are more Republicans than Democrats. Out of the 36 Congress members that accepted more than half a million dollars from lobbyists (since 1998), 21 are Republicans. Three of the four who have accepted more than a million are Republicans. The sole Democrat in the million-dollar club is no longer a Senator (Tom Daschle (D-SD)). The other three are Tom DeLay (R-TX), Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa).
Shockingly, in the 2006 cycle, the top 20 Senate recipients of lobbyist donations are evenly split between Republicans and Democrats; a sign that lobbyists believe Democrats will have more power soon?
In the House, Republicans have four of the top five slots and 15 of the top 20 slots in donations for the 2006 cycle. Included are Tom DeLay, Roy Blunt, William Jefferson. See any connection between those four?
There are many, many more stats you can look at, many shocking in that Democrats receive contributions at nearly the same rates as Republicans. This may bode well for Democrats' hopes in November -- or it may show that Democrats are as corrupt as their Republican counterparts.
Oh, but Jack Abramoff -- 100 percent of his contributions were to Republicans
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what is your source
The first link, it links to a .pdf file of Citizen Watch's report.
Or just click here.
You can read their methodology on that .pdf, to see how they got their info.
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Doesn't the government regulate this? It's crazy how much they get