Friday, November 18, 2011
Teabaggers are fast learners
Well, the ones in Congress sure are. In the short time they have been in Washington they have learned the lessons of where the money is and how to suction it up as fast as possible, as well as any of Congresscritter.
"Business as usual," says Mary Boyle of good-government group Common Cause. "The lobbyists and other traditional Washington powers know that the newbies will learn fast that they need them, and their rolodexes."...It's the people who vote for these Teabaggers who never learn.
Among the biggest PAC donors to the tea party freshmen are familiar Washington faces, including Honeywell International, which led the way both in number of donations and overall money given. The top five corporate PACs that donated to these freshmen:
- Honeywell International, a Fortune 100 company best known for its defense manufacturing, made 52 donations worth at least $105,000
- The American Bankers Association, one of the major trade associations for the financial sector, made 31 donations worth at least $53,000
- Lockheed Martin, one of the biggest defense contractors in the country, with 30 donations for at least $28,000
- Koch Industries, the company run by conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, made 29 donations worth at least $38,000
- The National Association of Realtors, a major trade group for real estate agents, with 29 donations worth $34,000
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