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kpete

(72,056 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2015, 02:28 PM Jun 2015

Corporations paid senators a small bundle to Fast-Track the TPP bill

Using data from the Federal Election Commission,this chart shows all donations that corporate members of the US Business Coalition for TPP made to US Senate campaigns between January and March 2015, when fast-tracking the TPP was being debated in the Senate:

Out of the total $1,148,971 given, an average of $17,676.48 was donated to each of the 65 “yea” votes.

The average Republican member received $19,673.28 from corporate TPP supporters.

The average Democrat received $9,689.23 from those same donors.

Now we see that the Democrats are the "lesser of two evils" because they'll do the same evil for less money.

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2015/06/corporations-paid-very-small-bundle-to.htmlhttp://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/corporations-paid-senators-small-bundle.html

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Corporations paid senators a small bundle to Fast-Track the TPP bill (Original Post) kpete Jun 2015 OP

The silence is deafening.....but I for one, care about these kinds of things. thanks. nt clarice Jun 2015 #1

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #2

If/When- ruffburr Jun 2015 #3

I would have thought that Democrats FlatBaroque Jun 2015 #4

Citigroup and Bank of America paid out 4 million and 9 million to two corporate executives Elwood P Dowd Jun 2015 #5

clarice

(5,504 posts)

1. The silence is deafening.....but I for one, care about these kinds of things. thanks. nt

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 02:46 PM

Jun 2015

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

2. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 02:49 PM

Jun 2015

ruffburr

(1,190 posts)

3. If/When-

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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 02:51 PM

Jun 2015

This "Trade Deal" is done so will america be done the " stars and stripes" will be reduced to a cover for the "Leveraged States of Corprica" I'm so glad that I'm old and won't have to see the coming disaster that america will become, Even though it is quite painful watching the demise of what once was and could have been a truly great country.

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)

4. I would have thought that Democrats

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 02:54 PM

Jun 2015

would have been the higher class prostitutes. But it seems the Republicans are twice as pricey.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)

5. Citigroup and Bank of America paid out 4 million and 9 million to two corporate executives