Update: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Lawmakers
When the federal government announced two months ago that it would prop up mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, CRP looked at how much money members of Congress had collected since 1989 from the companies. On Sunday the government completely took over the two government-sponsored enterprises, and we've returned to our data to bring you the updates, this time providing a list of all 354 lawmakers who have gotten money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (in July we posted the top 25). These totals are based on data released electronically from the FEC on Sept. 2 and include contributions to lawmakers' leadership PACs and candidate committees from the floundering companies' PACs and employees. Current members of Congress have received a total of $4.8 million from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with Democrats collecting 57 percent of that. This week we also wrote about how much money lawmakers had invested of their own money in the companies last year--a total of up to $1.7 million.
All Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008
| Name | Office | State | Party | Grand Total | Total from PACs |
Total from Individuals |
| Dodd, Christopher J | S | CT | D | $165,400 | $48,500 | $116,900 |
| Obama, Barack | S | IL | D | $126,349 | $6,000 | $120,349 |
| Kerry, John | S | MA | D | $111,000 | $2,000 | $109,000 |
| Bennett, Robert F | S | UT | R | $107,999 | $71,499 | $36,500 |
| Bachus, Spencer | H | AL | R | $103,300 | $70,500 | $32,800 |
| Blunt, Roy | H | MO | R | $96,950 | $78,500 | $18,450 |
| Kanjorski, Paul E | H | PA | D | $96,000 | $57,500 | $38,500 |
| Bond, Christopher S 'Kit' | S | MO | R | $95,400 | $64,000 | $31,400 |
| Shelby, Richard C | S | AL | R | $80,000 | $23,000 | $57,000 |
| Reed, Jack | S | RI | D | $78,250 | $43,500 | $34,750 |
| Reid, Harry | S | NV | D | $77,000 | $60,500 | $16,500 |
| Clinton, Hillary | S | NY | D | $76,050 | $8,000 | $68,050 |
| Davis, Tom | H | VA | R | $75,499 | $13,999 | $61,500 |
| Boehner, John | H | OH | R | $67,750 | $60,500 | $7,250 |
| Conrad, Kent | S | ND | D | $64,491 | $22,000 | $42,491 |
| Reynolds, Tom | H | NY | R | $62,200 | $53,000 | $9,200 |
| Johnson, Tim | S | SD | D | $61,000 | $20,000 | $41,000 |
| Pelosi, Nancy | H | CA | D | $56,250 | $47,000 | $9,250 |
| Carper, Tom | S | DE | D | $55,889 | $31,350 | $24,539 |
| Hoyer, Steny H | H | MD | D | $55,500 | $51,500 | $4,000 |
| Pryce, Deborah | H | OH | R | $55,500 | $45,000 | $10,500 |
| Emanuel, Rahm | H | IL | D | $51,750 | $16,000 | $35,750 |
| Isakson, Johnny | S | GA | R | $49,200 | $35,500 | $13,700 |
| Cantor, Eric | H | VA | R | $48,500 | $46,500 | $2,000 |
| Crapo, Mike | S | ID | R | $47,250 | $40,500 | $6,750 |
| Frank, Barney | H | MA | D | $42,350 | $30,500 | $11,850 |
| Bean, Melissa | H | IL | D | $41,249 | $34,999 | $6,250 |
| Bayh, Evan | S | IN | D | $41,100 | $16,500 | $24,600 |
| McConnell, Mitch | S | KY | R | $41,000 | $40,000 | $1,000 |
| Maloney, Carolyn B | H | NY | D | $39,750 | $16,500 | $23,250 |
| Dorgan, Byron L | S | ND | D | $38,750 | $30,500 | $8,250 |
| Miller, Gary | H | CA | R | $38,000 | $31,500 | $6,500 |
| Rangel, Charles B | H | NY | D | $38,000 | $14,750 | $23,250 |
| Tiberi, Patrick J | H | OH | R | $35,700 | $32,600 | $3,100 |
| Bunning, Jim | S | KY | R | $33,802 | $29,650 | $4,152 |
| Stabenow, Debbie | S | MI | D | $33,450 | $32,000 | $1,450 |
| Chambliss, Saxby | S | GA | R | $33,250 | $22,500 | $10,750 |
| Menendez, Robert | S | NJ | D | $31,250 | $30,500 | $750 |
| Enzi, Mike | S | WY | R | $31,000 | $27,500 | $3,500 |
| Van Hollen, Chris | H | MD | D | $30,700 | $11,000 | $19,700 |
| Landrieu, Mary L | S | LA | D | $30,600 | $20,000 | $10,600 |
| Murray, Patty | S | WA | D | $30,000 | $23,000 | $7,000 |
| Clyburn, James E | H | SC | D | $29,750 | $26,000 | $3,750 |
| Crowley, Joseph | H | NY | D | $29,700 | $25,500 | $4,200 |
| Sessions, Pete | H | TX | R | $29,472 | $24,000 | $5,472 |
| McCrery, Jim | H | LA | R | $29,000 | $26,000 | $3,000 |
| Hooley, Darlene | H | OR | D | $28,750 | $19,500 | $9,250 |
| Royce, Ed | H | CA | R | $28,600 | $4,000 | $24,600 |
| Renzi, Rick | H | AZ | R | $28,250 | $28,000 | $250 |
| Lieberman, Joe | S | CT | I | $28,250 | $11,500 | $16,750 |
| Baucus, Max | S | MT | D | $27,500 | $21,000 | $6,500 |
| Moore, Dennis | H | KS | D | $26,550 | $25,500 | $1,050 |
| Coleman, Norm | S | MN | R | $24,690 | $12,000 | $12,690 |
| Matheson, Jim | H | UT | D | $24,500 | $24,000 | $500 |
| Schumer, Charles E | S | NY | D | $24,250 | $1,500 | $22,750 |
| Durbin, Dick | S | IL | D | $23,750 | $14,000 | $9,750 |
| Rogers, Mike | H | MI | R | $22,750 | $21,000 | $1,750 |
| Lynch, Stephen F | H | MA | D | $22,500 | $13,500 | $9,000 |
| Rockefeller, Jay | S | WV | D | $22,250 | $5,000 | $17,250 |
| Smith, Gordon H | S | OR | R | $22,000 | $20,000 | $2,000 |
| Mikulski, Barbara A | S | MD | D | $21,750 | $16,500 | $5,250 |
| McCain, John | S | AZ | R | $21,550 | $0 | $21,550 |
| Spratt, John M Jr | H | SC | D | $21,500 | $17,000 | $4,500 |
| Brown-Waite, Ginny | H | FL | R | $21,000 | $21,000 | $0 |
| Davis, Geoff | H | KY | R | $21,000 | $19,500 | $1,500 |
| Velazquez, Nydia M | H | NY | D | $20,750 | $16,750 | $4,000 |
| Baca, Joe | H | CA | D | $20,500 | $20,200 | $300 |
| Alexander, Lamar | S | TN | R | $20,500 | $20,000 | $500 |
| Allard, Wayne | S | CO | R | $20,250 | $0 | $20,250 |
| Neugebauer, Randy | H | TX | R | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 |
| Nelson, Ben | S | NE | D | $20,000 | $19,000 | $1,000 |
| Salazar, Ken | S | CO | D | $19,900 | $17,000 | $2,900 |
| Jefferson, William J | H | LA | D | $19,250 | $8,500 | $10,750 |
| Byrd, Robert C | S | WV | D | $18,500 | $8,000 | $10,500 |
| Hatch, Orrin G | S | UT | R | $18,250 | $12,500 | $5,750 |
| Miller, Brad | H | NC | D | $18,000 | $16,500 | $1,500 |
| Sherman, Brad | H | CA | D | $18,000 | $12,500 | $5,500 |
| Craig, Larry | S | ID | R | $18,000 | $15,000 | $3,000 |
| Roberts, Pat | S | KS | R | $18,000 | $18,000 | $0 |
| Waters, Maxine | H | CA | D | $17,800 | $15,000 | $2,800 |
| Biggert, Judy | H | IL | R | $17,750 | $15,500 | $2,250 |
| Gerlach, Jim | H | PA | R | $17,750 | $16,500 | $1,250 |
| Reyes, Silvestre | H | TX | D | $17,550 | $2,000 | $15,550 |
| LaTourette, Steven C | H | OH | R | $17,500 | $17,500 | $0 |
| Brownback, Sam | S | KS | R | $17,300 | $14,250 | $3,050 |
| Barrett, Gresham | H | SC | R | $17,250 | $13,000 | $4,250 |
| Watt, Melvin L | H | NC | D | $17,250 | $13,000 | $4,250 |
| Scott, David | H | GA | D | $17,000 | $13,500 | $3,500 |
| King, Pete | H | NY | R | $16,750 | $1,000 | $15,750 |
| Cummings, Elijah E | H | MD | D | $16,700 | $10,000 | $6,700 |
| Grassley, Chuck | S | IA | R | $16,500 | $14,500 | $2,000 |
| Cantwell, Maria | S | WA | D | $16,250 | $0 | $16,250 |
| Domenici, Pete V | S | NM | R | $16,226 | $7,000 | $9,226 |
| Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie | H | SD | D | $16,200 | $4,500 | $11,700 |
| Putnam, Adam H | H | FL | R | $15,500 | $15,500 | $0 |
| Feinstein, Dianne | S | CA | D | $15,250 | $2,000 | $13,250 |
| Brown, Sherrod | S | OH | D | $15,000 | $15,000 | $0 |
| Feeney, Tom | H | FL | R | $14,750 | $13,500 | $1,250 |
| Sununu, John E | S | NH | R | $14,750 | $0 | $14,750 |
| Hinojosa, Ruben | H | TX | D | $14,500 | $13,000 | $1,500 |
| Capito, Shelley Moore | H | WV | R | $14,250 | $8,000 | $6,250 |
| Burr, Richard | S | NC | R | $14,250 | $13,500 | $750 |
| Jackson, Jesse Jr | H | IL | D | $14,000 | $8,000 | $6,000 |
| Meeks, Gregory W | H | NY | D | $14,000 | $13,500 | $500 |
| Cornyn, John | S | TX | R | $14,000 | $12,000 | $2,000 |
| Collins, Susan M | S | ME | R | $13,000 | $12,000 | $1,000 |
| Boxer, Barbara | S | CA | D | $12,750 | $5,000 | $7,750 |
| McHenry, Patrick | H | NC | R | $12,500 | $12,500 | $0 |
| Israel, Steve | H | NY | D | $12,050 | $10,000 | $2,050 |
| Nunes, Devin Gerald | H | CA | R | $12,000 | $12,000 | $0 |
| Davis, Artur | H | AL | D | $11,750 | $11,500 | $250 |
| Martinez, Mel | S | FL | R | $11,750 | $8,500 | $3,250 |
| Roskam, Peter | H | IL | R | $11,650 | $8,500 | $3,150 |
| Pryor, Mark | S | AR | D | $11,650 | $9,500 | $2,150 |
| Webb, James | S | VA | D | $11,550 | $1,000 | $10,550 |
| Doolittle, John T | H | CA | R | $11,500 | $11,500 | $0 |
| Harkin, Tom | S | IA | D | $11,450 | $6,900 | $4,550 |
| Lee, Barbara | H | CA | D | $11,250 | $11,000 | $250 |
| Thune, John | S | SD | R | $11,057 | $1,000 | $10,057 |
| Klein, Ron | H | FL | D | $11,000 | $11,000 | $0 |
| Mahoney, Tim | H | FL | D | $11,000 | $11,000 | $0 |
| Fossella, Vito | H | NY | R | $10,750 | $7,500 | $3,250 |
| Schultz, Debbie Wasserman | H | FL | D | $10,750 | $9,750 | $1,000 |
| Thompson, Mike | H | CA | D | $10,600 | $1,000 | $9,600 |
| Moran, Jim | H | VA | D | $10,500 | $1,250 | $9,250 |
| Kennedy, Edward M | S | MA | D | $10,500 | $3,000 | $7,500 |
| Clay, William L Jr | H | MO | D | $10,250 | $8,500 | $1,750 |
| Payne, Donald M | H | NJ | D | $10,100 | $5,500 | $4,600 |
| Dingell, John D | H | MI | D | $10,000 | $7,000 | $3,000 |
| Lincoln, Blanche | S | AR | D | $10,000 | $5,500 | $4,500 |
| Levin, Sander | H | MI | D | $9,800 | $0 | $9,800 |
| Roybal-Allard, Lucille | H | CA | D | $9,800 | $5,000 | $4,800 |
| Barrasso, John A | S | WY | R | $9,500 | $9,500 | $0 |
| Nelson, Bill | S | FL | D | $9,500 | $9,000 | $500 |
| Napolitano, Grace | H | CA | D | $9,300 | $8,500 | $800 |
| Castle, Michael N | H | DE | R | $9,200 | $7,000 | $2,200 |
| Drake, Thelma | H | VA | R | $9,000 | $9,000 | $0 |
| Dreier, David | H | CA | R | $9,000 | $7,000 | $2,000 |
| Bachmann, Michele Marie | H | MN | R | $8,850 | $6,500 | $2,350 |
| Gonzalez, Charlie A | H | TX | D | $8,500 | $5,000 | $3,500 |
| Lewis, John | H | GA | D | $8,500 | $4,000 | $4,500 |
| Knollenberg, Joe | H | MI | R | $8,250 | $5,000 | $3,250 |
| Moore, Gwen | H | WI | D | $8,250 | $8,000 | $250 |
| Pastor, Ed | H | AZ | D | $8,100 | $4,500 | $3,600 |
| Norton, Eleanor Holmes | D | DC | D | $8,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| Becerra, Xavier | H | CA | D | $8,000 | $7,000 | $1,000 |
| Jackson Lee, Sheila | H | TX | D | $8,000 | $0 | $8,000 |
| Larson, John B | H | CT | D | $8,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
| Lewis, Jerry | H | CA | R | $8,000 | $7,000 | $1,000 |
| Melancon, Charles J | H | LA | D | $8,000 | $8,000 | $0 |
| Walsh, James T | H | NY | R | $7,750 | $0 | $7,750 |
| Corker, Bob | S | TN | R | $7,750 | $2,000 | $5,750 |
| Cramer, Bud | H | AL | D | $7,500 | $7,000 | $500 |
| Cubin, Barbara | H | WY | R | $7,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 |
| Ensign, John | S | NV | R | $7,300 | $6,000 | $1,300 |
| Meek, Kendrick B | H | FL | D | $7,250 | $6,500 | $750 |
| Wilson, Charlie | H | OH | D | $7,250 | $7,000 | $250 |
| Leahy, Patrick | S | VT | D | $7,250 | $2,500 | $4,750 |
| Cleaver, Emanuel | H | MO | D | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 |
| Marchant, Kenny Ewell | H | TX | R | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 |
| Thompson, Bennie G | H | MS | D | $7,000 | $6,000 | $1,000 |
| Casey, Bob | S | PA | D | $7,000 | $6,000 | $1,000 |
| Solis, Hilda L | H | CA | D | $6,800 | $6,500 | $300 |
| Gordon, Bart | H | TN | D | $6,750 | $4,000 | $2,750 |
| Pomeroy, Earl | H | ND | D | $6,750 | $5,000 | $1,750 |
| Tiahrt, Todd | H | KS | R | $6,500 | $6,500 | $0 |
| Boyd, Allen | H | FL | D | $6,000 | $5,500 | $500 |
| Capuano, Michael E | H | MA | D | $6,000 | $5,000 | $1,000 |
| Heller, Dean | H | NV | R | $6,000 | $6,000 | $0 |
| Marshall, Jim | H | GA0 | D | $6,000 | $6,000 | $0 |
| Whitfield, Ed | H | KY | R | $6,000 | $6,000 | $0 |
| Klobuchar, Amy | S | MN | D | $5,650 | $1,500 | $4,150 |
| Ross, Mike | H | AR | D | $5,550 | $3,000 | $2,550 |
| McCarthy, Carolyn | H | NY | D | $5,500 | $5,500 | $0 |
| Slaughter, Louise M | H | NY | D | $5,500 | $5,500 | $0 |
| Hodes, Paul W | H | NH | D | $5,450 | $5,000 | $450 |
| Cardin, Ben | S | MD | D | $5,300 | $500 | $4,800 |
| Boren, Dan | H | OK | D | $5,250 | $5,000 | $250 |
| Ackerman, Gary | H | NY | D | $5,000 | $4,000 | $1,000 |
| Andrews, Robert E | H | NJ | D | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| Camp, Dave | H | MI | R | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Cole, Tom | H | OK | R | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Davis, Lincoln | H | TN | D | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Hill, Baron | H | IN | D | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Pearce, Steve | H | NM | R | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Perlmutter, Edwin G | H | CO | D | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Weller, Jerry | H | IL | R | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| Snowe, Olympia J | S | ME | R | $5,000 | $4,000 | $1,000 |
| Wicker, Roger | S | MS | R | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Davis, Danny K | H | IL | D | $4,950 | $2,000 | $2,950 |
| Chabot, Steve | H | OH | R | $4,750 | $3,000 | $1,750 |
| Honda, Mike | H | CA | D | $4,750 | $4,000 | $750 |
| Price, David | H | NC | D | $4,550 | $2,050 | $2,500 |
| Hagel, Chuck | S | NE | R | $4,500 | $0 | $4,500 |
| Lugar, Richard G | S | IN | R | $4,500 | $1,000 | $3,500 |
| Kaptur, Marcy | H | OH | D | $4,350 | $1,000 | $3,350 |
| McCollum, Betty | H | MN | D | $4,350 | $0 | $4,350 |
| Carson, Andre | H | IN | D | $4,250 | $4,000 | $250 |
| Obey, David R | H | WI | D | $4,250 | $2,000 | $2,250 |
| Salazar, John | H | CO | D | $4,250 | $4,000 | $250 |
| Sanchez, Loretta | H | CA | D | $4,250 | $3,000 | $1,250 |
| Tanner, John | H | TN | D | $4,250 | $3,500 | $750 |
| Cardoza, Dennis | H | CA | D | $4,000 | $4,000 | $0 |
| English, Phil | H | PA | R | $4,000 | $4,000 | $0 |
| Green, Al | H | TX | D | $4,000 | $4,000 | $0 |
| Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks | H | MI | D | $4,000 | $3,250 | $750 |
| Murphy, Chris | H | CT | D | $4,000 | $4,000 | $0 |
| Tester, Jon | S | MT | D | $4,000 | $3,500 | $500 |
| Rodriguez, Ciro D | H | TX | D | $3,750 | $3,000 | $750 |
| Donnelly, Joe | H | IN | D | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 |
| Matsui, Doris O | H | CA | D | $3,500 | $2,500 | $1,000 |
| Paul, Ron | H | TX | R | $3,500 | $0 | $3,500 |
| Price, Tom | H | GA | R | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 |
| Schmidt, Jean | H | OH | R | $3,500 | $2,500 | $1,000 |
| Wexler, Robert | H | FL | D | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 |
| Wyden, Ron | S | OR | D | $3,500 | $0 | $3,500 |
| Biden, Joseph R Jr | S | DE | D | $3,300 | $0 | $3,300 |
| Gutierrez, Luis V | H | IL | D | $3,250 | $2,500 | $750 |
| Harman, Jane | H | CA | D | $3,250 | $0 | $3,250 |
| Hensarling, Jeb | H | TX | R | $3,250 | $1,500 | $1,750 |
| Kennedy, Patrick J | H | RI | D | $3,250 | $0 | $3,250 |
| Ryan, Paul | H | WI | R | $3,250 | $2,500 | $750 |
| Myrick, Sue | H | NC | R | $3,200 | $1,500 | $1,700 |
| Schwartz, Allyson | H | PA | D | $3,200 | $2,000 | $1,200 |
| Diaz-Balart, Lincoln | H | FL | R | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Lucas, Frank D | H | OK | R | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| McCarthy, Kevin | H | CA | R | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Souder, Mark E | H | IN | R | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Udall, Mark | H | CO | D | $3,000 | $2,500 | $500 |
| Bingaman, Jeff | S | NM | D | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Levin, Carl | S | MI | D | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Stevens, Ted | S | AK | R | $3,000 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Hobson, Dave | H | OH | R | $2,850 | $0 | $2,850 |
| Johnson, Eddie Bernice | H | TX | D | $2,825 | $1,000 | $1,825 |
| Berkley, Shelley | H | NV | D | $2,750 | $2,000 | $750 |
| Jones, Walter B Jr | H | NC | R | $2,750 | $0 | $2,750 |
| Ferguson, Mike | H | NJ | R | $2,700 | $0 | $2,700 |
| Cannon, Chris | H | UT | R | $2,500 | $2,000 | $500 |
| Childers, Travis W | H | MS | D | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 |
| DeGette, Diana | H | CO | D | $2,500 | $2,000 | $500 |
| Ellison, Keith | H | MN | D | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 |
| Keller, Ric | H | FL | R | $2,500 | $2,000 | $500 |
| Oberstar, James L | H | MN | D | $2,500 | $0 | $2,500 |
| Serrano, Jose E | H | NY | D | $2,500 | $1,500 | $1,000 |
| Shays, Christopher | H | CT | R | $2,500 | $2,000 | $500 |
| McCaskill, Claire | S | MO | D | $2,500 | $2,500 | $0 |
| Cuellar, Henry | H | TX | D | $2,450 | $2,000 | $450 |
| Markey, Edward J | H | MA | D | $2,250 | $0 | $2,250 |
| Smith, Adam | H | WA | D | $2,250 | $2,000 | $250 |
| Butterfield, G K | H | NC | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Costa, Jim | H | CA | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Foster, Bill | H | IL | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Grijalva, Raul M | H | AZ | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Hastings, Doc | H | WA | R | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Moran, Jerry | H | KS | R | $2,000 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Murphy, Patrick J | H | PA | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Olver, John W | H | MA | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Porter, Jon | H | NV | R | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Regula, Ralph | H | OH | R | $2,000 | $0 | $2,000 |
| Reichert, Dave | H | WA | R | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Sanchez, Linda | H | CA | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Sires, Albio | H | NJ | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Tauscher, Ellen | H | CA | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Akaka, Daniel K | S | HI | D | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Cochran, Thad | S | MS | R | $2,000 | $2,000 | $0 |
| Whitehouse, Sheldon | S | RI | D | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| Allen, Tom | H | ME | D | $1,950 | $0 | $1,950 |
| Stearns, Cliff | H | FL | R | $1,850 | $1,850 | $0 |
| DeLauro, Rosa L | H | CT | D | $1,750 | $1,000 | $750 |
| Towns, Edolphus | H | NY | D | $1,750 | $0 | $1,750 |
| Hulshof, Kenny | H | MO | R | $1,700 | $1,250 | $450 |
| Fattah, Chaka | H | PA | D | $1,500 | $1,000 | $500 |
| Neal, Richard E | H | MA | D | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 |
| Diaz-Balart, Mario | H | FL | R | $1,450 | $1,000 | $450 |
| Kucinich, Dennis J | H | OH | D | $1,349 | $0 | $1,349 |
| Alexander, Rodney | H | LA | R | $1,250 | $1,250 | $0 |
| Carnahan, Russ | H | MO | D | $1,250 | $1,000 | $250 |
| Wilson, Heather A | H | NM | R | $1,250 | $0 | $1,250 |
| Coburn, Tom | S | OK | R | $1,250 | $0 | $1,250 |
| Feingold, Russ | S | WI | D | $1,250 | $0 | $1,250 |
| Kyl, Jon | S | AZ | R | $1,250 | $0 | $1,250 |
| Linder, John | H | GA | R | $1,150 | $500 | $650 |
| Sestak, Joe | H | PA | D | $1,150 | $0 | $1,150 |
| Specter, Arlen | S | PA | R | $1,100 | $350 | $750 |
| Berry, Marion | H | AR | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Blackburn, Marsha | H | TN | R | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Boswell, Leonard L | H | IA | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Boucher, Rick | H | VA | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Boustany, Charles W Jr | H | LA | R | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Calvert, Ken | H | CA | R | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Campbell, John | H | CA | R | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Cazayoux, Donald J | H | LA | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Conaway, Mike | H | TX | R | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Cooper, Jim | H | TN | D | $1,000 | $500 | $500 |
| Ellsworth, Brad | H | IN | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Filner, Bob | H | CA | D | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Graves, Sam | H | MO | R | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Hayes, Robin | H | NC | R | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Higgins, Brian M | H | NY | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Johnson, Hank | H | GA | D | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Latham, Tom | H | IA | R | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Lofgren, Zoe | H | CA | D | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| McNerney, Jerry | H | CA | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Michaud, Mike | H | ME | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Mitchell, Harry E | H | AZ | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Musgrave, Marilyn | H | CO | R | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Ortiz, Solomon P | H | TX | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Rush, Bobby L | H | IL | D | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Schiff, Adam | H | CA | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Scott, Robert C | H | VA | D | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Smith, Chris | H | NJ | R | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Space, Zachary T | H | OH | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Terry, Lee | H | NE | R | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Walberg, Tim | H | MI | R | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Welch, Peter | H | VT | D | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Wolf, Frank R | H | VA | R | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Dole, Elizabeth | S | NC | R | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Lautenberg, Frank R | S | NJ | D | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 |
| Christian-Green, Donna | D | VI | D | $750 | $0 | $750 |
| Inslee, Jay R | H | WA | D | $750 | $0 | $750 |
| Duncan, John J Jr | H | TN | R | $600 | $600 | $0 |
| Bilbray, Brian P | H | CA | R | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Bishop, Sanford D Jr | H | GA | D | $500 | $500 | $0 |
| Castor, Kathy | H | FL | D | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Edwards, Donna | H | MD | D | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Hinchey, Maurice | H | NY | D | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| LaHood, Ray | H | IL | R | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Mack, Connie | H | FL | R | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Pascrell, Bill Jr | H | NJ | D | $500 | $500 | $0 |
| Pickering, Charles "Chip" Jr | H | MS | R | $500 | $500 | $0 |
| Rehberg, Denny | H | MT | R | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Sarbanes, John | H | MD | D | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Shadegg, John | H | AZ | R | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Skelton, Ike | H | MO | D | $500 | $500 | $0 |
| Smith, Lamar | H | TX | R | $500 | $500 | $0 |
| Stark, Pete | H | CA | D | $500 | $500 | $0 |
| Weldon, Dave | H | FL | R | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Wu, David | H | OR | D | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Graham, Lindsey | S | SC | R | $500 | $0 | $500 |
| Brown, Corrine | H | FL | D | $450 | $0 | $450 |
| Turner, Michael R | H | OH | R | $375 | $0 | $375 |
| Hastings, Alcee L | H | FL | D | $300 | $0 | $300 |
| Warner, John W | S | VA | R | $300 | $0 | $300 |
| Aderholt, Robert B | H | AL | R | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Arcuri, Michael | H | NY | D | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Carney, Chris | H | PA | D | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Dicks, Norm | H | WA | D | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Lampson, Nick | H | TX | D | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Manzullo, Don | H | IL | R | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Platts, Todd | H | PA | R | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Watson, Diane E | H | CA | D | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Weiner, Anthony D | H | NY | D | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| DeMint, James W | S | SC | R | $250 | $0 | $250 |
| Sanders, Bernie | S | VT | I | $250 | $250 | $0 |
| Total | $4,844,572 | $3,017,797 | $1,826,775 |
Includes contributions from PACs and individuals. 2008 cycle totals based on data released electronically by the Federal Election Commission on Sept. 2, 2008.
I think the author of the article, Ms. Mayer, produced the correct data of interest. Some comments on her article regarding omitting contributions of individual directors/officers seem to me to be off the mark. My concern with the contributions to FMae & FMac stems from why a Governmentally-Sponsored Organization has any business whatever, trying to influence Legislators who vote on critical matters relating to the organization. Seems to me this is a direct, and rather unique, conflict of interest and should be illegal on the face of it. But, how an individual , officer or not, elects to donate his monies to Legislators is a totally separate matter. This is a much more general issue that could relate to any person making a donation to a Legislator. I believe campaign finance laws already provide limitations under which this may be done. That the current campaign laws leave much to be desired is certainly a valid point, but that’s a different matter for a different discourse.
Right wing sites are linking to this to suggest that Obama was in the pocket of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac because he is the second highest recipient of donations on the list of Senators and Congressman.
This is an absurd assertion on so many levels. Seeing as how his presidential campaign has raised more money from everywhere than any other in history makes a comparison of his figures to lawmakers raising money for a House or Senate race on its face ludicrous.
And notice how 95% of his contributions came from INDIVIDUALS that work at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These are not the policy makers of the company. These are just employees that reflect America.
Everybody works somewhere. I happen to work for an oil company. My contributions to Obama will show up under the name of an oil company, as will my co-workers'. We support Obama's positions because they're good for America, regardless of whether they may or may not be good for the executives of our company.
So the contributions from individuals in a company do not mean that that company has influence over the candidate.
Why doesn't our government step in and FREEZE all foreclosures, for us, across the board, in every state and let the little guy regroup?
They have some mickey mouse system setup allegedly, to let those of us who are facing foreclosure, "if we fit the criteria" to sign up for help.
It's a sham! Like our credit bureaus and banks are going to allow that to happen. They want the "bad mortgages off the books"
You know, it's all fine and dandy that our government is helping big corporations, fannie mae etc....What about us?
This latest new conference by Paulson, is a joke! They try to make it look like it's helping us, bullpoop!
Those of us who are getting ready to be thrown out on the streets because of this unscrupulous lending?
We are hearing about how they are helping banks and big organizations to regroup, why can't "we the people" regroup?
How can we regroup when the credit bureau's have slaughtered us? How can we ever escape this vortex?
CEO's are walking away with fat pockets and we are crawling away with barely, the shirt on our backs!
Who is going to be our voice? Who can we go to? You can't reach anyone on a top level, they are impossible to get to.
We are drowning. Where is our life boat?
Maybe a naive question, but how does a member of congress justify receiving a contribution directly or indirectly from an organization that is partially subsidized by...legislation passed by congress? Seems like the fox is guarding the hen house.
I also don't understand why directors/officer numbers are not included? From NYT (double checked some at Federal Election Committee http://www.fec.gov/) McCain's contributions ARE higher.
From the Federal Election Committee/NYT
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Directors/Officers/Lobbyists
Contributions
Name McCain Obama
----------------- ------ -------
Geoffrey Boisi $70,100 $0
Alfonse D'Amato $30,800 $0
William Lewis, Jr $0 $4,600
Herbert Allison, Jr $0 $2,300
Brenda Gaines $0 $2,300
Jerome P. Kenney $2,300 $0
Patrick Swygert $1,000 $1,000
Robert Glauber $0 $1,000
Daniel Mudd $1,000 $0
John Sites $1,000 $0
Louis Freeh $200 $0
Others (29 lobbyists) $63,500 $4,800
-------------------- ---------- -------
Total $169,900 $16,000
hmmm...anyone have any insight?
thanks
Thanks for taking the time to respond to this blog item. For a number of reasons, CRP's methodology re: contributions associated with corporations does not include money from the board of directors or lobbyists. We code only employees of the companies receiving a paycheck. Members of the board of directors could be on the boards of multiple companies, so instead of adding their contributions to all of the companies on which boards they sit, their contributions are lumped in with their actual employer's contributions. As for lobbyists who are "hired guns," their contributions would fall under the name of the lobbying firm for which they work, since, similar to directors, lobbyists usually represent multiple clients. In-house lobbyists for a company would be included in the company's totals, however, since the company is their sole employer.
Figured out why the data doesn't match.
The person who compiled this data apparently didn't search the FEC site for the individual donors' names, and probably simply did blanket searches for "Freddie" and "Fannie".
If you search the FEC for "Geoffrey T. Boisi", a Director of Freddie Mac, you will see exactly where the NYT got their data. In fact, Boisi has contributed $72,400 to McCain since 2007.
Yet this data is conveniently omitted from the above.
This data is completely bull.
According to the New York Times, John McCain received $70,100 from Geoffrey T. Boisi, Director of Freddie Mac. Yet this contribution is not included in this data. There are a further $90,000 of contributions to John McCain in the NYT data, also omitted from this list.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/09/10/us/politics/10fannie.graphic.jpg
Total Contributions: $4,844,572
Total by PACs: $3,017,797 (62% of total)
Total by Individuals: $1,826,775 (38% of total)
Total Contributions by Party
(Percentiles are relative to total contributions to specific party divided by total contributions)
Democrats: $2,770,352 (57%)
Republicans: $2,045,720 (42%)
Independents: $28,500 (1%)
PAC Contributions by Party
(Percentiles are relative to total contributions done by PACs to specific party divided by total contributions done by PACS)
Democrats: $1,547,249 (51%)
Republicans: $1,458,798 (48%)
Independents: $11,750 (less than 1%)
Individual Contributions by Party
(Percentiles are relative to total contributions done by individuals to specific party divided by total contributions done by individuals)
Democrats: $1,223,103 (67%)
Republicans: $586,922 (32%)
Independents: $16,750 (1%)
Total Contributions to Democrats
(Percentiles are relative to total contributions to Democrats by PAC or individuals divided by total contributions done to Democrats)
PACs: $1,547,249 (56%)
Individuals: $1,223,103 (44%)
Total Contributions to Republicans
(Percentiles are relative to total contributions to Republicans by PAC or Individuals divided by total contributions done to Republicans)
PACs: $1,458,798 (71%)
Individuals: $586,922 (29%)
Total Contributions to Independents
(Percentiles are relative to total contributions to Independents by PAC or Individuals divided by total contributions done to Independents)
PACs: $11,750 (41%)
Individuals: $16,750 (59%)
Using the obama standard its legit to question how much money he's gotten from Fred and Fannie. Keep in mind he's accused the McCain campaign of being fueled by PAC and lobbyist contributions despite the fact those account for less then 2% of McCain's total campaign intake.
Jesse, McCain may have the lobbyists of Fannie and Fred but the people who actually ran the company are on the other side. Fannie and Fred didn't get here because they spent too much on lobbying. They got here because the people who were running the two did a very poor job. To put another way if Fannie and Fred were succeeding beyond the wildest dreams of Wall Street would anyone care about the lobbyists?
If the point that Charles II makes is that we shouldn't give much weight to the high numbers for Obama, Clinton and Kerry, because each has run for President, what are we to make of the low number for McCain, who has run for President twice?
McCain has also been in Congress for the entire 18.5-year period covered, versus only 3.5 years for Obama.
for example, this list shows McCain receiving almost nothing. But read this...
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=28F13661-3048-5C12-000140B077704AAA
Typically a corporation has a PAC, and it is funded by corporate funds AND individual employee contributions.
Employees have the option to let the company decide how to disburse the money, or can "earmark" the money to their preferred candidates.
Officers, Executives, and managers have varying degrees of pressure to cough up money. But the lower you are, the more latitude you have to earmark.
I would question the validity of the inclusion of the individual contributions. Individual employees can 'earmark' their contributions to their own candidate choices.
So there should be a correlation in the individual amounts between candidates who were successful in getting a lot of private individual donations and individual earmarks.
Look more to the PAC column and keep in mind the duration of the time period, but this is chump change compared to their overall lobbying expenditures.
While the data goes back to 1989, it would be very helpful if you were to also add the year the member received their first donation. some of these folks have been since '89 but quite a few have not.
While the data goes back to 1989, it would be very helpful if you were to also add the year the member received their first donation. some of these folks have been since '89 but quite a few have not.
It would be much more helpful to see the totals as a percent of campaign contributions. As I pointed out on your earlier report, a dollar is much less likely to influence a legislator who has contributions of a million dollars than a legislator who has contributions of 100K.
This is especially telling with anyone who has run for president. Barack Obama has received contributions of over $400M. Against that, any contributions he received from Fannie and Freddie is tiny. You have three major presidential candidates (Obama, Clinton, and Kerry) among your top 20. All of them are Democrats. If you were to look at the rankings by percent of funds raised, you would find a very different picture of which individuals are being influenced-- though doubtless, overall, the attempt to influence legislators is bipartisan.