The Price of Political Influence
These statistics from OpenSecrets.org provide interesting perspectives.
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K. Bailey Hutchison sits on that
committee and got $54,550 from home builders (vs. $20,858 average).
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Home builders gave nearly $65 million to members of Congress
since 1990. (good charts show distribution)
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Houston home builder Bob Perry is the Top contributor to 527s.
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Telcos gave over $199 million.
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