Top recipients of money from Freddie Mac, AIG, etc.

OpenSecrets ^ | September 30, 2008 | rightcoast

[rightcoast]

Freddie Mac: Recipients

Senate Dodd, Christopher J $28,800
Senate Obama, Barack $21,450
Senate Clinton, Hillary $17,600
House Bachus, Spencer $11,500
House Bean, Melissa $11,249
Senate McCain, John $9,500
Senate Alexander, Lamar $9,000
Senate Bennett, Robert F $8,999
House Davis, Tom $8,999
House Boehner, John $8,000
House Pelosi, Nancy $7,500
Senate Reid, Harry $7,500
House Cantor, Eric $7,000
Presidential Romney, Mitt $6,050
House Frank, Barney $5,500
Senate Johanns, Michael O $5,490
Senate Warner, Mark $5,050
Senate Bond, Christopher S 'Kit' $5,000
Senate Durbin, Dick $5,000
Senate Lott, Trent $5,000

American International Group: Recipients

Senate Dodd, Christopher J $104,300
Senate Obama, Barack $71,761
Senate McCain, John $41,699
Senate Clinton, Hillary $41,431
Senate Baucus, Max $24,750
Senate Biden, Joseph R Jr $19,975
Presidential Romney, Mitt $19,950
Senate Sununu, John E $16,200
House Larson, John B $14,500
Presidential Giuliani, Rudolph W $13,200
House Kanjorski, Paul E $12,000
Senate Durbin, Dick $11,000
House Perlmutter, Edwin G $10,500
House Rangel, Charles B $9,000
Presidential Edwards, John $7,850
Senate Corker, Bob $7,650
House Smith, Chris $6,900
House Neal, Richard E $6,500
Senate Rockefeller, Jay $6,500
Senate Reed, Jack $6,000

Goldman Sachs: Recipients

Senate Obama, Barack $691,930
Senate Clinton, Hillary $468,200
Presidential Romney, Mitt $229,675
Senate McCain, John $208,395
House Himes, Jim $114,748
Presidential Giuliani, Rudolph W $111,750
Senate Dodd, Christopher J $105,400
Presidential Edwards, John $66,450
Senate Specter, Arlen $47,600
House Emanuel, Rahm $32,950
Senate Reed, Jack $30,100
Senate Sununu, John E $29,900
Senate Baucus, Max $26,000
Senate Warner, Mark $25,900
Senate Harkin, Tom $24,580
Senate Lautenberg, Frank R $23,300
House Skelly, Michael Peter $22,657
Senate Collins, Susan M $21,400
Senate Landrieu, Mary L $20,700
Senate Durbin, Dick $19,800

Citigroup Inc: Recipients

Senate Obama, Barack $420,912
Senate Clinton, Hillary $417,517
Senate McCain, John $274,401
Presidential Romney, Mitt $168,55
0 Senate Dodd, Christopher J $155,444
Presidential Giuliani, Rudolph W $151,100
House Rangel, Charles B $61,450
Presidential Edwards, John $44,600
Senate Durbin, Dick $40,250
House Bachus, Spencer $35,450
Senate Chambliss, Saxby $35,050
House Landrum, David $30,450
House Emanuel, Rahm $28,000
Senate Shelby, Richard C $25,200
Senate Baucus, Max $24,500
Senate Hagel, Chuck $24,100
Senate Biden, Joseph R Jr $23,950
House Capito, Shelley Moore $22,800
Senate Bennett, Robert F $21,200
House Marshall, Jim $19,550

Merrill Lynch: Recipients

Senate McCain, John $297,413
Presidential Giuliani, Rudolph W $210,275
enate Clinton, Hillary $206,709
Senate Obama, Barack $202,072
Presidential Romney, Mitt $172,025
Senate Dodd, Christopher J $71,300
Senate Pryor, Mark $23,900
Senate Stabenow, Debbie $23,350
House Emanuel, Rahm $20,800
Presidential Edwards, John $19,075
Senate Biden, Joseph R Jr $15,900
Senate Reed, Jack $10,500
House Ketner, Linda $10,200
Senate Hagel, Chuck $10,000
House Shays, Christopher $9,850
Presidential Richardson, Bill $9,300
House Ryan, Tim $9,200
House Paul, Ron $9,001
Senate Dole, Elizabeth $8,570
Senate Harkin, Tom $7,900

[rightcoast]

Finance Sector Gave 51 Percent More to House Bailout Backers [opensecrets.org]

[ChocChipCookie]

What, exactly, does a junior Senator have to do, or be, in order to get these kinds of contributions?

[Heartland Mom]

I know that I've heard about our elected officials getting money from these finance organizations, but under what pretext are they able to accept it? You can't give someone a toaster without them having to report it, yet they can get hundreds of thousands of dollars with no accountability? I can see why McCain didn't raise this issue, since he is right up there also. :(

[Maelstorm]

Personally I think that they all should pledge to return any PAC money from companies or banks that they have bailed out.
I don’t care if they are Republicans or Democrats. John McCain should call for this.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

McCain is in bed with these Tooth Fairies. This is why he is not denouncing them.

[Shermy]

“What, exactly, does a junior Senator have to do, or be, in order to get these kinds of contributions?”

Agree to be George Soros’ puppet.

McCain, the ol’ Keating-Fivester is up there too.

[rightcoast]

Forgot to mention that these figures are for the 2008 election cycle.

[IMTOFT]

And I went to college to study chemistry why? Politics is much more lucrative - Obama earned over a million last year on his books alone...What is wrong with this country? No, don’t answer, the multitude of responses would probably crash the Internet...and they ask my why I drink...

[Salvation]

Someone please do the math here for Obama. This needs to be put into an internet spot or TV/radio commercial.

Didn't Obama get the most of everyone?

Senate Dodd, Christopher J $28,800
Senate Obama, Barack $21,450
Senate Clinton, Hillary $17,600

 

AIG

Senate Dodd, Christopher J $104,300
Senate Obama, Barack $71,761

Goldman Sachs

Senate Obama, Barack $691,930
Senate Clinton, Hillary $468,200

 

Citigroup

Senate Obama, Barack $420,912
Senate Clinton, Hillary $417,517

 

Merrill Lynch

Senate McCain, John $297,413
Presidential Giuliani, Rudolph W $210,275
enate Clinton, Hillary $206,709
Senate Obama, Barack $202,072

 

 

[hosepipe]

[ What, exactly, does a junior Senator have to do, or be, in order to get these kinds of contributions? ]

Answer: Connected/made...

[SERKIT]

Any RINO bastard on these lists need to give the money back!

[FreedBird]

The Piggie Bank for elected officials.

[GAgal]

That’s very interesting.

[Beowulf9]

ping

[Ihazascreenname]

These statistics have to be understood before we can talk about them. These numbers are the amounts each person received from the company and its employees. Now, it is a well known fact that Obama has received campaign contributions from FAR more people than McCain. As such, he has received far more money from the employees of these companies. For example, the total amount Obama has received from the Freddie Mac itself is a mere $4000. Now, that isn't a small amount either, but we should at least make sure we're criticizing the real Obama and not one constructed from misunderstandings.