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Posted: June 27th, 2012 | Filed under: Research | Tags: Bernie Sanders, Bills, biotech industry, Bribes, Center for Responsive Politics, Contributions, Farm Bill, GMO Labeling, GMO Money, Government Affairs, Legislation, Lobbying, Lobbyist, Money, PAC, Senate, Vote |
Last week corporate cash killed Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) GMO Labeling amendment to the Senate Farm Bill (S. 3240). The Genetic Crime Unit of Occupy Monsanto decided to cross-reference the Amendment’s vote tally with the last 10 years of Monsanto’s PAC contributions to U.S. Senators.
It’s not surprising that of the 73 Senators who voted against (‘Nay’) the amendment, 37 Senators, or over 50%, received a combined total of $237,500 in campaign contributions from Monsanto’s PAC. Only 2 Senators, Senator Inouye from Hawaii & Senator Leahy from Vermont, who received a combined total of $8,000 from Monsanto’s PAC, voted in support (‘Yea’) of the GMO labeling amendment.
Monsanto’s GMO Money is rampant in the halls of Congress and the corporation’s patented genes are becoming a biohazard to the health of American democracy. With nearly half of American U.S. Senators becoming genetically mutated, we must take action to remove Monsanto’s GMO Money from the currency supply. Do you have plans for the third week of September? Yea.
| State
| Last Name |
Vote |
Monsanto’s GMO Money |
| MO |
Blunt |
Nay |
$36,000.00 |
| GA |
Chambliss |
Nay |
$21,500.00 |
| MO |
McCaskill |
Nay |
$15,000.00 |
| IA |
Grassley |
Nay |
$14,000.00 |
| IA |
Harkin |
Nay |
$13,000.00 |
| NE |
Nelson |
Nay |
$13,000.00 |
| MT |
Baucus |
Nay |
$11,500.00 |
| ID |
Crapo |
Nay |
$11,000.00 |
| KS |
Roberts |
Nay |
$9,000.00 |
| IN |
Lugar |
Nay |
$8,000.00 |
| UT |
Hatch |
Nay |
$7,000.00 |
| MS |
Wicker |
Nay |
$6,000.00 |
| LA |
Vitter |
Nay |
$6,000.00 |
| ID |
Risch |
Nay |
$5,500.00 |
| ND |
Hoeven |
Nay |
$5,000.00 |
| OH |
Portman |
Nay |
$5,000.00 |
| KY |
McConnell |
Nay |
$5,000.00 |
| NC |
Burr |
Nay |
$5,000.00 |
| IL |
Durbin |
Nay |
$5,000.00 |
| KS |
Moran |
Nay |
$5,000.00 |
| OK |
Coburn |
Nay |
$4,000.00 |
| NE |
Johanns |
Nay |
$3,000.00 |
| MI |
Stabenow |
Nay |
$3,000.00 |
| SD |
Thune |
Nay |
$2,500.00 |
| LA |
Landrieu |
Nay |
$2,000.00 |
| MS |
Cochran |
Nay |
$2,000.00 |
| AL |
Sessions |
Nay |
$2,000.00 |
| AR |
Pryor |
Nay |
$2,000.00 |
| NY |
Gillibrand |
Nay |
$2,000.00 |
| PA |
Casey |
Nay |
$1,500.00 |
| MN |
Klobuchar |
Nay |
$1,000.00 |
| AZ |
Kyl |
Nay |
$1,000.00 |
| GA |
Isakson |
Nay |
$1,000.00 |
| ND |
Conrad |
Nay |
$1,000.00 |
| DE |
Carper |
Nay |
$1,000.00 |
| WY |
Enzi |
Nay |
$1,000.00 |
| NC |
Hagan |
Nay |
$1,000.00 |
| NM |
Bingaman |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| KY |
Paul |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| WY |
Barrasso |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| NV |
Reid |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| FL |
Rubio |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| TN |
Alexander |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| NH |
Ayotte |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| CO |
Udall |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| VA |
Webb |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| VA |
Warner |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| PA |
Toomey |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| NH |
Shaheen |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| NY |
Schumer |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| ME |
Snowe |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| AL |
Shelby |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| SC |
Graham |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| MN |
Franken |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| DE |
Coons |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| TX |
Hutchison |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| NV |
Heller |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| OH |
Brown |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| ME |
Collins |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| IN |
Coats |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| SC |
DeMint |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| TX |
Cornyn |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| TN |
Corker |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| AZ |
McCain |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| MA |
Brown |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| MI |
Levin |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| FL |
Nelson |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| NJ |
Menendez |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| WI |
Kohl |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| WI |
Johnson |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| OK |
Inhofe |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| AR |
Boozman |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| UT |
Lee |
Nay |
$0.00 |
| IL |
Kirk |
Not Voting |
$0.00 |
| HI |
Inouye |
Yea |
$7,000.00 |
| VT |
Leahy |
Yea |
$1,000.00 |
| OR |
Merkley |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| OR |
Wyden |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| MD |
Mikulski |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| AK |
Murkowski |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| CT |
Lieberman |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| WV |
Manchin |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| MT |
Tester |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| NM |
Udall |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| RI |
Whitehouse |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| WA |
Murray |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| RI |
Reed |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| VT |
Sanders |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| CT |
Blumenthal |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| CA |
Boxer |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| WA |
Cantwell |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| HI |
Akaka |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| AK |
Begich |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| SD |
Johnson |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| MA |
Kerry |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| NJ |
Lautenberg |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| CO |
Bennet |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| CA |
Feinstein |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| MD |
Cardin |
Yea |
$0.00 |
| WV |
Rockefeller |
Yea |
$0.00 |
Note: These figures are only from Monsanto’s PAC. Congress receives millions of dollars from the biotech industry as a whole, undoubtedly influencing their vote against the people’s right to know if they are eating GMOs.
Posted: May 11th, 2012 | Filed under: Research | Tags: Bribes, Center for Responsive Politics, Congress, Data, House of Representatives, Money, Monsanto Citizenship Fund, PAC, politicians, Research, Senate |
When you’ve got billions of dollars in your coffers, you can afford to pay off political candidates & members of Congress. The tables below from the Center for Responsive Politics show donations to U.S. politicians from Monsanto’s Political Action Committee known as Monsanto Citizenship Fund between 2002 and the first quarter of 2012. If your Senator or Representative is on this list, contact them and say that you don’t support Monsanto’s efforts to genetically contaminate the world’s food supply. Combine the totals below with the $50 million dollars Monsanto spent on lobbying and it’s easy to see why Monsanto deserves to be occupied this fall.
House
Total to Democrats: $237,202
Total to Republicans: $364,000
| Total |
Recipient |
| $22499 |
Peterson, Collin C (D-MN) |
| $22000 |
Thompson, Bennie G (D-MS) |
| $22000 |
Carnahan, Russ (D-MO) |
| $20000 |
Lucas, Frank D (R-OK) |
| $20000 |
Graves, Sam (R-MO) |
| $19500 |
Clay, William L Jr (D-MO) |
| $18500 |
Boehner, John (R-OH) |
| $17000 |
Simpson, Mike (R-ID) |
| $16000 |
Hastert, Dennis (R-IL) |
| $16000 |
Blunt, Roy (R-MO) |
| $15500 |
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) |
| $14500 |
Camp, Dave (R-MI) |
| $12500 |
Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) |
| $12000 |
Akin, Todd (R-MO) |
| $11000 |
Smith, Adrian (R-NE) |
| $11000 |
Luetkemeyer, Blaine (R-MO) |
| $10500 |
King, Steven A (R-IA) |
| $10500 |
Barrow, John (D-GA) |
| $10000 |
Fincher, Steve (R-TN) |
| $9750 |
Berry, Marion (D-AR) |
| $9000 |
Hayes, Robin (R-NC) |
| $8500 |
Hulshof, Kenny (R-MO) |
| $8000 |
Hare, Phil (D-IL) |
| $7500 |
Latham, Tom (R-IA) |
| $7000 |
Shimkus, John M (R-IL) |
| $7000 |
Boswell, Leonard L (D-IA) |
| $6500 |
Rogers, Hal (R-KY) |
| $6000 |
Loebsack, David (D-IA) |
| $6000 |
Courtney, Joe (D-CT) |
| $5500 |
Schock, Aaron (R-IL) |
| $5500 |
Cleaver, Emanuel (D-MO) |
| $5500 |
Braley, Bruce (D-IA) |
| $5000 |
Minnick, Walt (D-ID) |
| $5000 |
Hirono, Mazie K (D-HI) |
| $5000 |
Bright, Bobby (D-AL) |
| $4500 |
McCrery, Jim (R-LA) |
| $4500 |
Kingston, Jack (R-GA) |
| $4500 |
Gardner, Cory (R-CO) |
| $4500 |
Boyd, Allen (D-FL) |
| $4000 |
Stutzman, Marlin (R-IN) |
| $4000 |
Skelton, Ike (D-MO) |
| $4000 |
Michaud, Mike (D-ME) |
| $4000 |
Melancon, Charles (D-LA) |
| $4000 |
McIntyre, Mike (D-NC) |
| $4000 |
Kissell, Larry (D-NC) |
| $4000 |
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (D-SD) |
| $3500 |
Stenholm, Charles W (D-TX) |
| $3500 |
Ross, Mike (D-AR) |
| $3500 |
Long, Billy (R-MO) |
| $3500 |
Landry, Jeff (R-LA) |
| $3500 |
Kinzinger, Adam (R-IL) |
| $3500 |
Jenkins, Lynn (R-KS) |
| $3500 |
Huelskamp, Tim (R-KS) |
| $3000 |
Schilling, Bobby (R-IL) |
| $3000 |
Salazar, John (D-CO) |
| $3000 |
Ryan, Paul (R-WI) |
| $3000 |
Rush, Bobby L (D-IL) |
| $3000 |
Johnson, Timothy (R-IL) |
| $3000 |
Herger, Wally (R-CA) |
| $3000 |
Hanabusa, Colleen (D-HI) |
| $3000 |
Goode, Virgil H Jr (R-VA) |
| $3000 |
Chabot, Steve (R-OH) |
| $3000 |
Bruun, Scott (R-OR) |
| $3000 |
Bonilla, Henry (R-TX) |
| $3000 |
Berg, Rick (R-ND) |
| $2500 |
Rokita, Todd (R-IN) |
| $2500 |
Nunes, Devin Gerald (R-CA) |
| $2500 |
Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD) |
| $2500 |
Etheridge, Bob (D-NC) |
| $2500 |
Causey, Chad (D-AR) |
| $2500 |
Case, Ed (D-HI) |
| $2500 |
Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN) |
| $2000 |
Pombo, Richard W (R-CA) |
| $2000 |
Hartzler, Vicky (R-MO) |
| $2000 |
Halvorson, Deborah (D-IL) |
| $2000 |
Gard, John (R-WI) |
| $2000 |
Foster, Bill (D-IL) |
| $2000 |
Ellsworth, Brad (D-IN) |
| $2000 |
Dooley, Cal (D-CA) |
| $2000 |
Donnelly, Joe (D-IN) |
| $2000 |
Childers, Travis W (D-MS) |
| $2000 |
Boucher, Rick (D-VA) |
| $2000 |
Boehlert, Sherwood (R-NY) |
| $1500 |
Walden, Greg (R-OR) |
| $1500 |
Tauzin, Billy III (R-LA) |
| $1500 |
Pickering, Charles (Chip) Jr (R-MS) |
| $1500 |
Holden, Tim (D-PA) |
| $1500 |
Dingell, John D (D-MI) |
| $1500 |
Costa, Jim (D-CA) |
| $1250 |
Tanner, John (D-TN) |
| $1000 |
Tiberi, Patrick J (R-OH) |
| $1000 |
Thompson, Stan (R-IA) |
| $1000 |
Thompson, Glenn (R-PA) |
| $1000 |
Tauzin, Billy (R-LA) |
| $1000 |
Sensenbrenner, F James Jr (R-WI) |
| $1000 |
Paulsen, Erik (R-MN) |
| $1000 |
Noem, Kristi (R-SD) |
| $1000 |
Neugebauer, Randy (R-TX) |
| $1000 |
Musgrave, Marilyn (R-CO) |
| $1000 |
Murphy, Scott (D-NY) |
| $1000 |
Lamberti, Jeffrey (R-IA) |
| $1000 |
Labrador, Raul (R-ID) |
| $1000 |
Kennedy, Mark (R-MN) |
| $1000 |
Hultgren, Randy (R-IL) |
| $1000 |
Hill, Baron (D-IN) |
| $1000 |
Guthrie, Steven Brett (R-KY) |
| $1000 |
Emerson, Jo Ann (R-MO) |
| $1000 |
Diedrich, Larry William (R-SD) |
| $1000 |
Crawford, Rick (R-AR) |
| $1000 |
Conyers, John Jr (D-MI) |
| $1000 |
Conaway, Mike (R-TX) |
| $1000 |
Clyburn, James E (D-SC) |
| $1000 |
Cardoza, Dennis (D-CA) |
| $1000 |
Cannon, Chris (R-UT) |
| $500 |
Putnam, Adam H (R-FL) |
| $500 |
McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (R-WA) |
| $500 |
LaHood, Ray (R-IL) |
| $500 |
Coble, Howard (R-NC) |
| $500 |
Callahan, Sonny (R-AL) |
| $500 |
Alexander, Rodney (R-LA) |
| $250 |
Ford, Harold E Jr (D-TN) |
| $100 |
McVey, Brose (R-IN) |
Senate
Total to Democrats: $106,953
Total to Republicans: $201,100
| Total |
Recipient |
| $21500 |
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) |
| $20000 |
Blunt, Roy (R-MO) |
| $20000 |
Bond, Christopher “Kit” (R-MO) |
| $17000 |
Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR) |
| $15000 |
McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) |
| $15000 |
Talent, James M (R-MO) |
| $14000 |
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) |
| $13000 |
Harkin, Tom (D-IA) |
| $13000 |
Nelson, Ben (D-NE) |
| $11500 |
Baucus, Max (D-MT) |
| $11000 |
Crapo, Mike (R-ID) |
| $9000 |
Roberts, Pat (R-KS) |
| $8000 |
Lugar, Richard G (R-IN) |
| $7000 |
Bennett, Robert F (R-UT) |
| $7000 |
Coleman, Norm (R-MN) |
| $7000 |
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) |
| $7000 |
Inouye, Daniel K (D-HI) |
| $6000 |
Vitter, David (R-LA) |
| $6000 |
Wicker, Roger (R-MS) |
| $5500 |
Risch, James E (R-ID) |
| $5000 |
Allard, Wayne (R-CO) |
| $5000 |
Burr, Richard (R-NC) |
| $5000 |
Durbin, Dick (D-IL) |
| $5000 |
Hoeven, John (R-ND) |
| $5000 |
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) |
| $5000 |
Moran, Jerry (R-KS) |
| $5000 |
Portman, Rob (R-OH) |
| $4500 |
Melancon, Charles (D-LA) |
| $4000 |
Coburn, Tom (R-OK) |
| $3500 |
Akin, Todd (R-MO) |
| $3000 |
Hutchinson, Tim (R-AR) |
| $3000 |
Johanns, Michael O (R-NE) |
| $3000 |
Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) |
| $2500 |
Thune, John (R-SD) |
| $2000 |
Cochran, Thad (R-MS) |
| $2000 |
Dole, Elizabeth (R-NC) |
| $2000 |
Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) |
| $2000 |
Landrieu, Mary L (D-LA) |
| $2000 |
Pryor, Mark (D-AR) |
| $2000 |
Sessions, Jeff (R-AL) |
| $2000 |
Smith, Gordon H (R-OR) |
| $2000 |
Specter, Arlen (R-PA) |
| $2000 |
Sununu, John E (R-NH) |
| $1500 |
Casey, Bob (D-PA) |
| $1000 |
Bayh, Evan (D-IN) |
| $1000 |
Bunning, Jim (R-KY) |
| $1000 |
Burns, Conrad (R-MT) |
| $1000 |
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (R-CO) |
| $1000 |
Carper, Tom (D-DE) |
| $1000 |
Conrad, Kent (D-ND) |
| $1000 |
Craig, Larry (R-ID) |
| $1000 |
Daschle, Tom (D-SD) |
| $1000 |
Dodd, Chris (D-CT) |
| $1000 |
Ellsworth, Brad (D-IN) |
| $1000 |
Enzi, Mike (R-WY) |
| $1000 |
Hagan, Kay R (D-NC) |
| $1000 |
Hagel, Chuck (R-NE) |
| $1000 |
Hirono, Mazie K (D-HI) |
| $1000 |
Isakson, Johnny (R-GA) |
| $1000 |
Jones, Bill (R-CA) |
| $1000 |
Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN) |
| $1000 |
Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) |
| $1000 |
Leahy, Patrick (D-VT) |
| $1000 |
Thomas, Craig (R-WY) |
| $500 |
Welch, Bob (R-WI) |
Source: Center for Responsive Politics (2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002)
