military strikes war on Syria.
Approving the Syrian resolution are 3 Republicans and 7 Democrats:
- Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
- Bob Corker (R-TN)
- John McCain (R-AZ)
- Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
- Ben Cardin (D-CA)
- Chris Coons (D-DE)
- Dick Durbin (D-IL)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Bob Menéndez (D-NJ)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Opposing the resolution are 5 Republicans and 2 Democrats:
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Jim Risch (R-ID)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Chris Murphy (D-CT)
- Tom Udall (D-NM)
Guess what?
The senators who voted in favor of Obama’s war against Syria received an average of 83% more campaign “contributions” from the defense industry than the senators who voted against war.
SURPRISE! . . . not.
Overall, political action committees and employees from defense and intelligence firms such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, United Technologies, Honeywell International, and others ponied up $1,006,887 to the 17 members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who voted yes or no on the authorization Wednesday, according to an analysis by Maplight, the Berkeley-based nonprofit that performed the inquiry at WIRED’s request.
Committee members who voted to authorize what the resolution called a “limited” strike averaged $72,850 in defense campaign financing from the pot. Committee members who voted against the resolution averaged $39,770, according to the data.
The analysis of contributions from employees and PACs of defense industry interests ranges from 2007 through 2012 — based on data tracked by OpenSecrets.org.
The top three defense-campaign earners who voted “yes” were Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) at $176,000; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) at $127,350; and Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Virginia) at $101,025.
The top three defense-campaign earners who voted “no” were Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) at $86,500; Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) at $62,790; and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) at $59,250.
H/t RIA Novosti
~Eowyn