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Oil Contributions To Senators

June 25, 2007

Last week 35 senators voted against an amendment that would have reigned in the oil and gas industry. The 35 senators voting against the amendment have on average received three times as many campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry as their colleagues, as the table below shows. Read more here.

State	Senator	2007	2006	2004	2002	Total 2002-2007	Cloture on Baucus Tax Amendment
Alabama	Shelby			56,800	15,500	72,300	No
Alaska	Stevens		7,700	2,000	100,690	110,390	No
Arizona	Kyl		133,700	5,000	1,000	139,700	No
Colorado	Allard				175,100	175,100	No
Florida	Martinez		4,000	134,347	n/a	138,347	No
Georgia	Chambliss		10,750	6,200	67,742	84,692	No
Georgia	Isakson		20,850		n/a	20,850	No
Idaho	Craig		14,500	5,000	89,250	108,750	No
Kansas	Roberts		18,500	6,000	55,250	79,750	No
Kentucky	McConnell		59,200		76,250	135,450	No
Kentucky	Bunning			96,269	22,900	119,169	No
Louisiana	Vitter		68,500	259,746		328,246	No
Louisiana	Landrieu		33,600	27,500	221,405	282,505	No
Mississippi	Lott		113,800	5,000	10,000	128,800	No
Mississippi	Cochran		11,200	3,000	38,600	52,800	No
Missouri	Bond			120,150	5,500	125,650	No
Nebraska	Hagel		10,300		63,850	74,150	No
Nevada	Ensign		70,100	23,000	3,000	96,100	No
N. Hamp.	Gregg			31,500	1,000	32,500	No
N. Hamp.	Sununu	1,500	3,000	1,500	137,380	143,380	No
N. Mexico	Domenici		33,400		163,658	197,058	No
N. Carol.	Dole	2,500	900	6,500	127,229	137,129	No
N. Carol.	Burr		10,400	221,552		231,952	No
Ohio	Voinovich		11,200	92,850	34,150	138,200	No
Okla.	Inhofe		54,700	17,750	241,258	313,708	No
S. Carol.	DeMint		16,222	91,450	n/a	107,672	No
S. Carol.	Graham	15,000	15,600		57,700	88,300	No
Tenn.	Alexander		9,600	45,000	72,450	127,050	No
Tenn.	Corker		173,700	n/a	n/a	173,700	No
Texas	Hutchinson		300,161	242,070	7,000	549,231	No
Texas	Cornyn		180,000	134,400	510,625	825,025	No
Utah	Hatch		90,950	13,250		104,200	No
Utah	Bennett		7,000	51,750	1,000	59,750	No
Virginia	Warner	6,000	2,000	1,000	56,523	65,523	No
Wyoming	Enzi		7,000	2,000	72,250	81,250	No
Total NO						5,648,377
Average NO						161,382

Alaska	Murkowski		1,500	205,163	n/a	206,663	Yes
Ark.	Lincoln		1,250	102,000	26,600	129,850	Yes
Ark.	Pryor		16,750	1,000	29,900	47,650	Yes
Calif.	Feinstein		36,175	16,500	2,000	54,675	Yes
Colo.	Salazar		2,000	75,250	n/a	77,250	Yes
Conn.	Lieberman		64,500	34,300		98,800	Yes
Conn.	Dodd		3,000	6,750	2,000	11,750	Yes
Del.	Biden		24,500	2,000	15,500	42,000	Yes
Del.	Carper		31,300	6,130	4,180	41,610	Yes
Florida	Nelson		24,900	2,000	7,000	33,900	Yes
Hawaii	Inoyue		1,000	19,000	1,000	21,000	Yes
Hawaii	Akaka		5,800			5,800	Yes
Idaho	Crapo		3,000	60,650	6,000	69,650	Yes
Illinois	Obama		500		n/a	500	Yes
Illinois	Durbin		3,550		22,250	25,800	Yes
Indiana	Bayh		15,300	29,900	23,250	68,450	Yes
Indiana	Lugar		20,750	15,950	3,750	404,50	Yes
Iowa	Grassley		8,000	73,800	13,500	95,300	Yes
Iowa	Harkin		6,700	800	27,600	35,100	Yes
Maine	Collins		1,500		57,050	58,550	Yes
Maine	Snowe		20,900	2,000	1,000	23,900	Yes
Maryland	Mikulski		1,000	9,110		10,110	Yes
Maryland	Cardin		16,650	n/a	n/a	16,650	Yes
Mass.	Kerry		2,000	313,360	20,850	336,210	Yes
Mass.	Kennedy		15,600	5,250		20,850	Yes
Michigan	Stabenow		8,500	250	5,000	13,750	Yes
Michigan	Levin		1,000		15,450	16,450	Yes
Minn.	Coleman		12,250	6,700	136,400	155,350	Yes
Minn.	Klobuchar		4,250	n/a	n/a	4,250	Yes
Missouri	McCaskill		26,850	n/a	n/a	26,850	Yes
Montana	Baucus		23,350	1,000	86,750	111,100	Yes
Montana	Tester		2,700	n/a	n/a	2,700	Yes
Nebraksa	Nelson		89,050	9,250	9,000	107,300	Yes
Nevada	Reid		2,000	23,900	51,250	77,150	No*
N. Jersey	Menendez		22,300	n/a	n/a	22,300	Yes
N. Jersey	Lautenberg		7,000		6,250	13,250	Yes
N. Mexico	Bingaman		75,670	35,950	3,864	115,484	Yes
N. York	Clinton		64,670	40,850	3,150	108,670	Yes
N. York	Schumer			28,000	52,918	80,918	Yes
N. Dakota	Conrad		26,750	5,500	1,000	33,250	Yes
N. Dakota	Dorgan		2,000	16,300	7,000	25,300	Yes
Ohio	Brown		2500	n/a	n/a	2,500	Yes
Oregon	Wyden			6,500	6,000	12,500	Yes
Orgeon	Smith		18,650	4,500	79,925	103,075	Yes
Penn.	Specter		6,000	104,778	21,000	131,778	Yes
Penn.	Casey Jr.		31,200	n/a	n/a	31,200	Yes
R. Island	Reed		1,200		2,800	4,000	Yes
R. Island	Whitehouse		19,500	n/a	n/a	19,500	Yes
S. Dakota	Thune		7,645	264,327	134,650	406,622	Yes
Vermont	Sanders		2,850	n/a	n/a	2,850	Yes
Vermont	Leahy			2,250	1,000	3,250	Yes
Virginia	Webb		3,750	n/a	n/a	3,750	Yes
Wash.	Murray		500	18,000	3,750	22,250	Yes
Wash.	Cantwell		5,450	500	8,150	14,100	Yes
W. Virginia	Byrd		12,750			12,750	Yes
W. Virginia	Rockafeller		4,150		29,950	34,100	Yes
Wisconsin	Feingold		1,250	10,446	200	11,896	Yes
Wisconsin	Kohl					0	Yes
Total YES						3,302,661
Average YES						56,942

Alabama	Sessions		3,500	5,700	74,350	83,550	Absent
Arizona	McCain		2,600	7,050		9,650	Absent
Calif.	Boxer		400	6,850	2,200	9,450	Absent
Kansas	Brownback		2,500	72,240	10,500	85,240	Absent
Oklahoma	Coburn		8,000	181,658	n/a	189,658	Absent
S. Dakota	Johnson		3,050		25,550	28,600	Absent

* Reid originally voted for cloture but switched his vote to "no" so he could require a revote

Source: Center for Responsive Politics; Federal Election Comission