Senators Voting for Strikes on Syria Got More Defense Money
A new analysis offers a look at the difference between campaign contributions from defense contractors to the senators who voted Wednesday on whether to approve a strike on Syria.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee members who voted ‘yes’ to a resolution authorizing military force “received, on average, 83 percent more campaign financing from defense contractors than lawmakers voting against war,” Wired reported Thursday.
Based on data from OpenSecrets.org, the analysis showed the top recipients of contributions from defense industry employees and political action committees between 2007 and 2012 were Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at $176,300 and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) at $127,350, both of whom voted ‘yes.’
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