Excerpt from this article:
- Out of the total $1,148,971 given, an average of $17,676.48 was donated to each of the 65 “yea” votes.
- The average Republican member received $19,673.28 from corporate TPP supporters.
- The average Democrat received $9,689.23 from those same donors.
I saw an ad once that read: "Your congressman has many special interests - and you may not be one of them!"
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