14 health care groups and their lobbyists gave more than $500,000 to McConnell

[BridgeTheGap]

WASHINGTON — Since 2007, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has received more than half a million dollars from 14 health-care organizations and their 127 outside lobbyists — more than any other member of Congress except former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.

That kind of concentrated bundling of donations is part of an unseen web of campaign giving, according to a new study by the non-partisan Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics.

The two organizations said the grouping of contributions suggests that the impact of special interests’ donations to lawmakers is amplified by the Washington lobbyists those interests employ.

“The bundles point to the people with the most juice,” said Larry Makinson, senior fellow at Sunlight and a veteran analyst of campaign finance. McConnell is “a good example of one of the oldest precepts in politics, which is: money follows power.”

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091007/NEWS0106/910060365/1008/NEWS01/14+health+care+groups+and+their+lobbyists+gave+more+than+$500+000+to+McConnell

[BR_Parkway]

1. I still think Congress should wear NASCAR like clothing - so we can

see at a glance who their 'sponsors' are.

[groovedaddy]

2. A photoshop project is now in order! n.t

[BR_Parkway]

3. I can't wait to see that