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  • Livestock
  • Farm organizations & cooperatives
  • Oil & Gas
  • Mining
  • Republican/Conservative Party
  • Consumer groups
  • Fiscal & tax policy
  • Labor, anti-union
  • Environmental policy

    • Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

    Name

    Amount Received

    Vote On Passage
    Rep. Tom McClintock [R, CA-4] $418,977 Nay
    Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14] $387,262 Nay
    Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] $200,750 Nay
    Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10] $164,900 Aye
    Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3] $148,289 Nay
    Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10] $145,305 Nay
    Rep. Erik Paulsen [R, MN-3] $137,560 Nay
    Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4] $135,641 Nay
    Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6] $135,250 Abstain
    Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R, TX-5] $115,411 Nay

    Organizations Opposing Cap and Trade Legislation

    • American Farm Bureau Federation
    • Greenpeace
    • Rainforest Action Network
    • Public Citizen
    • International Rivers
    • Friends of the Earth
    • National Mining Association
    • American Petroleum Institute
    • Alliance for Worker Freedom
    • American Conservative Union
    • American Shareholders Association
    • Americans for Tax Reform
    • National Taxpayers Union
    • Ethan Allen Institute
    • College Republican National Committee
    • National Pork Producers Council

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