The Super Committee or Debt Panel:
The Super Committee or Debt Panel:
and the special interests they represent (who bought them off
)
The House Members:
Co-Chair - Jeb Hensarling - TX - R
Fred Upton: MI - R
Dave Camp: MI - R
James Clyburne: SC - D
Xavier Becerra: CA - D
Chris Van Hollen: MD - D
The Senate Members:
Co-Chair: Patty Murray: WA - D
Jon Kyl: AZ - R
Pat Toomey: PA - R
Rob Portman: OH - R
John Kerry: MA - D
Max Baucus: MN - D
Special interests gave millions to budget panel
By JACK GILLUM, Associated Press
Friday, August 12, 2011
(08-12) 00:18 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
The newly appointed members — six Democrats and six Republicans — have received more than $3 million total during the past five years in donations from political committees with ties to defense contractors, health care providers and labor unions. That money went to their re-election campaigns, according to AP's review.
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