The 28 Lawmakers Who Lobbied the FCC To Drop Net Neutrality

[Oilwellian]

The 28 House members who lobbied the Federal Communications Commission to drop net neutrality this week have received more than twice the amount in campaign contributions from the broadband sector than the average for all House members.

These lawmakers, including the top House leadership, warned the FCC that regulating broadband like a public utility "harms" providers, would be "fatal to the Internet," and could "limit economic freedom."​

According to research provided Friday by Maplight, the 28 House members received, on average, $26,832 from the "cable & satellite TV production & distribution" sector over a two-year period ending in December. According to the data, that's 2.3 times more than the House average of $11,651.

What's more, one of the lawmakers who told the FCC that he had "grave concern" (PDF) about the proposed regulation took more money from that sector than any other member of the House. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) was the top sector recipient, netting more than $109,000 over the two-year period, the Maplight data shows.

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[kimbutgar]

1. The link on this is subject comes from a very questionable source.

[Oilwellian]

2. And why is that?

We are referred to this report by MapLight. They don't appear questionable to me.

Read the details about our data sources and methodology. Data refers to direct contributions to the campaign committees of elected legislators. For example, contribution totals exclude contributions to party committees such as the RNC or the DNC and exclude contributions made to individuals that did not win their election.

For U.S. Congress, contributions data provided by the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org) and legislative data provided by GovTrack.us.

California contributions data provided by the National Institute on Money in State Politics (FollowTheMoney.org).

Wisconsin contributions data provided by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (wisdc.org).

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Ah yes, Scott Peters... that does not surprise me

Now Loretta Sanchez does.

[hobbit709]

4. They really should wear suits like the NASCAR drivers-so we can see at once who owns them.