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OxQQme

(2,550 posts)
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 08:24 AM Apr 2017

Heres how much Comcast paid members of Congress to sell your browser history

Highlights: In the Senate, John Thune (R-South Dakota) received the most money from the telecommunications industry, with over $215,000 in donations from industry PACs and employees. Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) sold out for the least, voting to kill internet privacy rules for just $1,000 in donations. It’s also important to note that Sen. Luther Strange (R-Alabama) received $0 in campaign donations, as he was recently appointed by Alabama Governor Robert Bentley to replace Sen. Jeff Sessions after he was appointed Trump’s Attorney General.

In the House, Rep. Greg Walden (R-Oregon) is the favorite of the telecom industry, with over $155,000 in donations in the most recent election cycle. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) sold out to the industry for a paltry $300.

Read the full list of donations below:

http://resistancereport.com/class-war/comcast-congress-browser-history/

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Heres how much Comcast paid members of Congress to sell your browser history (Original Post) OxQQme Apr 2017 OP
PA's Toomey was right up there....... MyOwnPeace Apr 2017 #1
and turtle man: D*mn. a kennedy Apr 2017 #2

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
1. PA's Toomey was right up there.......
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 09:20 AM
Apr 2017

at $143,000 and I wrote to him thanking him for holding out to sell out at a higher price.

Oh, and I also told him that I'm sending money to a GoFundMe site that will get HIS information.

https://www.gofundme.com/BuyCongressData

I doubt I'm gonna' make much money by having that information, but if I did, would make me like a Republican with a vote that is able to be bought?

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