Think Keystone XL is Bad? Congress' Secret Pipeline is Worse

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED TO APPROVE THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AS THEY RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS THE QUESTION 66 DID THE DONATIONS INFLUENCE CONGRESS VOTE? 99 THE VOTE 4% ABSTAIN 56% YES 40% NO THE DONATIONS AND DONORS' POSITIONS ON KEYSTONE XL $40,000,000 $8,000,000 $14,000 OPPONENT NEUTRAL SUPPORTER MONEY MONEY THE RECIPIENTS THEIR DONORS AND HOW THEY VOTED $26,000,000 240 YES VOTES SUPPORTER MONEY $14.000 S900,000 18 ABSTAINS NEUTRAL MONEY $154,000 OPPONENT MONEY 174 NO VOTES $12,000,000 THE CORRELATION BETWEEN A REPRESENTATIVE'S VOTE AND THE SIDE GIVING HER MORE MONEY VOTE S THOSE WHO VOTED YES GOT MORE $ FROM KEYSTONE SUPPORTERS THOUSANDS S 400 300 200 100 200 THOSE WHO VOTED NO GOT MORE $ FROM KEYSTONE OPPONENTS VOTE % THE COST OF A VOTE AVERAGE SPENT PER REPRESENTATIVE ABSTAIN 1 NO 1 YES VOTE VOTE $140,000 131 $112,000 $110,000 SUPPORTER & OPPONENT MONEY IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YES VOTE COST SUPPORTERS: $109,000 Us cut the corruption // dally.represent.us SSURCE: MAPLIGHT