The Bailout Vote And The Money

MAPLight, a nonprofit organization seeking to highlight the connection between money and politics found that over the past five years, banks and securities firms gave an average of $231,877 in campaign contributions to each US Representative voting in favor of the bailout, compared with an average of $150,982 to each Representative voting against the bailout–54 percent more money given to those who voted Yes. Keep reading to see how much money MAPLight calculated that each of Connecticut’s …

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The Bailout Vote And The Money

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