Monsanto and Big Agra Bought Republicans to Convince Them to Vote for Food Safety Act: GOP Senators Vote to Expand Gov and Kill Liberty

Yesterday, I pointed out how Monsanto is already buying influence over my new fed up Congressman Billy Long. Today, we are learning how Monsanto and big agra bought enough influence to convince enough Republicans to expand the government and kill more liberty with the SB 510, the Food Safety Act.

According to MapLight.org, Big Agra donated 4.2 times more for yea votes than opposing lobbies donated to no votes for SB 510. From the list they present on your site, you can see a number of Republicans were well taken care of by companies like Monsanto and other corporate agriculture companies. In other words, and the Tea Party needs to take note, Republicans are willing to see you out as well for big government and liberty killing bills.


Contributions by Legislator


NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Support
$ From Interest Groups
That Oppose
Daniel AkakaDHI$22,600$5,790
Lamar AlexanderRTN$176,527$3,494
John BarrassoRWY$25,350$32,500
Max BaucusDMT$114,803$45,480
Evan BayhDIN$43,700$6,000
Mark BegichDAK$22,300$2,750
Michael BennetDCO$38,509$22,050
Robert BennettRUT$101,780$6,000
Jeff BingamanDNM$28,499$11,449
Christopher BondRMO$28,400$0
Barbara BoxerDCA$68,900$51,600
Sherrod BrownDOH$52,800$8,100
Samuel BrownbackRKS$9,950$6,250
Jim BunningRKY$9,950$1,000
Richard BurrRNC$317,086$15,700
Maria CantwellDWA$87,091$9,200
Benjamin CardinDMD$73,700$0
Thomas CarperDDE$83,150$0
Robert CaseyDPA$76,826$5,850
Saxby ChamblissRGA$503,700$103,502
Thomas CoburnROK$45,400$9,500
Thad CochranRMS$49,750$6,894
Susan CollinsRME$147,500$17,738
Kent ConradDND$35,650$22,250
Bob CorkerRTN$291,539$11,500
John CornynRTX$281,754$245,374
Michael CrapoRID$44,199$24,350
Jim DeMintRSC$114,235$4,000
Christopher DoddDCT$34,000$6,900
Byron DorganDND$22,950$5,400
Richard DurbinDIL$144,600$21,200
John EnsignRNV$72,750$14,047
Michael EnziRWY$85,000$23,844
Russell FeingoldDWI$46,566$2,950
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$84,290$101,213
Kirsten GillibrandDNY$92,210$12,450
Lindsey GrahamRSC$99,484$6,738
Charles GrassleyRIA$93,400$15,800
Judd GreggRNH$13,000$0
Kay HaganDNC$31,150$7,600
Thomas HarkinDIA$94,635$74,800
Orrin HatchRUT$96,779$16,036
Kay HutchisonRTX$119,900$105,411
James InhofeROK$64,350$33,443
Daniel InouyeDHI$16,350$18,200
John IsaksonRGA$234,895$17,000
Mike JohannsRNE$145,009$60,785
Tim JohnsonDSD$26,350$12,000
John KerryDMA$11,656$2,750
Amy KlobucharDMN$149,278$14,750
Herbert KohlDWI$300$0
Jon KylRAZ$335,377$79,683
Mary LandrieuDLA$73,622$1,250
Frank LautenbergDNJ$36,883$4,550
Patrick LeahyDVT$12,100$3,200
Carl LevinDMI$43,300$7,600
Joseph LiebermanICT$119,575$1,500
Blanche LincolnDAR$301,776$82,850
Richard LugarRIN$152,879$14,000
John McCainRAZ$92,470$41,125
Claire McCaskillDMO$46,500$7,600
Mitch McConnellRKY$415,899$58,944
Robert MenéndezDNJ$182,350$750
Jeff MerkleyDOR$25,350$5,300
Barbara MikulskiDMD$54,665$1,000
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$139,463$5,800
Patty MurrayDWA$109,150$18,650
Ben NelsonDNE$245,906$48,250
Bill NelsonDFL$143,281$91,438
Mark PryorDAR$115,550$16,315
John ReedDRI$29,350$0
Harry ReidDNV$129,985$12,500
James RischRID$41,000$51,800
Pat RobertsRKS$156,900$61,330
John RockefellerDWV$21,250$1,000
Bernard SandersIVT$7,600$3,400
Charles SchumerDNY$179,435$12,200
Jefferson SessionsRAL$65,909$7,194
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$17,090$7,300
Richard ShelbyRAL$68,616$0
Olympia SnoweRME$76,500$3,636
Arlen SpecterDPA$180,749$12,025
Debbie Ann StabenowDMI$53,091$44,582
Jon TesterDMT$20,000$61,410
John ThuneRSD$168,600$38,825
Mark UdallDCO$33,935$42,750
Tom UdallDNM$27,102$50,400
David VitterRLA$161,875$9,500
George VoinovichROH$66,650$0
Mark WarnerDVA$112,950$12,100
Jim WebbDVA$21,200$11,550
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$27,025$1,500
Roger WickerRMS$144,300$13,350
Ron WydenDOR$57,200$5,400