roundtable: Re: New Figures: MORE TELECOM $$$ TO CONGRESS

roundtable: Re: New Figures: MORE TELECOM $$$ TO CONGRESS

Re: New Figures: MORE TELECOM $$$ TO CONGRESS

Anthony E. Wright (aewright@cme.org)
Tue, 31 Oct 1995 18:49:45 -0400 

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 18:49:45 -0400
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: aewright@cme.org (Anthony E. Wright)
Subject: Re: New Figures: MORE TELECOM $$$ TO CONGRESS


10/31/95: Correction

Re: NEW FIGURES: TELECOM $$$$ TO CONGRESS AND CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Yet Another Reason To Oppose the Telecommunications Bill

The Center for Responsive Politics published a correction this week
to their figures about telecommunications PAC money released last week. The
new "Money in Politics Alert" (Vol 1. #20, 10/30/95) featured this
statement:

  "Correction: Last week's alert misreported the average amount
  conferees on telecommunications legislation received from
  telecom PACs during the first half of 1995. The correct average
  for Senate conferees is $15,073; for House conferees, $13,947."

The rest of the facts are the same:

* Telecommunications company PACs contributed over $2 million to Congress
in the first six months of this year.

* The money went disproportionately to members of the conference committee
currently reconciling the two bills. Conferees received a total of about
$640,000; they received, on average, over twice the money than legislators
in general.

* The biggest recipients were Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Larry
Pressler, with $103,165, and House Telecommunications and Finance
Subcommittee Chairman Jack Fields with $97,500.


My apologies to all for reporting the miscalculation.

Peace,
Anthony

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Anthony E. Wright                       aewright@cme.org
Coordinator, Future of Media Project    Center for Media Education

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