Who's the Second Largest Contributor to U.S. Congress Members?

AT&T. Time Warner, Bellsouth, and MCI all show up in the same list.

Major AT&T recipients include Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV who is a big supporter of retroactive immunity for telco spying, and who recently (spring 2007, just as the telcos started pushing for that immunity) got a big spike in Verizon employee contributions, as well.

Also Sen. Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, gets significant AT&T contributions. This is the same Harry Reid who won't honor Sen. Chris Dodd's hold on the bill containing that amnesty.

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NYTimes has picked up on part of this story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/washington/23nsa.html?ex=1350878400&en=681caa45a96c8a4b&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink