Tuesday, October 1, 2013

[WATCH] FEMA, DHS, 386,000 Foreign Troops Now on U.S. Soil - Obama Issuing Martial Law in October? - The Free Patriot

[WATCH] FEMA, DHS, 386,000 Foreign Troops Now on U.S. Soil - Obama Issuing Martial Law in October? - The Free Patriot

These 3 Graphics Made Me Realize ObamaCare Isn't So Bad After All! | Independent Journal Review

These 3 Graphics Made Me Realize ObamaCare Isn't So Bad After All! | Independent Journal Review

Dick Durbin misrepresents own daughter in Obamacare speech | The Daily Caller

Dick Durbin misrepresents own daughter in Obamacare speech | The Daily Caller

Which Donors Have the Most to Lose With a Shutdown? - OpenSecrets Blog

OpenSecrets Blog

Which Donors Have the Most to Lose With a Shutdown?


Yesterday, the federal government failed to pass a budget or a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. Although it's possible a budget or CR could be passed at any time and government operations could go back to normal, there is also the possibility that the shutdown could continue for days or even longer. 

Making payments to government contractors is one of the many functions of the federal government which could be halted in a shutdown. The likelihood of a shutdown lasting long enough to hurt the bottom line of a company as large as Lockheed is remote, but we thought we'd take the opportunity to check out which members of Congress may have some displeased donors if the shutdown lasts a little too long. 

We identified the list of top 20 contractors, ranked by the GAO by how much they received from the federal government in 2012 (you can see the list at the bottom of this post), and then calculated which members of the Congress received the most political contributions from this group in 2012 (counting both their campaign committees and leadership PACs). 

ChamberMemberTotal
SenateJohn McCain (R-Ariz)$738632
SenateRichard C. Shelby (R-Ala)$418974
SenateSusan Collins (R-Maine)$367051
SenateBarbara A. Mikulski (D-Md)$312650
SenateMitch McConnell (R-Ky)$305100
SenateMark Warner (D-Va)$292350
SenateSaxby Chambliss (R-Ga)$291150
SenateJack Reed (D-RI)$279917
SenatePatty Murray (D-Wash)$279260
SenateJohn Cornyn (R-Texas)$272876
HouseBuck Mckeon (R-Calif)$408500
HouseAdam Smith (D-Wash)$207250
HouseC. W. Bill Young (R-Fla)$200060
HouseSteny H. Hoyer (D-Md)$199750
HouseJohn Boehner (R-Ohio)$190100
HouseHal Rogers (R-Ky)$185750
HouseEric Cantor (R-Va)$180500
HouseDutch Ruppersberger (D-Md)$166650
HouseMike Rogers (R-Mich)$165750
HouseKevin McCarthy (R-Calif)$164000
ChamberMemberTotal

Top Contractors and How Much They Received in 2012

  1. Lockheed Martin Corporation$39,856,278,028.80
  2. The Boeing Company: $29,440,807,312.42
  3. Raytheon Company$15,053,753,077.37
  4. General Dynamics Corporation$14,956,502,813.10
  5. Northrop Grumman Corporation$10,374,628,072.82
  6. United Technologies Corporation$8,267,493,309.02
  7. Huntington Ingalls Industries$7,407,215,480.96
  8. SAIC Inc: $7,406,712,635.03
  9. L-3 Communications Holdings Inc$7,009,068,336.94
  10. BAE Systems: $6,147,748,651.29
  11. McKesson Corporation: $4,661,869,094.55
  12. URS Corporation$4,352,562,385.00
  13. Bechtel Group Inc$4,113,118,681.59
  14. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation$4,023,544,912.63
  15. Computer Sciences Corporation: $3,840,480,347.80
  16. Veritas Capital Fund II$3,583,214,293.82
  17. Humana Inc$3,472,056,029.31
  18. Health Net Inc$3,141,799,283.91
  19. Triwest Healthcare Alliance$3,007,680,036.02
  20. Royal Dutch Shell$2,888,564,246.22

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