H1BMoney

Show Me the Money!!!

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Ever wonder how politicians could vote in favor of something as bad as H-1B? We only have to follow the money trail to understand why.

**Top political action committee and soft money computer company campaign contributors to federal candidates and parties 1997-98 election cycle**
Company	Democrat	Republican	Total Amount
Microsoft	$476,903	$872,868	$1,353,271
Gateway	153,000	362,454	515,454
EDS	158,118	223,028	382,146
Oracle	234,663	79,000	313,663
IDX Systems	180,250	21,000	202,250

**Top political action committee and soft money computer company campaign contributors to federal candidates and parties 1999 election cycle**
Company	Democrat	Republican	Total Amount
Microsoft	$337,920	$449,600	$793,520
American Online	133,750	130,000	263,750
Learning Co.	198,500	3,000	201,500
Oracle	4,500	132,250	137,000
EDS	49,500	80,050	129,550
Gateway 2000	38,337	60,000	98,337
Eltrax Systems	81,250	500	81,750
Cisco Systems	29,500	28,000	59000
Sterling Software	0	54,250	54,250

Presidential Hopefuls
Computer industry contributions to presidential candidates:

George W. Bush	$380,200
Al Gore	177,950
Bill Bradley	166,975
John McCain	56,715
Gary Bauer	28,918
Elizabeth Dole	15,500
Dan Quayle	6,000

Source: Center for Responsive Politics

Top 10 Senate Recipients of Computer Industry PAC and Individual Contributions
H-1B Supporters (Red)
Source: FEC
John McCain (R-Ariz)	$87,450
Slade Gorton (R-Wash)	$41,850
Charles Robb (D-VA)	$32,750
Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)	$26,938
Spencer Abraham (R-MI)	$23,900
John Kerry (D-Mass)	$22,000
Ed Kennedy (D-Mass)	$16,000
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)	$14,500
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)	$14,400
John Ashcroft (R-MO)	$11,000

Top 10 House Recipients of Computer Industry PAC and Individual Contributions
H-1B Supporters (Red)
Source: FEC
Jay Inslee (D-Wash)	$35,600
Jerry Lewis (R-CA)	$26,250
Tom Campbell (R-CA)	$18,800
Thomas Davis III (R-Va)	$16,500
Bud Cramer (D-Ala)	$15,250
Ron Packard (R-CA)	$12,000
Nita Lowey (D-NY)	$10,500
Adam Smith (D-Wash)	$10,000
John Kasich (R-OH)	$9,000
Robert Aderholt (R-Ala)	$9,000

Here is the roll call for the vote to double the number of H-1Bs that can enter the U.S. and join the "floating population" of H-1Bs that are already here. Companies can legally fire Americans and replace them with H-1Bs thanks to Senators Abraham and McCain.

Senate Bill 1723 Raising H-1B Limit to 150,000

--- YEAs 78---

Abraham (MI)

Allard (CO)

Ashcroft (MO)

Baucus (MT)

Bennett (UT)

Bingaman (NM)

Bond (MO)

Boxer (CA)

Breaux (LA)

Brownback (KS)

Bryan (NV)

Burns (MT)

Campbell (CO)

Chafee (RI)

Cleland (GA)

Coats (IN)

Cochran (MS)

Collins (ME)

Conrad (ND)

Coverdell (GA)

Craig (ID)

Daschle (SD)

DeWine (OH)

Dodd (CT)

Domenici (NM)

Dorgan (ND)

Enzi (WY)

Feinstein (CA)

Ford (KY)

Frist (TN)

Gorton (WA)

Graham (FL)

Gramm (TX)

Grams (MN)

Grassley (IA)

Gregg (NH)

Hagel (NE)

Hatch (UT)

Helms (NC)

Hollings (SC)

Hutchison (TX)

Inhofe (OK)

Inouye (HI)

Jeffords (VT)

Johnson (SD)

Kempthorne (ID)

Kerrey (NE)

Kohl (WI)

Kyl (AZ)

Landrieu (LA)

Lautenberg (NJ)

Leahy (VT)

Lieberman (CT)

Lott (MS)

Lugar (IN)

Mack (FL)

McCain (AZ)

McConnell (KY)

Murkowski (AK)

Murray (WA)

Nickles (OK)

Reed (RI)

Reid (NV)

Robb (VA)

Roberts (KS)

Roth (DE)

Santorum (PA)

Sessions (AL)

Shelby (AL)

Smith (NH)

Smith (OR)

Snowe (ME)

Specter (PA)

Stevens (AK)

Thompson (TN)

Thurmond (SC)

Warner (VA)

Wyden (OR)

--- NAYs 20---

Akaka (HI)

Biden (DE)

Bumpers (AR)

Byrd (WV)

Durbin (IL)

Feingold (WI)

Glenn (OH)

Harkin (IA)

Hutchinson (AR)

Kennedy (MA)

Kerry (MA)

Levin (MI)

Mikulski (MD)

Moseley-Braun (IL)

Moynihan (NY)

Rockefeller (WV)

Sarbanes (MD)

Thomas (WY)

Torricelli (NJ)

Wellstone (MN)

Note: The politicians listed on this page are not necessarily still in office.

11/30/07