Letters to the Editor
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@ktwdawg
I don't disagree that $13,000 seems to be a significant amount to a senator's campaign, and more so than I would have thought---the OpenSecrets list shows many major corporations donating a similar amount. In fact the range of amounts is surprisingly small, maybe because of legal limits to contributions. 11th place doesn't seem to mean much, however, when 20th place is only a few hundred $ less.
But I think it does matter how hard a company is struggling to get legislation killed that directly affects it---because that's a reasonable gauge of how much they think they stand to lose.
I'm all for open access, but when it comes to mandates to force industries to change their business models, I wish Congress would focus more on, say, the oil and tobacco industries. No tight budgets there.