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packman

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Fri Dec 1, 2017, 03:11 PM Dec 2017

List of senators who received money from telecom companies to vote against regulations

On Tuesday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai unveiled a plan to repeal Obama-era rules that ensured fair treatment of internet traffic. The new regulations will all but dismantle net neutrality, taking power from users and handing it to internet service providers (ISPs), like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast—allowing them to speed up or slow down certain websites.

•Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama—$27,000
•Sen. Daniel Sullivan, R-Alaska—$10,550
•Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska—$66,250
•Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona—$84,125
•Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona—$27,955
•Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas—$70,025
•Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas—$56,450
•Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado—$95,023
•Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida—$75,535
•Sen. David Perdue, R-Georgia—$37,000
•Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho—$27,000
•Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho—$11,000
•Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana—$28,670
•Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa—$135,125
•Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa—$28,200
•Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas—$100,200
•Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas—$130,950
•Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky—$251,110
•Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana—$34,909
•Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana—$1,000
•Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine—$57,550
•Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi—$151,800
•Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri—$185,550
•Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana—$38,700
•Sen. Benjamin Sasse, R-Nebraska—$31,800
•Sen. Debra Fischer, R-Nebraska—$21,850
•Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nevada—$78,950
•Sen. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina—$58,500
•Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina—$41,220
•John Hoeven, R-North Dakota—$25,800
•Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio—$89,350
•Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma—$38,000
•Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma—$21,000
•Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pennsylvania—$143,456
•Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina—$60,200
•Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota—$215,000
•Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota—$40,166
•Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee—$86,400
•Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee—$43,600
•Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas—$148,800
•Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas—$40,840
•Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah—$106,750
•Sen. Shelley Capito, R-West Virginia—$24,675
•Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin—$123,652
•Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming—$45,100

Note the "R" behind each name

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