Top Ten Lethal Legislators, Ranked by Polluter Contributions

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My own Congressman, John Shimkus, made the list. Did yours?

Quote:One of the neat things about http://www.dirtysecrets.org is that it makes it easy to sort among Lethal Legislators by different criteria, including polluter contributions to the individual members.

So here’s a rundown of the top ten lethal legislators, sorted by how much they’ve taken from polluters during their congressional careers. The contributions data comes from OpenSecrets.org and includes donors connected to the utility, oil and gas, coal and mining sectors.

1. Joe Barton (TX-6) has taken over $3,000,000 from polluter and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 81,200 lives at risk.