> > ----Original Message Follows---- > Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 18:05:06 -0800 (PST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Steindel) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is why we the people can not get action from Congress to help the > poor, the sick, the homeless...We Got No Money To Give'em....The info > contained herein is from www.crp.org If the Homeless People's Network > had a couple of million bucks we could turn it into 25 or 30 million in > aid... > > The Money: > > Timber PACs have distributed $818,000 to federal candidates so far in > the 1997-98 election cycle. > > Between 1993-1998, senators have received $2.5 million from timber PACs > and individuals who work in the industry. Between 1997-1998, > representatives have received $735,000 from timber PACs and individuals > who work in the industry. > > The Votes: > > Senate. > On September 17, 1997, Sen. Richard Bryan (D-Nev) proposed an amendment > to the 1998 Interior Department spending bill, H.R. 2107, to end the > Forest Service's program that provides credit toward timber purchases > when the industry builds its own roads and cuts $10 million from the > agency's logging road construction budget. Bryan's amendment failed by a > 51-49 vote. > > House. > On July 10, 1997, the expected vote never happened on a proposal to cut > $41.5 million for direct funding of logging roads and eliminate the $50 > million a year credit program for timber companies that build their own > roads. During debate of the 1998 Interior Department spending bill, H.R. > 2107, the House voted on an alternative introduced by Rep. Norm Dicks > (D-Wash) that instead cuts $5.6 million from logging road spending and > funds the credit program at $25 million a year. Dicks's amendment passed > by a 211-209 vote. > =A0 > Top Timber Industry Money Recipients=A0 > Top House Recipients of Timber Industry PAC & Individual Contributions, > 1997-98 > > 1Helen Chenoweth (R-Idaho) > $31,942Y > 2Linda Smith (R-Wash) > $24,850Y > 3Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash) > $24,406Y > 4Don Young (R-Alaska) > $23,727Y > 5Michael D Crapo (R-Idaho) > $22,250Y > 6Jay Dickey (R-Ark) > $21,750Y > 7Charles H Taylor (R-NC) > $15,100Y > 8Frank Riggs (R-Calif) > $14,750Y > 9Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga) > $14,000Y > 10Jim McCrery (R-La) > $13,872Y > Vote to reduce proposed cut in logging road subsidies. A Yes vote > benefits the industry. > =A0 > =A0=A0 > Top Senate Recipients of Timber Industry PAC & Individual Contributions, > 1993-98 > > 1Gordon Smith (R-Ore) > $404,515N > 2Slade Gorton (R-Wash) > $159,703N > 3Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) > $151,124N > 4Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) > $103,891N > 5Phil Gramm (R-Texas) > $81,225N > 6Paul Coverdell (R-Ga) > $75,050N > 7Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) > $73,499N > 8Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) > $70,200N > 9Susan Collins (R-Maine) > $69,533N > 10Lauch Faircloth (R-NC) > $66,874N > a no vote benefits the industry > Wow see what a little money can do... > > >
----Original Message Follows---- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 18:05:06 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Steindel) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is why we the people can not get action from Congress to help the poor, the sick, the homeless...We Got No Money To Give'em....The info contained herein is from www.crp.org If the Homeless People's Network had a couple of million bucks we could turn it into 25 or 30 million in aid... The Money: Timber PACs have distributed $818,000 to federal candidates so far in the 1997-98 election cycle. Between 1993-1998, senators have received $2.5 million from timber PACs and individuals who work in the industry. Between 1997-1998, representatives have received $735,000 from timber PACs and individuals who work in the industry. The Votes: Senate. On September 17, 1997, Sen. Richard Bryan (D-Nev) proposed an amendment to the 1998 Interior Department spending bill, H.R. 2107, to end the Forest Service's program that provides credit toward timber purchases when the industry builds its own roads and cuts $10 million from the agency's logging road construction budget. Bryan's amendment failed by a 51-49 vote. House. On July 10, 1997, the expected vote never happened on a proposal to cut $41.5 million for direct funding of logging roads and eliminate the $50 million a year credit program for timber companies that build their own roads. During debate of the 1998 Interior Department spending bill, H.R. 2107, the House voted on an alternative introduced by Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash) that instead cuts $5.6 million from logging road spending and funds the credit program at $25 million a year. Dicks's amendment passed by a 211-209 vote. =A0 Top Timber Industry Money Recipients=A0 Top House Recipients of Timber Industry PAC & Individual Contributions, 1997-98 1Helen Chenoweth (R-Idaho) $31,942Y 2Linda Smith (R-Wash) $24,850Y 3Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash) $24,406Y 4Don Young (R-Alaska) $23,727Y 5Michael D Crapo (R-Idaho) $22,250Y 6Jay Dickey (R-Ark) $21,750Y 7Charles H Taylor (R-NC) $15,100Y 8Frank Riggs (R-Calif) $14,750Y 9Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga) $14,000Y 10Jim McCrery (R-La) $13,872Y Vote to reduce proposed cut in logging road subsidies. A Yes vote benefits the industry. =A0 =A0=A0 Top Senate Recipients of Timber Industry PAC & Individual Contributions, 1993-98 1Gordon Smith (R-Ore) $404,515N 2Slade Gorton (R-Wash) $159,703N 3Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) $151,124N 4Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) $103,891N 5Phil Gramm (R-Texas) $81,225N 6Paul Coverdell (R-Ga) $75,050N 7Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) $73,499N 8Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) $70,200N 9Susan Collins (R-Maine) $69,533N 10Lauch Faircloth (R-NC) $66,874N a no vote benefits the industry Wow see what a little money can do... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
