MNeagle
6th October 2010, 07:58 AM
What if members of Congress were seated not by party but according to their major business sponsors?
If you want to understand why Finance Reform was so milquetoast, note how significant it is in both the Senate and House. The following shows the US elected Senators and Representatives by the dominant campaign contribution:
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click for full list of congresscritters
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Senate-sponsors.png
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/House-sponsor.png
Its not quite the Nascar idea, but it communicates by sector whose money is influencing whom.
link (http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/10/who-owns-congress/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Pict ure%29)
If you want to understand why Finance Reform was so milquetoast, note how significant it is in both the Senate and House. The following shows the US elected Senators and Representatives by the dominant campaign contribution:
>
click for full list of congresscritters
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Senate-sponsors.png
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/House-sponsor.png
Its not quite the Nascar idea, but it communicates by sector whose money is influencing whom.
link (http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/10/who-owns-congress/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Pict ure%29)