Senators Authorizing Syria Strike Got More Defense Cash Than Lawmakers Voting No

Senators voting Wednesday to authorize a Syria strike received, on average, 83 percent more campaign financing from defense contractors than lawmakers voting against war.

Overall, political action committees and employees from defense and intelligence firms such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, United Technologies, Honeywell International, and others ponied up $1,006,887 to the 17 members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who voted yes or no on the authorization Wednesday, according to an analysis by Maplight, the Berkeley-based nonprofit that performed the inquiry at WIRED�s request.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/syria-war-authorization-money/

That's probably accurate but certainly not surprising. That is why the Syrian war resolution may have a majority vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and other committees like the Armed Services Committee, but a much tougher sell in the general House and Senate. Another reason to consider also, is that these committees also get intelligence briefings in the normal course of business that other House and Senate members usually don't have.

So what you are saying is that some get lied to while being handed campaign contribution checks and the others just get lied to?

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., admitted her constituents� calls were �overwhelmingly negative� over a possible Syria intervention, but she added, �They don�t know what I know.� (Typical for this hag! She doesn't care what the people want as long as those lobbyist checks keep coming!)

One can only hope that people are a little more awake for the 2014 elections!

Money in Politics has been going on 50 years before Obama and will continue 50 after if there still is elections then. US has been funding and helping other Counties for 100 years!

We've been living under a rock have we?
Money has been in Politics for thousands of years, even before the Roman Empire!
It's been used in our politics since our beginning, more then 200 years and counting.