One of the neat things about 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.
- 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.
- John Shimkus (IL-19) has taken over $939,000 from polluters and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 56,200 lives at risk.
- Pete Sessions (TX-32) has taken over $927,000 and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 25,000 lives at risk.
- Fred Upton (MI-6) has taken over $863,000 and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 33,450 lives at risk.
- Shelley Moore Capito (WV-2) has taken over $838,000 from polluters and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 81,200 lives at risk.
- Dan Boren (OK-2) has taken over $836,000 from polluters and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 47,750 lives at risk.
- John A. Sullivan (OK-1) has taken over $833,000 from polluters and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 67,450 lives at risk.
- Kay Granger (TX-12) has taken over $789,000 from polluters and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 58,450 lives at risk.
- Gene Green (TX-29) has taken over $757,000 from polluters and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 33,450 lives at risk.
- K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) has taken over $746,000 from polluters and supports Lethal Legislation that could put as many as 25,000 lives at risk.