Monday, December 21, 2009

Senate Cloture Vote

Published by Aaron at 12/21/2009 03:35:00 AM
This list is based on the recent cloture vote for the U.S. Senate health care bill.

This list breaks down as party (vote was divided along part lines) and then ranks each senator by how much money that have been paid by the health care industry based on this information, and while the information may be antiquated and does not cover all of the current Senators, it gives up an idea of the reasonings behind each vote.

With the information available at the link, we are able to determine that Democrats were paid $8,511,067 by Health Care PACs, an average of $146,742.53 per Yes vote.

With the information available at the link, we are able to determine that Independents were paid $455,116 by Health Care PACs, an average of $227,558 per Yes vote.

With the information available at the link, we are able to determine that Republicans were paid $7,663,032 by Health Care PACs, an average of $191,575.80 per NO vote.

What can we determine by this?

Well, for one thing, Republicans are paid more per vote, even though it appears that the Democrats are paid more this is only because there are more Democrats in the Senate to inflate the total amount donated.

Additionally, despite his rhetoric that he will not cooperate with the Senate Democrats, Senator Lieberman voted yes for cloture.

StateSenatorPartyVoteAmount Donated by Health Care PACs
IllinoisBurrisDemocraticYeaN/A
DelawareKaufmanDemocraticYeaN/A
MassachusettsKirkDemocraticYeaN/A
MinnesotaFrankenDemocraticYeaN/A
ColoradoBennetDemocraticYeaN/A
ConnecticutDoddDemocraticYea$767,841
MassachusettsKerryDemocraticYea$680,184
MontanaBaucusDemocraticYea$655,899
NebraskaNelsonDemocraticYea$522,546
IndianaBayhDemocraticYea$448,938
PennsylvaniaSpecterDemocraticYea$366,828
NevadaReidDemocraticYea$361,750
North DakotaConradDemocraticYea$339,330
New JerseyMenendezDemocraticYea$236,725
DelawareCarperDemocraticYea$232,220
MarylandCardinDemocraticYea$219,854
New YorkSchumerDemocraticYea$203,450
ArkansasLincolnDemocraticYea$203,050
MichiganStabenowDemocraticYea$198,850
CaliforniaFeinsteinDemocraticYea$190,660
South DakotaJohnsonDemocraticYea$182,450
Rhode IslandReedDemocraticYea$172,900
IowaHarkinDemocraticYea$166,806
IllinoisDurbinDemocraticYea$159,100
OregonWydenDemocraticYea$155,500
MichiganLevinDemocraticYea$151,156
LouisianaLandrieuDemocraticYea$150,458
VirginiaWarnerDemocraticYea$148,700
West VirginiaRockefellerDemocraticYea$141,024
North DakotaDorganDemocraticYea$140,950
FloridaNelsonDemocraticYea$130,962
ColoradoUdallDemocraticYea$122,750
CaliforniaBoxerDemocraticYea$99,720
WashingtonMurrayDemocraticYea$86,750
New JerseyLautenbergDemocraticYea$83,800
MarylandMikulskiDemocraticYea$82,950
OhioBrownDemocraticYea$73,100
MinnesotaKlobucharDemocraticYea$72,950
ArkansasPryorDemocraticYea$72,500
New MexicoBingamanDemocraticYea$71,207
WisconsinFeingoldDemocraticYea$62,659
PennsylvaniaCaseyDemocraticYea$60,187
New MexicoUdallDemocraticYea$35,600
WashingtonCantwellDemocraticYea$34,925
MissouriMcCaskillDemocraticYea$34,800
HawaiiInouyeDemocraticYea$26,700
Rhode IslandWhitehouseDemocraticYea$23,850
North CarolinaHaganDemocraticYea$23,433
MontanaTesterDemocraticYea$17,400
VermontLeahyDemocraticYea$15,800
West VirginiaByrdDemocraticYea$15,625
New HampshireShaheenDemocraticYea$14,450
HawaiiAkakaDemocraticYea$14,030
New YorkGillibrandDemocraticYea$13,500
AlaskaBegichDemocraticYea$11,800
VirginiaWebbDemocraticYea$7,750
OregonMerkleyDemocraticYea$4,750
WisconsinKohlDemocraticYea($50)
Total Donated $8,511,067
Average cost per vote $146,742.53
StateSenatorPartyVoteAmount Donated by Health Care PACs
ConnecticutLiebermanIndependentYea$449,066
VermontSandersIndependentYea$6,050
Total Donated $455,116
Average cost per vote $227,558
StateSenatorPartyVoteAmount Donated by Health Care PACs
FloridaLeMieuxRepublicanNayN/A
ArizonaMcCainRepublicanNay$684,787
KentuckyMcConnellRepublicanNay$520,327
NevadaEnsignRepublicanNay$477,620
IowaGrassleyRepublicanNay$422,149
UtahHatchRepublicanNay$382,880
ArizonaKylRepublicanNay$350,968
GeorgiaChamblissRepublicanNay$314,823
AlabamaShelbyRepublicanNay$285,900
MaineCollinsRepublicanNay$284,830
New HampshireGreggRepublicanNay$248,175
North CarolinaBurrRepublicanNay$247,686
KentuckyBunningRepublicanNay$247,437
WyomingEnziRepublicanNay$237,750
IdahoCrapoRepublicanNay$199,750
AlabamaSessionsRepublicanNay$195,037
GeorgiaIsaksonRepublicanNay$194,400
TennesseeAlexanderRepublicanNay$176,750
UtahBennettRepublicanNay$157,705
IndianaLugarRepublicanNay$149,913
OhioVoinovichRepublicanNay$146,340
South CarolinaGrahamRepublicanNay$146,173
MaineSnoweRepublicanNay$138,486
South DakotaThuneRepublicanNay$137,716
MissouriBondRepublicanNay$136,150
OklahomaInhofeRepublicanNay$134,954
KansasRobertsRepublicanNay$128,600
TexasCornynRepublicanNay$127,675
TexasHutchisonRepublicanNay$119,700
South CarolinaDeMintRepublicanNay$114,710
TennesseeCorkerRepublicanNay$88,725
AlaskaMurkowskiRepublicanNay$78,950
MississippiWickerRepublicanNay$74,100
KansasBrownbackRepublicanNay$69,500
MississippiCochranRepublicanNay$65,500
NebraskaJohannsRepublicanNay$52,800
WyomingBarrassoRepublicanNay$42,750
OklahomaCoburnRepublicanNay$32,958
LouisianaVitterRepublicanNay$26,608
IdahoRischRepublicanNay$21,750
Total Donated $7,663,032
Average cost per vote $191,575.80
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