[Organize] Fw: tax dollars and Bechtel- questions for you

[Joanne Sheehan]

Friends,

This is info Frida sent to me regarding Bechtel's money from the Pentagon 
and to Congress:


>
> Bechtel was the 22nd largest recipenient of Pentagon dollars in 2005,
> with $1.4 billion in contracts. Overall, the privately held company
> boasted of $18 billion in revenues last year.
>
> How do I find who in Congress got campaign contributions from Bechtel?
>
> Opensecrets.Org is the place for you. Run by the Center for Responsive
> POlitics, this site is a gold mine of information, and is as as credible
> as can be!
>
> There are two ways to go about it:
>
> who gets? Your Congressperson's donors:
> http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/index.asp
>
> You enter the name of the politician you are interested in:
>
> Lieberman, for example and you will be taken to his profile....
> http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00000616&cycle=2006
>
>
> From the menu on the left hand side, you can select his "top
> contributers" and see that most of his major supporters appear to be in
> financial services.... Lehman Brothers, Hartford Financial Services
> etc.. but his second largest donor in 2006 is United Technologies...
> Alongthe left hand side you can also see who gives money to his
> political action committee,
> http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/memberprofile.asp?CID=N00000616&Cycle=2006
>
> and select defense (or in the case of Bechtel... construction) and find
> out who gives him money that way:
>
> Bechtel gave him $1,000...
>
> another way to go about it is who gives?
>
> Bechtel is not listed among the top construction contributors:
> http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=C&cycle=2006
>
> Nor is it one of the top defense contributors:
> http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=D&cycle=2006
>
> BUT, it is listed as number seven under "general contractors," a
> subheading of construction:
>
> http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&ind=C01
>
> and contributed $149,650 during the 2006 cycle (which is not over),
> 76% of which went to republicans. in the 2004 cycle they gave more than
> $200,000, so you could say something like, gave more than half a million
> since 2000.
>