Mining Companies' Donations

Obstacle

Mining Corporations and PAC's give donations to elect certain Congresspersons. Do the Congresspersons feel any obligations to keep mining law in place as it was in 1872? Why would they want to give away public lands to mining companies, half of which are foreign mining companies, to allow them to make huge profits tax-free.

See recent story on Harry Reid in Mother Jones Publication

Updated info:

Mining
PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates, 2005-2006
Energy & Natural Resources

Total Amount:	$1,901,044
Total to Democrats:	$385,754	(20%)
Total to Republicans:	$1,515,290	(80%)
Number of PACs Making Contributions:	28

Mining
PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates, 2005-2006
VIEW FULL SECTOR: Energy & Natural Resources

Select a Cycle: 2008 2006 2004 2002 2000 1998

Total Amount: $1,901,044

Total to Democrats: $385,754 (20%)

Total to Republicans: $1,515,290 (80%)

Number of PACs Making Contributions: 28

PAC Name Affiliate Total Dems Repubs

Alliance Resource Partners $12,500 $2,500 $10,000

Aloe Holding $8,200 $200 $8,000

Amvest Corp $9,250 $2,000 $7,250

Arch Coal $152,500 $31,000 $121,500

Barrick Goldstrike Mines $61,000 $25,000 $36,000

China Clay Producers Assn $24,750 $4,250 $20,500

Cleveland-Cliffs $41,350 $16,350 $25,000

Cominco American $5,000 $0 $5,000

CONSOL Energy $42,200 $15,500 $26,700

Drummond Co $39,500 $4,500 $35,000

Foundation Coal $143,870 $39,500 $104,370

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold $44,500 $16,000 $28,500

Hecla Mining $5,500 $0 $5,500

Joy Global Inc $43,750 $7,000 $36,750

Kennecott Holdings $66,000 $10,500 $55,500

Lignite Energy Council $9,000 $9,000 $0

Mine Safety Appliances $14,500 $6,500 $8,000

Murray Energy $97,400 $0 $97,400

National Mining Assn $424,748 $76,500 $348,248

National Mining Assn $223,250 $40,000 $183,250

Newmont Mining $36,500 $8,500 $28,000

North American Coal Corp $18,100 $4,000 $14,100

Ohio Coal PAC $8,150 $0 $8,150

Peabody Energy $180,500 $28,000 $152,500

Pennsylvania Coal PAC $5,000 $0 $5,000

Phelps Dodge Corp $153,000 $29,500 $123,500

Thompson Creek Metals $8,072 $0 $8,072

Westmoreland Coal Co $22,954 $9,454 $13,500

Based on data released by the FEC on Monday, June 04, 2007.

Mining Donations 2001-2002
PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates, 2001-2002

Source: Open Secrets

Total Amount:	$1,842,876
Total to Democrats:	372,102	(20%)
Total to Republicans:	$1,469,774	(80%)
Number of PACs Making Contributions:	32

PAC Name	Total	Dems			Repubs
Alliance Resource Partners	$1,000	$0				$1,000
Aloe Holding	$1,600	$0				$1,600
American Coal Co	$124,850	$5,000				$119,850
American Energy Corp	$108,500	$5,500				$103,000
Amvest Corp	$20,150	$3,600				$16,550
Anglogold Ltd	$11,850	$3,000				$8,850
Arch Coal	$144,284	$21,000		$123,284
ASARCO Inc	$2,000	$0	$2,000
Barrick Goldstrike Mines	$75,000	$33,500	$41,500
BHP Holdings	$1,023	$400	$623
China Clay Producers Assn	$ 18,375	$4,200	$14,175
Cleveland-Cliffs	$ 49,367	$24,367	$25,000
Cominco American	$ 3,000	$1,000	$2,000
CONSOL Energy	$ 24,000	$10,000	$14,000
Drummond Co	$ 62,737	$15,000	$47,737
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold	$ 62,500	$28,500	$34,000
Hecla Mining	$ 4,150	0	$ 4,150
Joy Global Inc	$ 34,750	$7,000	$27,750
Kennecott Holdings	$ 86,246	$ 21,000	$65,246
Lignite Energy Council	$ 5,500	$ 4,000	$ 1,500
Massey Energy	$ 1,000	0	$ 1,000
Mine Safety Appliances	$ 1,000	$ 500	$ 500
National Mining Assn	$266,680	$44,000	$222,680
National Mining Assn	$177,691	$25,535	$152,156
Newmont Mining	$ 56,600	$25,000	$ 31,600
North American Coal Corp	$ 9,225	$ 3,000	$ 6,225
Ohio Valley Coal	$124,100	$11,000	$112,100
Peabody Energy	$118,498	$29,000	$ 89,498
Phelps Dodge Corp	$134,500	$19,500	$115,000
RAG American Coal	$103,700	$26,500	$77,200
Thompson Creek Metals	$ 8,000	$ 1,000	$ 7,000
United Co	$ 1,000	0	$ 1,000

Based on data released by the FEC on Monday, January 13, 2003.

Donations to 109th Congress by Mining
Breakdown of which companies gave to what U.S. Senator

Source: Open Secrets and Washington Post

Member	State	Party	Donations received from Mining Corporations
Daniel Akaka	Hawaii	Democratic	0
Wayne Allard	Colorado	Republican	$ 46,245
Max Baucus	Montana	Democratic	$ 19,900
Evan Bayh	Indiana	Democratic	$ 22,000
Robert Bennett	Utah	Republican	$ 23,900
Joseph Biden	Delaware	Democratic	0
Jeff Bingaman	New Mexico	Democratic	$ 47,036
Kit Bond	Missouri	Republican	$ 33,250
Barbara Boxer	California	Democratic	0
Sam Brownback	Kansas	Republican	$ 7,750
Richard Bryan	Nevada	Democratic	$ 6,500
Jim Bunning	Kentucky	Republican	$ 56,498
Conrad Burns	Montana	Republican	$ 89,650
Richard Burr	North Carolina	Republican	0
Lincoln Chafee	Rhode Island	Republican	$ 3,000
Saxby Chambliss	Georgia	Republican	$ 4,950
Hillary Clinton	New York	Democratic	0
Tom Coburn	Oklahoma	Republican	No info available
Thad Cochran	Mississippi	Republican	$ 6,000
Susan Collins	Maine	Republican	0
Kent Conrad	North Dakota	Democratic	$ 37,475
Larry Craig	Idaho	Republican	$ 62,325
Tom Daschle	South Dakota	Democrat	$ 21,250
Jim DeMint	South Carolina	Republican	0
Mike DeWine	Ohio	Republican	$69,550
Christopher Dodd	Connecticut	Democratic	0
Elizabeth Dole	North Carolina	Republican	0
Pete Domenici	New Mexico	Republican	$ 46,000
Byron Dorgan	North Dakota	Democratic	$ 21,100
Dick Durbin	Illinois	Democratic	$ 8,050
Russell Feingold	Wisconsin	Democratic	$ 5,000
Dianne Feinstein	California	Democratic	0
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina	Republican	0
Charles Grassley	Iowa	Republican	$ 15,000
Judd Gregg	New Hampshire	Republican	0
Chuck Hagel	Nebraska	Republican	$1,300
Tom Harkin	Iowa	Democratic
Orrin Hatch	Utah	Republican	$ 39,000
Kay Bailey Hutchison	Texas	Republican	$ 11,750
James Inhofe	Oklahoma	Republican	$ 25,000
Daniel Inouye	Hawaii	Democratic	0
James Jeffords	Vermont	Independent	0
Tim Johnson	South Dakota	Democratic	0
Edward Kennedy	Massachusetts	Democratic	$ 5,000
John Kerry	Massachusetts	Democratic	$ 8,000
Herb Kohl	Wisconsin	Democratic	0
Jon Kyl	Arizona	Republican	$ 59,881
Blanche Lincoln	Arkansas	Democratic	$ 13,000
Mary Landrieu	Louisiana	Democratic	$ 15,000
Frank Lautenberg	New Jersey	Democratic	0
Patrick Leahy	Vermont	Democratic	0
Carl Levin	Michigan	Democratic	0
Joseph Lieberman	Connecticut	Democratic	0
Trent Lott	Mississippi	Republican	$ 11,500
Richard Lugar	Indiana	Republican	$ 47,379
Mel Martinez	Florida	Republican	0
John McCain	Arizona	Republican	$ 74,650
Mitch McConnell	Kentucky	Republican	$111,100
Barbara Mikulski	Maryland	Democratic	0
Frank Murkowski	Alaska	Republican	$ 53.096
Patty Murray	Washington	Democratic	0
Harry Reid	Nevada	Democratic	$110,601
Pat Roberts	Kansas	Republican	0
Jay Rockefeller	West Virginia	Democratic	$ 42,950
Rick Santorum	Pennsylvania	Republican	$113,950
Paul Sarbanes	Maryland	Democratic	0
Jeff Sessions	Alabama	Republican	$ 37,550
Richard Shelby	Alabama	Republican	$ 52,000
Gordon Smith	Oregon	Republican	$ 15,800
Olympia Snowe	Maine	Republican	0
Arlen Specter	Pennsylvania	Republican	$ 58,900
Ted Stevens	Alaska	Republican	$ 28,830
John Sununu	New Hampshire	Republican	0
Craig Thomas	Wyoming	Republican	$ 63,993
John Thune	South Dakota	Republican	$ 1,000
David Vitter	Louisiana	Republican	$ 5,500
John Warner	Virginia	Republican	$ 57,000
Ron Wyden	Oregon	Democratic	0

Digging for dollars: Who contributes and who benefits

Thursday, June 14, 2001

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