+ - SOPA creator in TV/Film/Music industry's pocket.-> 1
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en4bz
en4bz writes "Representative Lamar Smith, the creator of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has been consistently receiving donations averaging $50 000 from the TV/Film/Music industry for each of his re-election campaigns for the past ten years. Smith has received roughly half a million dollars from the TV/Film/Music lobby over the past ten years according to www.opensecrets.org. Check out the source link for a full breakdown of donors to Smith's campaigns."
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Smith is #20 from the TV / Movies / Music industry (Score:2)
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2012&ind=b02 [opensecrets.org]
Top 20 Recipients
Rank Candidate Office Amount
1 Obama, Barack (D) $1,020,464
2 Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) Senate $244,600
3 Berman, Howard L (D-CA) House $183,460
4 Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI) Senate $164,289
5 Romney, Mitt (R) $154,400
6 McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) Senate $140,274
7 Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN) Senate $127,257
8 Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) Senate $112,250
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