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TABLE 21.1 Special Interests Are Rationally Informed

Senators on the Agriculture Committee, 2008

Donations from the American Crystal Sugar PAC (2006–2008)

Tom Harkin, D-IA

$15,000

Sherrod Brown, D-OH

$15,000

Saxby Chambliss R-GA

$10,000

Mitch McConnell, R-KY

$10,000

Robert Casey, Jr., D-PA

$10,000

E. Benjamin Nelson, D-NE

  $8,000

Amy Klobuchar, D-MN

  $7,000

Patrick J. Leahy, D-VT

  $6,000

Max Baucus, D-MT

  $6,000

Pat Roberts, R-KS

  $3,000

Kent Conrad, D-ND

  $2,000

Ken Salazar, D-CO

  $2,000

Debbie Stabenow, D-MI

  $1,000

Richard G. Lugar, R-IN

        $0

Thad Cochran, R-MS

        $0

Blanche Lincoln, D-AR

        $0

Lindsey Graham, R-SC

        $0

Norm Coleman, R-MN

        $0

Mike Crapo, R-ID

        $0

John Thune, R-SD

        $0

Charles Grassley, R-IA

        $0

Source: Federal Election Commission data compiled by OpenSecrets.org.