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May 27, 2015

Here’s the List of Corporations that paid US senators to fast-track the TPP bill.

Here’s how much corporations paid US senators to fast-track the TPP bill. (list at theguardian.com)

Two days before the fast-track vote, Obama was a few votes shy of having the filibuster-proof majority he needed. Ron Wyden and seven other Senate Democrats announced they were on the fence on 12 May, distinguishing themselves from the Senate’s 54 Republicans and handful of Democrats as the votes to sway.

In just 24 hours, Wyden and five of those Democratic holdouts – Michael Bennet of Colorado, Dianne Feinstein of California, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Patty Murray of Washington, and Bill Nelson of Florida – caved and voted for fast-track. Bennet, Murray, and Wyden – all running for re-election in 2016 – received $105,900 between the three of them. Bennet, who comes from the more purple state of Colorado, got $53,700 in corporate campaign donations between January and March 2015, according to Channing’s research.

Almost 100% of the Republicans in the US Senate voted for fast-track – the only two non-votes on TPA were a Republican from Louisiana and a Republican from Alaska.”

And these are the members of the coalition to pass it.

3M Company Abbott

ACE Group

Advanced Medical Technology Association

Aflac International

American Apparel & Footwear Association

American Automotive Policy Council

American Chemistry Council

American Council of Life Insurers

American Farm Bureau Federation

American Feed Industry

Association American Forest & Paper Association

American Insurance Association

American Legislative Exchange Council

American Meat Institute

American Soybean Association

Amway

APL

Apple

Applied Materials

Archer Daniels Midland Company

American Natural Soda

Ash Corporation

Association of Global Automakers

Biotechnology Industry Organization

Boeing

Business Roundtable

BSA – The Software Alliance

CA Technologies

Cargill

Caterpillar

Chevron

Chubb Corp.

Citigroup Inc

Coalition of Services Industries

The Coca Cola Company Inc

Computing Technology Industry Association

Conoco Phillips

Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA)

Corn Refiners Association

Cotton Council International

Council of the Americas

Crop Life America

The Walt Disney Company

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States

The Dow Chemical Company

EBay

Emergency Committee for American Trade

Facebook

FedEx Express

Express Association of America

Exxon Mobil

Financial Services Forum

Fluor

FMC Corporation

Food Marketing Institute

Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America

Gap, Inc.

General Electric

General Motors

Glanbia USA

GlaxoSmithKline

Goldman Sachs

Grocery Manufacturers Association

Halliburton

Hanesbrands

Herbalife

Hewlett-Packard

Honda North America

Idaho Potato Commission

IDS International

IBM

Information Technology Industry Council…includes Google (don’t be evil?), along with Adobe, AMD, Agilent, Alcatel-Lucent, AOL, Apple, Blackberry, Canon, Dell, Epson, Ericsson, Facebook, Fujitsu, HP, HTC, IBM, Intel, Intuit, Kodak, Lenovo, Lexmark, LinkedIn, Logitech, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Samsung, Seagate, Sony, Toyota, Twitter, Visa, Yahoo, and others.

 

Intel

Interactive Advertising Bureau

International Dairy Foods Association

International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)

J.C. Penney

John Deere

Johnson & Johnson

Kraft Foods

Levi Strauss & Co.

Lilly Louis Dreyfus Commodities

Mars

McGraw Hill Financial

Metlife

Microsoft

Mondelez International

Monsanto

Morgan Stanley

Motion Picture Association of America

Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association

National Association of Manufacturers

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

National Center for APEC

National Confectioners Association

National Corn Growers Association

National Council of Wheat Growers

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

National Fisheries Institute

National Foreign Trade Council

National Milk Producers Federation

National Oilseed Processors Association

National Pork Producers Council

National Potato Council

National Retail Federation

National Turkey Federation

Nike

Northwest Horticultural Council

Novartis

Oracle

Outdoor Industry Association

Pet Food Institute

Pfizer

Philip Morris International

PhRMA

Plastics Industry Trade Association

PPG Industries

Procter & Gamble

Qualcomm Incorporated

Retail Industry Leaders Association

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International

Software & Information Industry Association

SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association

Sudbury International Sweeteners

Users Association

Target Inc.

TechAmerica

Telecommunications Industry Association

The Entertainment Software Association

The National Chicken Council

Time Warner Inc.

Toyota North America

TUMI

U.S. Apple Association

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Grains Council

U.S. New Zealand Council

U.S. Wheat Associates

USA-ITA

United States Council for International Business

United Technologies Corporation

UPS

US-ASEAN Business Council

Viacom

Visa

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Washington Council on International Trade

World Trade Center San Diego

Xerox

Zimmer

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Some solutions:

http://mayday.us

http://represent.us

http://wolf-pac.com

 

Bonus:
As McKibben says, overturning Citizens United is the most important environmental (let alone social equality or democratic) action we can strive for.



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