750 million just to run it the other four days an week. Some congress member should call them out on this one.
Agreed, but which member would that be? Here's a list of members of congress who have been paid during the 2010 cycle to help ensure they see things UP's way. The amounts may not seem huge at first but they're often in the form of regular contributions that are combined with those of many other like-minded companies in order to reach sums that individuals like us could never hope to counter. Over the last couple decades UP contributed $130,000 to John McCain alone. And we all know how much McCain
loves Amtrak by his voting record and his attacks.
Akin, Todd (R-MO) House $1,000
Altmire, Jason (D-PA) House $7,000
Arcuri, Michael (D-NY) House $3,000
Baca, Joe (D-CA) House $4,000
Bachmann, Michele (R-MN) House $2,000
Bachus, Spencer (R-AL) House $4,000
Baird, Brian (D-WA) House $2,000
Barrasso, John A (R-WY) Senate $1,000
Barrow, John (D-GA) House $2,000
Barton, Joe (R-TX) House $2,500
Bass, Karen (D-CA) House $2,000
Becerra, Xavier (D-CA) House $7,000
Begich, Mark (D-AK) Senate $5,000
Bennet, Michael F (D-CO) Senate $38,000
Bennett, Robert F (R-UT) Senate $3,000
Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) House $4,500
Berman, Howard L (D-CA) House $2,500
Biggert, Judy (R-IL) House $1,000
Bilbray, Brian P (R-CA) House $1,000
Bishop, Rob (R-UT) House $1,000
Bishop, Timothy H (D-NY) House $2,000
Blumenauer, Earl (D-OR) House $10,000
Blunt, Roy (R-MO) House $5,000
Boccieri, John A (D-OH) House $4,000
Boehner, John (R-OH) House $5,000
Bono Mack, Mary (R-CA) House $3,000
Boozman, John (R-AR) House $5,000
Boswell, Leonard L (D-IA) House $3,500
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) Senate $2,500
Boyd, Allen (D-FL) House $2,000
Brady, Kevin (R-TX) House $9,000
Brown, Corrine (D-FL) House $19,200
Brown, Henry (R-SC) House $2,000
Brown-Waite, Ginny (R-FL) House $1,000
Burns, Tim (R-PA) House $500
Burr, Richard (R-NC) Senate $6,000
Buyer, Steve (R-IN) House $5,000
Calvert, Ken (R-CA) House $2,000
Camp, Dave (R-MI) House $9,000
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) House $10,000
Cao, Joseph (R-LA) House $2,000
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV) House $4,500
Capuano, Michael E (D-MA) House $3,500
Carnahan, Russ (D-MO) House $10,000
Carney, Chris (D-PA) House $5,000
Carper, Tom (D-DE) Senate $5,000
Carter, John (R-TX) House $2,000
Cassidy, Bill (R-LA) House $1,000
Castle, Michael N (R-DE) House $2,500
Cedillo, Gilbert (D-CA) House $1,000
Chaffetz, Jason (R-UT) House $1,000
Chandler, Ben (D-KY) House $2,000
Chu, Judy (D-CA) House $2,000
Cleaver, Emanuel (D-MO) House $2,000
Clyburn, James E (D-SC) House $7,000
Coble, Howard (R-NC) House $4,000
Coburn, Tom (R-OK) Senate $10,000
Coffman, Mike (R-CO) House $2,000
Cohen, Stephen Ira (D-TN) House $5,000
Cole, Tom (R-OK) House $2,000
Conaway, Mike (R-TX) House $1,000
Conrad, Kent (D-ND) Senate $5,000
Cooper, Jim (D-TN) House $2,500
Corker, Bob (R-TN) Senate $5,000
Costa, Jim (D-CA) House $2,000
Costello, Jerry F (D-IL) House $10,000
Crapo, Mike (R-ID) Senate $10,000
Crowley, Joseph (D-NY) House $2,000
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX) House $3,000
Culberson, John (R-TX) House $3,000
Cummings, Elijah E (D-MD) House $5,000
Davis, Danny K (D-IL) House $2,000
Davis, Geoff (R-KY) House $1,000
DeFazio, Peter (D-OR) House $10,000
DeMint, James W (R-SC) Senate $4,000
Denham, Jeff (R-CA) House $1,000
Dent, Charlie (R-PA) House $4,000
Diaz-Balart, Mario (R-FL) House $7,000
Dreier, David (R-CA) House $2,400
Duncan, John J (Jimmy) Jr (R-TN) House $5,000
Edwards, Chet (D-TX) House $5,000
Ehlers, Vernon J (R-MI) House $1,000
Ellsworth, Brad (D-IN) House $2,000
Emerson, Jo Ann (R-MO) House $3,000
Ensign, John (R-NV) Senate $1,000
Feingold, Russ (D-WI) Senate $250
Filner, Bob (D-CA) House $3,000
Fiorina, Carly (R-CA) Senate $250
Fortenberry, Jeffrey Lane (R-NE) House $4,250
Fritchey, John A (D-IL) House $2,500
Geoghegan, Thomas Howard (D-IL) House $1,500
Gerlach, Jim (R-PA) House $2,000
Gohmert, Louis B Jr (R-TX) House $1,000
Gonzalez, Charlie A (D-TX) House $2,500
Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) House $1,000
Granger, Kay (R-TX) House $4,000
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) Senate $6,000
Graves, Sam (R-MO) House $10,000
Grayson, Trey (R-KY) Senate $5,000
Green, Gene (D-TX) House $5,500
Griffith, Parker (R-AL) House $2,000
Guthrie, Steven Brett (R-KY) House $4,000
Hall, Ralph M (R-TX) House $1,000
Halvorson, Deborah (D-IL) House $5,000
Hare, Phil (D-IL) House $3,000
Harper, Gregg (R-MS) House $1,000
Hastings, Doc (R-WA) House $2,000
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) Senate $5,000
Heinrich, Martin (D-NM) House $3,000
Heller, Dean (R-NV) House $5,500
Hensarling, Jeb (R-TX) House $1,000
Herger, Wally (R-CA) House $3,000
Hoeven, John (R-ND) Senate $2,500
Holden, Tim (D-PA) House $3,000
Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD) House $7,500
Issa, Darrell (R-CA) House $1,000
Jackson Lee, Sheila (D-TX) House $1,000
Jenkins, Lynn (R-KS) House $1,000
Johnson, Eddie Bernice (D-TX) House $5,000
Johnson, Hank (D-GA) House $3,000
Johnson, Sam (R-TX) House $3,000
Johnson, Timothy V (R-IL) House $3,000
King, Pete (R-NY) House $1,000
King, Steven A (R-IA) House $4,000
Kirk, Mark (R-IL) House $5,000
Kirkpatrick, Ann (D-AZ) House $1,000
Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) Senate $1,000
Larsen, Rick (D-WA) House $10,000
Latham, Tom (R-IA) House $3,000
LaTourette, Steven C (R-OH) House $9,000
Latta, Robert E (R-OH) House $3,000
Lautenberg, Frank R (D-NJ) Senate $5,000
Leahy, Patrick (D-VT) Senate $2,000
Lee, Barbara (D-CA) House $1,500
Lewis, Jerry (R-CA) House $1,000
Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR) Senate $13,000
Lipinski, Daniel (D-IL) House $5,000
Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) House $1,000
Lucas, Frank D (R-OK) House $3,000
Luetkemeyer, Blaine (R-MO) House $2,000
Lujan, Ben R (D-NM) House $3,000
Lummis, Cynthia Marie (R-WY) House $3,000
Lungren, Dan (R-CA) House $10,000
Mack, Connie (R-FL) House $1,000
Manzullo, Don (R-IL) House $2,500
Marchant, Kenny (R-TX) House $3,000
Markey, Betsy (D-CO) House $6,000
Matheson, Jim (D-UT) House $7,500
Matsui, Doris O (D-CA) House $5,000
McCain, John (R-AZ) Senate $11,000
McCarthy, Kevin (R-CA) House $5,500
McCaul, Michael (R-TX) House $2,000
McClintock, Tom (R-CA) House $1,000
McGovern, James P (D-MA) House $7,000
McHenry, Patrick (R-NC) House $1,000
McKeon, Howard P (Buck) (R-CA) House $2,000
McMahon, Michael E (D-NY) House $4,000
McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (R-WA) House $3,000
McNerney, Jerry (D-CA) House $3,000
Meek, Kendrick B (D-FL) House $11,000
Merkley, Jeff (D-OR) Senate $8,500
Mica, John L (R-FL) House $10,000
Mikulski, Barbara A (D-MD) Senate $6,000
Miller, Candice S (R-MI) House $7,000
Miller, Gary (R-CA) House $2,500
Minnick, Walt (D-ID) House $4,000
Mitchell, Harry E (D-AZ) House $4,500
Moise, Rudolph (D-FL) House $250
Moore, Dennis (D-KS) House $1,000
Moran, Jerry (R-KS) House $7,000
Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK) Senate $5,000
Murray, Patty (D-WA) Senate $8,000
Myrick, Sue (R-NC) House $1,200
Nadler, Jerrold (D-NY) House $3,000
Napolitano, Grace (D-CA) House $4,000
Neal, Richard E (D-MA) House $10,000
Nelson, Ben (D-NE) Senate $1,000
Nelson, Bill (D-FL) Senate $3,000
Neugebauer, Randy (R-TX) House $2,000
Norton, Jane (R-CO) Senate $1,000
Nunes, Devin Gerald (R-CA) House $1,000
Nye, Glenn (D-VA) House $2,000
Oberstar, James L (D-MN) House $2,000
Olson, Pete (R-TX) House $10,500
Ortiz, Solomon P (D-TX) House $3,500
Pastor, Ed (D-AZ) House $3,000
Pelosi, Nancy (D-CA) House $10,000
Petri, Tom (R-WI) House $10,000
Poe, Ted (R-TX) House $1,000
Portman, Rob (R-OH) Senate $2,100
Quigley, Mike (D-IL) House $3,000
Radanovich, George (R-CA) House $2,000
Rahall, Nick (D-WV) House $10,000
Rangel, Charles B (D-NY) House $2,500
Reichert, Dave (R-WA) House $3,000
Reid, Harry (D-NV) Senate $6,000
Reyes, Silvestre (D-TX) House $1,000
Richardson, Laura (D-CA) House $5,000
Risch, James E (R-ID) Senate $1,000
Rodriguez, Ciro D (D-TX) House $2,000
Rogers, Hal (R-KY) House $4,500
Rooney, Tom (R-FL) House $1,000
Roskam, Peter (R-IL) House $5,000
Ross, Mike (D-AR) House $2,000
Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-CA) House $4,250
Rush, Bobby L (D-IL) House $2,000
Ryan, Paul (R-WI) House $2,500
Salazar, John (D-CO) House $6,000
Salazar, Ken (D-CO) Senate $250
Sanchez, Linda (D-CA) House $4,500
Sanchez, Loretta (D-CA) House $2,000
Scalise, Steve (R-LA) House $4,400
Schauer, Mark (D-MI) House $4,000
Schiff, Adam (D-CA) House $2,500
Schmidt, Jean (R-OH) House $1,000
Schock, Aaron (R-IL) House $8,000
Schrader, Kurt (D-OR) House $3,000
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman (D-FL) House $3,000
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) Senate $10,000
Scott, Robert C (D-VA) House $2,500
Sensenbrenner, F James Jr (R-WI) House $1,000
Sessions, Pete (R-TX) House $2,500
Shadegg, John (R-AZ) House $3,000
Shelby, Richard C (R-AL) Senate $3,500
Sherman, Brad (D-CA) House $1,000
Shimkus, John M (R-IL) House $4,000
Shuler, Heath (D-NC) House $5,000
Shuster, Bill (R-PA) House $10,000
Simpson, Mike (R-ID) House $4,500
Sires, Albio (D-NJ) House $4,000
Smith, Adam (D-WA) House $2,000
Smith, Adrian (R-NE) House $8,000
Smith, Lamar (R-TX) House $2,000
Snowe, Olympia J (R-ME) Senate $5,000
Specter, Arlen (D-PA) Senate $5,000
Speier, Jackie (D-CA) House $2,500
Sullivan, John (R-OK) House $2,000
Teague, Harry (D-NM) House $5,500
Terry, Lee (R-NE) House $11,200
Thompson, Bennie G (D-MS) House $9,000
Thompson, Mike (D-CA) House $1,500
Thune, John (R-SD) Senate $8,000
Tiahrt, Todd (R-KS) House $750
Tiberi, Patrick J (R-OH) House $5,400
Titus, Dina (D-NV) House $5,500
Udall, Tom (D-NM) Senate $5,000
Walden, Greg (R-OR) House $2,500
Watt, Melvin L (D-NC) House $5,000
Webb, James (D-VA) Senate $5,000
Westmoreland, Lynn A (R-GA) House $3,000
Wexler, Robert (D-FL) House $3,000
White, Thomas M (D-NE) House $500
Whitfield, Ed (R-KY) House $4,000
Wicker, Roger (R-MS) Senate $2,000
Wills, Robbie (D-AR) House $2,000
Wu, David (D-OR) House $2,000
Wyden, Ron (D-OR) Senate $10,000
Yarmuth, John A (D-KY) House $3,000