Champion News reports:
One of the largest campaign contributors to U.S. Congressman Mark Kirk would reap huge financial benefits after passage of the Waxman-Markey climate control legislation ("cap & trade").
Kirk was one of only eight Republican House Members who voted for cap & trade, and he was the only Republican from Illinois to do so.
Chicago-based energy giant Exelon Corporation has contributed a total of $94,873 to Kirk since his first winning race for Congress in 2000. That's according to the respected online resource OpenSecrets.org. That same independent organization reports that Exelon has been Kirk's second largest contributor over the Congressman's entire career.
According to OpenSecrets.org, Kirk received $34,100 from Exelon for the 2008 election cycle alone. Exelon also ranked as Kirk's second largest contributor for that one cycle.
You'll want to read the whole article. Speaking of Exelon,
The Daily Kos reminds us:
Since 2003, executives and employees of Exelon, which is based in Illinois, have contributed at least $227,000 to Mr. Obama’s campaigns for the United States Senate and for president. Two top Exelon officials, Frank M. Clark, executive vice president, and John W. Rogers Jr., a director, are among his largest fund-raisers.
Another Obama donor, John W. Rowe, chairman of Exelon, is also chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear power industry’s lobbying group, based in Washington. Exelon’s support for Mr. Obama far exceeds its support for any other presidential candidate.
and David Axelrod also has a connection. It looks like cap and trade is about looting the taxpayers to pay off certain business interests.
