Every senator has a legislative agenda, even if it consists merely of supporting (or opposing) certain legislation and spending provisions in accordance with the wishes of their corporate donors. Senators Manchin and Sinema are no different. They have major corporate donors, and those donors have goals and priorities that are made visible through their lobbying and their donation history.
With all the staffing power that’s available to the Senate Democratic Caucus, it should be easy to itemize the priorities of Manchin’s and Sinema’s donors.
Dear Democratic senators, please draw up that list of Manchin’s and Sinema’s donors’ priorities so they can be put on the chopping block in the various committees and subcommittees that the two senators are part of.
Because corporate influence can work both ways. A group of sufficiently pissed-off corporate donors will pressure the two holdouts to come around.
Here are the top 20 donors to Senator Manchin:
Rank |
Contributor |
Total |
Individuals |
PACs |
1 |
Enterprise Products Partners |
$100,110 |
$94,610 |
$5,500 |
2 |
Ryan LLC |
$93,200 |
$83,200 |
$10,000 |
3 |
Energy Transfer LP |
$87,700 |
$82,700 |
$5,000 |
4 |
Tellurian Inc |
$37,750 |
$32,750 |
$5,000 |
5 |
ConocoPhillips |
$33,700 |
$31,200 |
$2,500 |
6 |
S&B Engineers & Constructors |
$22,400 |
$17,400 |
$5,000 |
7 |
Plains All American Pipeline |
$21,600 |
$16,600 |
$5,000 |
8 |
Hamilton Insurance Agency |
$20,300 |
$20,300 |
$0 |
9 |
Starkey Hearing Technologies |
$19,900 |
$17,400 |
$2,500 |
10 |
Votesane PAC |
$19,500 |
$19,500 |
$0 |
11 |
Winn Exploration |
$17,400 |
$17,400 |
$0 |
12 |
Valero Energy |
$17,300 |
$17,300 |
$0 |
13 |
Addicus LLC |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
$0 |
14 |
Williams Companies |
$14,800 |
$5,800 |
$9,000 |
15 |
Pioneer Natural Resources |
$14,300 |
$9,300 |
$5,000 |
16 |
Continental Resources |
$14,050 |
$9,050 |
$5,000 |
17 |
Ryan Law Firm |
$12,400 |
$12,400 |
$0 |
18 |
Quantum Energy Partners |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
19 |
United Distributors |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
20 |
Strike Usa |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
Here are the top 20 donors to Senator Sinema:
Rank |
Contributor |
Total |
Individuals |
PACs |
1 |
Ryan LLC |
$73,850 |
$63,850 |
$10,000 |
2 |
Welsh, Carson et al |
$41,100 |
$41,100 |
$0 |
3 |
Goldman Sachs |
$37,000 |
$37,000 |
$0 |
4 |
Apollo Global Management |
$29,625 |
$24,625 |
$5,000 |
5 |
Amgen Inc |
$21,750 |
$19,750 |
$2,000 |
6 |
Andreessen Horowitz |
$18,400 |
$18,400 |
$0 |
7 |
Bennett & Porter |
$17,400 |
$17,400 |
$0 |
8 |
Addicus LLC |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
$0 |
9 |
Paul, Weiss et al |
$13,000 |
$13,000 |
$0 |
10 |
Paxos |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
11 |
Nucor Corp |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
12 |
Multicoin Capital |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
13 |
Stablewood Properties |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
14 |
Sutherland Capital Management |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
15 |
SV Angel LLC |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
16 |
Winklevoss Capital Management LLC |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
17 |
United Distributors |
$11,600 |
$11,600 |
$0 |
19 |
ACA International |
$10,000 |
$0 |
$10,000 |
18 |
Blue Origin |
$10,000 |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
20 |
Mindset |
$9,500 |
$9,500 |
$0 |