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About this Report

This report was researched and written by Nick Troiano for Congress based on publicly
available information through the Federal Election Commission and the Office of the
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.
For inquires, please contact Rachel Vierling: rachel@nicktroiano.com | (570) 291-7697

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Introduction
In the modern era of politics, it is said that the scandal isn't the illegal behavior the
true scandal is what's legal.
Thats because todays political corruption does not take the form of cash bribes being
handed to legislators under the table in exchange for their votes on particular issues.
Instead, todays corruption is more subtle.
Todays corruption takes the form of donations coming from the coffers of special
interests going into the campaign accounts of elected officials, in an indirect but wellunderstood exchange for access to the officials office or legislative support.

This softer corruption is perfectly legal, demonstrably

effective, and terrifyingly common.
Corporations, unions, lobbyists and political action committees (PACs) are essentially
able to buy their influence on Capitol Hill. And, as money in politics proliferates and
campaigns become more expensive, members of Congress are increasingly dependent
upon these funders to basically buy their reelections.
The result is that the voice of the people is being drowned out by the desires of the
funders and incumbent legislators become career politicians. As the divide between
the people and the funders grows greater, so does the gap in our representation.
The issue of campaign finance is not a partisan issue.
The corrupting influence of money in politics blocks legislative reform from both the left
and the right whether it be regulating the financial industry or simplifying our tax
code. Special interests are able to stand in the way of what might be best for our
community or for our country as a whole, as their aim is often to protect their own
financial bottom line.

Unless we can fix our political process, including by reforming our

system of campaign finance, we will not be able to fix any of the major
problems facing our country.
Reform must begin by replacing members of Congress who are part of todays broken
system with candidates who, apart from what they say on the campaign trail, actually run
for office in such a way that they are able be part of the solution.
This year, voters in Pennsylvanias 10th District have the choice to elect a new type of
candidate; a choice that this report is intended to help inform and clarify.

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Congressman Tom Marinos Unanswered Questions

In 2012, U.S. Congressman Tom Marino (PA-10) introduced a series of seven bills to
suspend or extend the suspension of import tariffs on rare earth metals including
gadolinium oxide, yttrium oxide, europium oxide, lanthanum oxide, and cerium nitrate.
Of the eleven bills he authored in 2012, why this issue? Why these metals? Why now?
These answers are not immediately clear, as Congressman Marino did not mark the bills
introduction with a press release or any other kind of searchable public statement.
However, as this report demonstrates, Congressman Marinos peculiar legislative record
truly begins to make sense if one simply follows the money.
The web of connections between the special interest groups bankrolling Congressman
Marinos reelection campaign and the groups that stand to benefit from the legislation he
has authored raises an important, urgent and unavoidable question that all voters must
ask: Exactly who is Congressman Marino representing in Washington?

Summary of this Reports Findings

1. Since the beginning of his first campaign in 2010, Congressman Marino has accepted
$2,309,451 in contributions. Thirty-nine percent of these contributions, or $903,959, has
come from 267 political action committees (PACs). The average aggregate PAC
contribution to Marino is $3,385 more than the average monthly income of a 10th
District voter.

Source: The Federal Election Commission and the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.!

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2. As of late, Congressman Marino has rapidly increased the amount of money he has
accepted from special interest PACs. In his most recent report he filed with the Federal
Elections Commission, covering just May and June, Congressman Marino disclosed
$116,650 in donations from PACs, more than he has raised from PACs in any other two
month period of his political career. In all, 64% of Congressman Marinos contributions
in May and June came from PACs.
3. Over half (56%) of Congressman Marinos donations from PACs came from 128
organizations that can be shown to have stood to benefit from Congressman Marinos
legislative actions ($503,078). This figure includes:
! $133,150 from 26 PACs whose affiliates have lobbied on or otherwise
publically advocated for bills Congressman Marino authored.
! $234,750 from 64 PACs whose affiliated corporations belong to trade
organizations that lobbied on or otherwise publically advocated for bills
Marino authored.
! $205,178 from 52 PACs whose affiliates have repeatedly lobbied on issues
and bills that fall under the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual
Property, Courts, and the Internet, which Marino sits on.
! $256,678 from 46 PACs whose affiliates have repeatedly lobbied on issues
and bills that fall under the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, which
Congressman Marino also sits on.

Source: The Federal Election Commission and the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.

4. While most of Congressman Marinos PAC donors are affiliated with corporations or
other economic interests, 10.8% of Congressman Marinos total PAC donations came
from other congressmen or from lobbying firms ($69,000 and $28,500, respectively).

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Methodology
Links of political influence in Washington are notoriously difficult to trace. One might
reasonably assume that no corporation or special interest would donate to a member of
Congress unless it expected some legislative action or other favor in return but it is
nearly impossible to definitely prove any connection between the groups that donate and
the actions a member takes.
This report takes a simple but powerful approach. There are two basic ways in which
members actions can benefit a special interest: through the bills they introduce, and
through other actions on the committees and subcommittees they sit on. Because of this,
the groups that can most easily be shown to stand to benefit from a particular members
actions are those that have publically supported bills s/he introduces, and those with a
vested interest in issues dealt with by the committees and subcommittees s/he sits on.
This report goes through all 267 PACs that have contributed to Congressman Marino and
identifies those that meet one of these two criteria: advocating for a bill Congressman
Marino has authored or that lobbies on issues relevant to a subcommittee Congressman
Marino sits on.
A PAC is defined as advocating for a bill if it a) reported itself as lobbying on the bill in
question, b) published or signed a statement supporting the bill, c) is a member of a trade
organization that lobbied on the bill or a trade organization that published or signed a
statement supporting it. It is important to include trade organizations such as America's
Natural Gas Alliance or the Health IT Now Coalition in this definition, because
companies in the same industry often consolidate their lobbying efforts behind trade
organizations while continuing to donate separately. A member of a trade organization
that supports a particular bill is highly likely to stand to benefit from that bill as well.
A PAC is defined as lobbying on issues relevant to a subcommittee if, over multiple
reporting periods, it has reported itself as lobbying on issues or bills under the jurisdiction
of that subcommittee. This report examines PACs with interests in the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Courts, and the Internet and the Homeland
Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security
Technologies, even though Congressman Marino sits on a total of six subcommittees.
The results are necessarily incomplete because this report is not exhaustive. Were
the report to go through every bill Congressman Marino has cosponsored, each
amendment he has offered, all votes he has taken, each committee he sits on, and money
Super-PACs may expend independently on his reelection, it could almost certainly find
many more connections between Marinos donors and legislative activity. The figures
included in this report simply represent the most obvious stories and the clearest linkages.
The criteria rely on no subjective judgments, and the results could be reproduced by
anyone. All of the figures that comprise the reports findings are calculated in the
Appendix.

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Examples from the Data

The Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industry
At least 35 of the 267 PACs that donated to Congressman Marino represent healthcare,
pharmaceutical, and insurance corporations. Congressman Marino has also authored
several bills relating to healthcare, and all three of his proposed laws contained provisions
that would benefit various healthcare companies. The Preserving Our Hometown
Independent Pharmacies Act (H.R. 1188) would exempt several pharmacies from certain
anti-trust laws. The Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act (H.R. 3239)
would grant healthcare providers who use electronic records protection from some
malpractice lawsuits. Finally, the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug
Enforcement Act (H.R. 4069) would help pave the way for pharmaceutical companies to
deliver drugs directly to doctors.i
It is certainly clear that supporters of H.R. 4069 were eager to donate to Congressman
Marino. Out of ten organizations that reported that they lobbied on the bill, seven donated
to Congressman Marino many both before and after the bill was introduced.
However, for many other pharmaceutical and healthcare companies that donated to
Congressman Marino, it is at first difficult to tell if they were aware of any of these three
healthcare bills at all. Few of these individual companies publicly supported or disclosed
direct lobbying on any of the bills in question. As it happens though, many of the groups
that did lobby on the bills were pharmaceutical industry trade organizations, representing
the common interests of dozens of
pharmaceutical companies. Most of
Congressman Marinos healthcare and
pharmaceutical donors could be connected
to one, if not several, of such
organizations, establishing that they stood
to benefit from one or more of his
healthcare bills.
One particularly striking example is the
National Community Pharmacists
Association (NCPA), which lobbied on
the first of Congressman Marinos three
healthcare bills (H.R.1946). Beginning
five weeks after Congressman Marino
introduced the bill, in the summer of
2011, the NCPA gave its first of eleven
donations to his campaign; in the months
afterward, ten of its member corporations
(listed on the right) followed suit, totaling
$47,500. Only one of the member
corporations had reported lobbying on the
bill itself.
Source: The Federal Election Commission and the Office of the
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.!

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Intellectual Property Owners

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, [C]ongressional committees are the
legislative trenches - and the bigger the bill, the higher the stakes, the more generous the
campaign donations to members of the committee with jurisdiction over the issue.ii
During the first quarter of 2014, 135 organizations reported themselves as lobbying on
intellectual property issues. Over a quarter (34) donated to Congressman Marino, who
is the Vice-Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property,
Courts, and the Internet.
One of the most controversial bills in recent years to come before the Subcommittee was
SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would have given the federal government more
power to regulate the internet and police it for breaches of copyright.iii Congressman
Marino was a cosponsor of SOPA, and remained so after several prominent protests.iv At
least sixteen groups that publically supported SOPA donated to him.v
In recent months, Congressman Marino has come out in strong support of the Songwriter
Equity Act, which would offer additional legal justifications for musicians seeking
increased royalty payments.vi Four out of nine organizations that reported lobbying for
the bill have donated to Congressman Marino, including the American Society of
Composers, Authors, and Publishers, which has devoted over 80% of its donations in the
House of Representatives to 16 out of the 25 members of the Subcommittee on
Intellectual Property, Courts, and the Internet.vii
Twenty-three of Congressman Marinos donors have reported lobbying both on
intellectual property issues and cybersecurity, which is the main focus of the House
Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and
Security Technologies, which Congressman Marino also sits on. This group includes
Congressman Marinos biggest single PAC donor, Comcast ($22,500 in aggregate
donations) and his third biggest PAC donor, the American Bankers Association ($19,500
in aggregate donations).
Rare Earth Metals
Gadolinium oxide, Yttrium oxide, Europium oxide, Lanthanum oxide, and Cerium nitrate
are all examples of rare earth metals, a group of compounds that are useful for many
sectors of industry and manufacturing, especially aircraft and electronics. Congressman
Marino introduced seven separate bills to lower tariffs on these metals, without any
public explanation.
A look at the lobbying record reveals that only one organization reported lobbying on any
of the seven bills the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and it lobbied on
all seven.

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Five of Congressman Marinos donors are members of the National Electrical

Manufacturers Association: General Electric, Cardinal Health, Honeywell International,
L-3 Communications, and DuPont. All five use rare earth metals in their products, and
none lobbied on any of the six bills themselves.viii Their donations to Congressman
Marino totaled $19,000.
Other Corporate Interests
There are few major U.S. industries not represented among Congressman Marinos
donors, and his legislation has also covered a diverse range of policy areas, leading to a
few more striking examples.
Congressman Marino authored the Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act (H.R. 1587),
which would allow fossil fuel companies to bypass conservation regulations more easily
and build pipelines on federal lands. Out of nine corporations that lobbied on the bill,
seven either donated to Congressman Marino or were trade organizations whose
members donated to Congressman Marino. All were petroleum, gas, and electric
companies.
The SNAP Transparency Act, authored by Congressman Marino, proposes that the
government monitor and record detailed information on which items are purchased with
food stamps a bill that does not appear to serve any particular special interest. But the
list of groups that lobbied on the bill shows that it includes both the Food Marketing
Institute and Pepsi Cola. Sometimes a list of supporters reveals more about a bill than its
own text; members of the food industry may have wished to take advantage of free
information from the federal government on consumer purchasing patterns. Though most
of the food companies on Congressman Marinos PAC donor list could not be fully
linked to the bill, four of the contributors are members of the Food Marketing Institute.
On June 9th, 2014, Congressman Marino introduced the Chronic Kidney Disease
Improvement in Research and Treatment Act, which would increase federal resources
devoted to the treatment of kidney disease. In the next three weeks, Davita, a kidney
disease treatment company that had reported lobbying on the bill, donated an additional
$2,000 to Marino. The Kidney Care Council, which published an issue brief in favor of
Marinos bill, donated an additional $3,650 in those three weeks.ix
Lobbyists and Other Congressmen:
Corporations are not the only PACs that seek to exercise influence over members of
Congress. Fourteen PACs associated with lobbying firms have donated to Congressman
Marino over the last four years. Several of these lobbyists have lobbied for other
corporations whose PACs have donated to Congressman Marino; one example is Nelson,
Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, which donated $5,000 to Congressman Marino and
lobbies for at least four of his other donors.
Finally, Congressman Marino has accepted $69,000 from other sitting congressmen,
through campaign committees and leadership PACs, all Republican.

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Source: The Federal Election Commission and the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Conclusion
This report is intended to raise important questions based on verifiable facts and publicly
available information; it is not intended to offer conclusive answers with regard to the
Congressmans legislative activity or to suggest any unlawful behavior.
Indeed, Congressman Marino very well may be able to justify the legislative activity in
question on its own merits, independent of the campaign contributions he has received.
But that would be beside the point.
The financing of our elections and the functioning of our political process in such a
fashion should be unacceptable. Citizens should not have to question the motivations of
their representatives, although they may disagree with their actions. The appearance of
corruption can be just as poisonous to our democracy as corruption itself, as public trust
and confidence in our institutions decline, so too does active civic participation.
There is a better way, and it can start when voters head to the polls on November 4th.
Because no matter how powerful the special interests become in Washington, the
most powerful force in our government remains the votes of the people.

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Appendix A: Congressman Marinos PAC Donations, Broken Down

" All groups listed below as lobbying on a certain bill or topic reported themselves
as such to the U.S. House of Representatives Office of the Clerk
(http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldsearch.aspx).
" Donation information was gathered from Congressman Marinos reports to the
Federal Elections Commission.
" Trade organization member lists were drawn from each organizations respective
website.
" Information about which PACs are affiliated with sitting congressmen was
provided by the Center for Responsive Politics.
" An organization is categorized as a lobbying firm if it employs lobbyists to
lobby for clients other than itself.
A. Donations from groups that lobbied on or publically advocated for one or more
bills authored by Congressman Marino (Groups that did not lobby, but advocated, are
in italics)
$133,150: Total
$7,500: Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
(H.R.2641)
$500: Association of American Railroads PAC
(H.R.2641)
$2,000: Cardinal Health, Inc. PAC
(H.R.4069)
$2,000: COALPAC, of the National Mining Association
(H.R.2641)
$3,000: CSX Corporation Good Government Fund
(H.R.2641)
$2,500: CVS/Caremark Corporation Employees PAC (H.R.4069, H.R.1188, H.R.1946)
$2,000: DuPont Good Government Fund
(H.R.6062)
$2,500: The PAC of the Fertilizer Institute
(H.R.2641)
$7,000: General Electric Company PAC
(H.R.1587)
$2,500: Healthcare Distribution Management Association PAC
(H.R.4069)
$4,000: Humane Society Legislative Fund
(H.R. 366, H.R.2492)
$2,000: Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, PAC
(H.R.3815)
$5,000: Intel Corporation PAC
(H.R.3239)
$2,000: International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
(H.R.4069)
$9,650: Kidney Care Council PAC
(H.R.4814)
$1,000: Medco Health PAC
(H.R.1946)
$3,000: National Association of Chain Drug Stores PAC
(H.R.4069)
$6,500: National Association of Home Builders PAC
(H.R.2641)
$14,500: National Community Pharmacists Association PAC
(H.R.4069)
$3,000: National Federation of Independent Business
(H.R.2641)
$2,000: National Roofing Contractors Association PAC
(H.R.2641)
$5,000: Nisource Inc. PAC
(H.R.1587)
$7,000: Norfolk Southern Corporation Good Government Fund
(H.R.2641)
$1,000: Sempra Energy Employees PAC
(H.R.1587)

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B. Donations from groups belonging to trade organizations that lobbied on or

publically supported one or more bills authored by Congressman Marino
$234,750: Total
Members of Americas Health Insurance Plans
$1,000: Cigna Corporation PAC
$6,000: Fresenius Medical Care North America PAC
$1,000: MetLife Inc. Political Participation Fund A
$1,500: New York Life Insurance Company PAC
$1,000: Universal American Corp. PAC
$1,000: United Health Group Inc. PAC

(H.R. 1188, H.R.1946)

Members of America's Natural Gas Alliance

$5,250: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation PAC
$1,000: Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation PAC
$7,500: Chesapeake Energy Corporation FED-PAC

(H.R.1587)

Members of the American Chemistry Council

$1,000: BP Corporation North America, Inc. PAC
$2,000: DuPont Good Government Fund
$2,500: Honeywell International PAC
$500 : Linde North America Inc. PAC
$1,000: Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PAC
$5,000: Merck & Co., Inc. Employees PAC
$1,000: Praxair, Inc. PAC
$1,000: Procter and Gamble Good Government Fund

(H.R.2641)

Members of the American Council of Engineering Companies

$1,000: Bentley Systems PAC

(H.R.2641)

Members of the American Iron & Steel Institute

$2,000: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Political Alliance
$3,000: CSX Corporation Good Government Fund
$9,000: Northrop Grumman Corporation Employees PAC
$7,000: Norfolk Southern Corporation Good Government Fund
$1,000: Praxair, Inc. PAC

(H.R.2641)

Members of the Forging Industry Association

$3,000: BAE Systems Inc. PAC
$7,000: General Dynamics Corporation PAC

(H.R.2641)

Members of the Food Marketing Institute

$2,000: Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. PAC
$1,000: Kellogg Company Better Government Committee
$1,000: MillerCoors LLC PAC
$1,000: Cargill, Inc. PAC (subsidiaries are members)

(H.R.1752)

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Members of the Health IT Now Coalition

$1,000: American Occupational Therapy Association PAC
$5,500: AmerisourceBergen Corporation PAC
$3,000: The Boeing Company PAC
$6,000: Verizon Communications Inc. PAC

(H.R.3239)

Members of the Healthcare Leadership Council

$5,500: AmerisourceBergen Corporation PAC
$5,500: Amgen Inc. PAC
$4,500: Cardinal Health Inc. PAC
$5,000: Merck & Co., Inc., Employees PAC
$10,000: Sanofi Pasteur PAC
$2,000: Walgreen Co. PAC

(H.R.3239)

Members of the Interstate Natural Gas Assn of America

$6,000: Dominion PAC
$1,000: Sempra Energy Employees PAC
$6,000: Nisource Inc. PAC

(H.R.1587)

Members of the National Association Of Chain Drug Stores

$2,500: CVS/Caremark Corporation Employees PAC
$4,000: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. PAC for Responsible Government
$2,000: Walgreen Co. PAC

(H.R.4069)

Members of the National Community Pharmacists Association

(H.R.1188, H.R.1946)
$5,500: AmerisourceBergen Corporation PAC
$5,500: Amgen Inc. PAC
$1,000: Bayer Corporation PAC
$4,500: Cardinal Health Inc. PAC
$1,000: Cephalon, Inc. Employees PAC (parent company is a member)
$2,500: Eisai Inc. PAC
$1,000: Genentech Inc. PAC
$3,000: GlaxoSmithKline PAC
$5,000: Merck & Co., Inc., Employees PAC
$1,500: Pfizer Inc. PAC
Members of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association
$4,500: Cardinal Health Inc. PAC
$7,000: General Electric Company PAC
$2,500: Honeywell International PAC
$3,000: L-3 Communications Corporation PAC
$2,000: DuPont Good Government Fund
Members of the Nuclear Energy Institute
$6,000: Dominion PAC
$2,000: Exelon Corporation PAC

(H.R.5179-84)

(H.R.2641)

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$9,000: FirstEnergy Corp. PAC

$1,000: Fluor Corporation PAC
$7,000: General Dynamics Corporation PAC
$7,000: General Electric Company PAC
$2,500: Honeywell International PAC
$16,000: Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees PAC
$20,500: PPL People For Good Government
$1,000: Westinghouse Electric Company PAC
Members of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn
(H.R.1188, H.R.1946)
$2,500: Cvs/Caremark Corporation Employees PAC
$5,500: Amgen Inc. PAC
$1,000: Baxter Healthcare PAC
$1,000: Bayer Corporation PAC
$1,000: Cephalon, Inc. Employees PAC (parent company is a member)
$1,000: Cigna Corporation PAC
$2,500: Eisai Inc. PAC
$6,000: Fresenius Medical Care North America PAC
$1,000: Genentech Inc. PAC
$1,000: Gilead Sciences Inc Healthcare Policy PAC
$3,000: GlaxoSmithKline PAC
$1,000: Grifols, Inc. PAC
$5,000: Merck & Co., Inc., Employees PAC
$1,500: Pfizer Inc. PAC
$10,000: Sanofi Pasteur PAC
$5,500: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. PAC
Members of Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers Of America
$5,500: Amgen Inc. PAC
$2,500: Eisai Inc. PAC
$3,000: GlaxoSmithKline PAC
$5,000: Merck & Co., Inc., Employees PAC
$1,500: Pfizer Inc. PAC
$10,000: Sanofi Pasteur PAC

(H.R.4069)

Members of the Western Energy Alliance

$5,250: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation PAC
$1,000: BP Corporation North America Inc. PAC
$7,500: Chesapeake Energy Corporation Fed-Pac
$7,000: General Electric Company PAC
$5,000: Halliburton Company PAC
$6,000: Koch Industries Inc. PAC
$1,000: Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees PAC
$2,500: El Paso Corporation PAC
$5,000: Weston Solutions Inc. PAC
$5,000: WPX Energy, Inc. PAC

(H.R.2641)

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C. Donations from groups with an interest in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on

Courts, Intellectual Property, and Security Technologies
$205,178: Total
$2,500: Amazon.com PAC
$19,500: American Bankers Association PAC
$2,000: American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants PAC
$3,000: American Intellectual Property Law Association PAC
$5,500: Amgen Inc. PAC
$1,000: Baxter Healthcare PAC
$1,000: Bayer Corporation PAC
$2,000: Best Buy Co., Inc. Employee Political Forum
$1,000: Cargill, Incorporated PAC
$2,000: CBS Corporation PAC
$1,000: Cephalon, Inc. Employees PAC
$1,000: Clear Channel Communications Inc. PAC
$22,500: Comcast Corporation PAC
$5,178: Consumer Electronics Association PAC
$4,000: The PAC of Credit Union National Association
$1,000: The PAC of the Directors Guild Of America Inc.
$6,000: Dominion PAC
$2,000: DuPont Good Government Fund
$5,000: Ebay Inc. - Committee For Responsible Internet Commerce
$1,000: Genentech Inc. PAC
$7,000: General Electric Company PAC
$1,000: Gilead Sciences Inc. Healthcare Policy PAC
$3,000: GlaxoSmithKline PAC
$1,000: Google Inc. PAC
$3,500: Gridiron PAC (NFL)
$5,000: Halliburton Company PAC
$1,000: Information Technology Industry Council PAC
$5,000: Intel Corporation PAC
$6,000: Koch Industries Inc. PAC
$5,000: Merck & Co., Inc., Employees PAC
$9,500: Microsoft Corporation PAC
$2,000: Motion Picture Association of America Inc. PAC
$8,000: National Association Of Broadcasters PAC
$5,000: National Cable And Telecommunications Association PAC
$5,000: National Venture Capital Association PAC
$500: NMPAC (National Music Publishers of America)
$2,500: Oracle America, Inc. PAC
$1,500: Pfizer Inc. PAC
$1,000: Rite Aid Corporation PAC
$1,000: Salem Communications Corporation PAC
$10,000: Sanofi Pasteur PAC
$6,500: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. PAC
$3,000: The ASCAP Legislative Fund for the Arts

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$1,000: The Procter & Gamble Company Good Government Fund

$1,500: The Recording Industry Association Of America PAC
$4,000: The Walt Disney Productions Employees PAC
$5,500: Time Warner Inc. PAC
$2,000: Universal Music Group PAC
$4,500: Viacom International, Inc. PAC
$4,000: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. PAC For Responsible Government
$500: Yahoo! Inc. PAC
$1,000: Yelp Inc PAC
D. Donations from groups with an interest in the House Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security
Technologies
$256,678: Total
$6,000: National Rural Electric Cooperative
$2,500: Amazon.com PAC
$19,500: American Bankers Association PAC
$2,000: American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants PAC
$5,500: Amgen Inc. PAC
$17,000: AT&T Inc. Federal PAC
$1,500: BNSF Railway Company PAC
$7,500: Chesapeake Energy Corporation Fed- PAC
$2,000: Cisco Systems, Inc. Federal PAC
$1,000: Clear Channel Communications Inc. PAC
$22,500: Comcast Corporation PAC
$500: Competitive Carriers Association PAC
$5,178: Consumer Electronics Association PAC
$2,000: Deloitte Federal PAC
$6,000: Dominion PAC
$5,000: Ebay Inc - Committee For Responsible Internet Commerce
$9,000: Employees Of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC
$2,000: Exelon Corporation PAC
$9,000: FirstEnergy Corp. PAC
$7,000: General Electric Company PAC
$1,000: Google Inc. PAC
$5,000: Halliburton Company PAC
$2,500: Honeywell International PAC
$5,000: Intel Corporation PAC
$6,000: Koch Industries Inc. PAC
$3,000: L-3 Communications Corporation PAC
$16,000: Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees PAC
$1,000: Metlife Inc Political Participation Fund A
$9,500: Microsoft Corporation PAC
$2,000: Motion Picture Association of America Inc. PAC
$8,000: National Association Of Broadcasters PAC
$5,000: National Cable And Telecommunications Association PAC

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$6,000: Nisource Inc. PAC

$2,500: Oracle America, Inc. PAC
$20,500: PPL People For Good Government
$1,000: Reed Elsevier Inc. PAC
$1,000: Sempra Energy Employees PAC
$6,500: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. PAC
$3,000: Sprint Nextel Corporation PAC
$5,500: Time Warner Inc. PAC
$1,500: Union Pacific Corp. Fund For Effective Government
$1,000: Valero Energy Corporation PAC
$6,000: Verizon Communications Inc PAC
$1,000: Visa, Inc. PAC
$4,000: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. PAC For Responsible Government
$500: Yahoo! Inc. PAC
E. Donations from PACs affiliated with sitting Congressmen
$69,000: Total
$1,000: Bachmann For Congress
$7,500: BILL PAC
$2,000: Bill Shuster For Congress
$1,000: CMR PAC
$1,000: Conservative Opportunities For a New America PAC
$15,000: ERICPAC
$1,000: FOXX PAC
$2,000: Friends of Glenn Thompson
$2,000: Friends of Joe Pitts
$2,000: Friends of John Boehner
$3,000: Jim Gerlach for Congress Committee
$1,000: John S Fund
$1,000: Kline For Congress
$2,000: Linder For Congress
$2,500: LONGHORN PAC
$5,000: Majority Committee PAC
$500: Mike R Fund
$1,000: MICHELE PAC
$2,000: NEW PAC
$7,000: PIONEER PAC
$2,500: PITTSPAC
$1,000: Prosperity PAC
$1,000: ROSKAM PAC
$2,000: Scalise For Congress
$2,000; Texans For Lamar Smith
$1,000: Win Back America PAC

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F. Donations from lobbying firms

$28,500: Total
$750: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Civic Action PAC
$2,500: Arent Fox LLP PAC
$1,000: Arnold & Porter LLP Partners PAC
$500: Bingham McCutchen LLP PAC
$500: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck PAC
$3,000: Covington and Burling LLP PAC
$1,000: Edwards Wildman PAC
$2,500: Ernst & Young PAC
$250: Jochum Shore & Trossevin PAC
$2,000: KPMG Partners/Principals & Employees PAC
$5,000: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP Federal Political Committee
$500: Nossaman LLP PAC
$7,500: Pricewaterhousecoopers PAC I
$1,500: Thompson Coburn PAC

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Appendix B: Charts with data referenced above

1. Congressman Marinos PAC Donations by Quarter
Quarter
Amount contributed by PACs
1/1/2010-3/31/2010
$5,500.00
4/1/2010-6/30/2010
$5,250.00
7/1/2010-9/30/2010
$20,100.00
10/1/2010-12/31/2010
$103,633.00
1/1/2011-3/31/2011
$34,700.00
4/1/2011-6/30/2011
$49,645.00
7/1/2011-9/30/2011
$44,000.00
10/1/2011-12/31/2011
$41,000.00
1/1/2012-3/31/2012
$62,500.00
4/1/2012-6/30/2012
$53,300.00
7/1/2012-9/30/2012
$67,750.00
10/1/2012-12/31/2012
$44,750.00
1/1/2013-3/31/2013
$19,997.00
4/1/2013-6/30/2013
$29,503.00
7/1/2013-9/30/2013
$51,000.00
10/1/2013-12/31/2013
$66,928.00
1/1/2014-3/30/2014
$74,750.00
4/1/2014-6/30/2014
$129,650.00
Most recent FEC report
(May-June 2014)
$116,650
2. Congressman Marinos Most Recent FEC Report
Category
Amount contributed % of total contributions
Itemized individual contributions
$60,210
33.0%
Unitemized individual contributions
$5,495
3.0%
PAC contributions
$116,650
64.0%
Total
$182,355
100.0%
3. Groups who lobbied on H.R.4069
Organization
Healthcare Distribution Management Association
CVS Caremark Inc.
Cardinal Health, Inc.
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
Rite Aid Corporation
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
FedEx Corporation
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
National Community Pharmacists Association
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

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Donated to Marino?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No

Groups who lobbied on H.R.1587

Organization
Americas Natural Gas Alliance
General Electric
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
Loews Corporation
Nisource, Inc.
Sempra Energy
Spectra Energy
The Williams Companies
The American Council of Engineering Companies

Donated to Marino?
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes

Appendix C: Notes
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i
See: https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/iacp.siteym.com/resource/resmgr/CCH_2014/CCH_2014_Ask_Document_for_Su.pdf?hhSearchT
erms=%224069%22
ii
Committee for a Responsive Politics, https://www.opensecrets.org/cmteprofiles/
iii
See: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/284350/congress-censors-internetnathaniel-botwinick
iv
http://www.politicspa.com/rep-marino-to-remain-co-sponsor-of-sopa-will-try-toamend-the-bill/30949/
v
For a list of SOPA supporters, see: Smith, Lamar United States House of
Representatives Judiciary Committee List of Supporters H.R. 3661, the "Stop Online
Piracy Act"
vi
See: http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/expo/news/2014/04/reps-chu-andmarino-call-for-support-of-the-songwriter-equity-act.aspx
vii
Committee for a Responsive Politics,
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cycle=2014&cmte=C00228296
viii
GE: http://www.gelighting.com/LightingWeb/na/resources/understanding-rare-earthmetals.jsp
Cardinal Health: http://extww02a.cardinal.com/us/en/distributedproducts/ASP/H216034.asp?cat=laboratory&mfr=Corning
Honeywell: https://www.alarmgrid.com/products/honeywell-944tre
L-3: http://www2.l-3com.com/aoc/products/r_tfc.htm
DuPont: http://www2.dupont.com/Dimethyl_Sulfate/en_US/uses_apps/other.html
ix
http://www.kidneycarepartners.org/images/hr4814-onepager.pdf

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