[Homesteadingfamily] Figures!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-08-30/House-freshmen-push
-bills-that-benefit-big-donors/50196680/1

(snip hrrp://usat.ly.njU8Wm)

Five months after taking office, Rep. Stephen Fincher, a cotton farmer from
a mostly rural swath of Tennessee, introduced a bill to mandate swift
federal approval of genetically modified crops for commercial sale. Fincher
has received more campaign money from agribusiness than any other industry..

Fincher, who also is a gospel singer, touted his outsider credentials during
the campaign, calling Congress "out of touch" and proclaiming in his
campaign literature, "My roots run deep in Tennessee, not in politics."

Fincher's proposed legislation would require automatic approval for
genetically engineered crops if the U.S. Department of Agriculture
<http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Government+Bodies/Un
ited+States+Department+of+Agriculture> failed to act on an application
within 240 days. His spokeswoman Sara Sendek said there's no connection
between campaign contributions and legislation. "He's acting in his capacity
as a congressman who's here to represent his district," she said.

.Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., has championed proposed legislation that
would strip the Environmental Protection Agency
<http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Government+Bodies/En
vironmental+Protection+Agency> of its power to overturn Army Corps of
Engineer permits. Earlier this year, the EPA vetoed a West Virginia
<http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/States,+Territor
ies,+Provinces,+Islands/U.S.+States/West+Virginia> mountaintop coal removal
permit, deciding the project would cause too much environmental damage.

Contributions to his campaign from the mining industry have skyrocketed
since he assumed office. In the first six months of this year, the mining
industry has contributed more than $176,000 to McKinley's re-election effort
- nearly double the amount he received from those interests in the two years
leading up the 2010 election.

Jeanne

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