Campaign cash from military industry subsidizes bad politics, p. 2

Speaking Security Newsletter | Advisory Note for Organizers and Candidates, n°139 | 15 December 2021

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Situation

The Senate just passed the $778 billion NDAA, by a margin of 88-11.

Corruption

As was displayed last week with House members, senators who voted Yes on increasing the military budget to $778 billion (+$37 billion from Trump’s final budget) took considerably more campaign cash from military contractors than those who voted No. The difference is that in the Senate, this disparity was more pronounced:

Roll call

Thanks for your time,

Stephen (@stephensemler; stephen@securityreform.org)

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