The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them

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Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason for this being in the interest of Americans, except for vague platitudes about “consumer choice” and “free markets,” as if consumers at the mercy of their local internet monopoly are craving to have their web history quietly sold to marketers and any other 3rd party willing to pay.

The only people who seem to want this are the people who are going to make lots of money from it. (Hint: they work for companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T.) Incidentally, these people and their companies routinely give lots of money to members of Congress.

So here is a list of the lawmakers who voted to betray you, and how much money they received from the telecom industry in their most recent election cycle.

The first 5:

MEMBER: Alexander, Lamar
PARTY: Republican
STATE: TN
TOTAL: $86,400

MEMBER: Barrasso, John
PARTY: Republican
STATE: WY
TOTAL: $63,000

MEMBER: Blunt, Roy
PARTY: Republican
STATE: MO
TOTAL: $185,550

MEMBER: Boozman, John
PARTY: Republican
STATE: AR
TOTAL: $56,450

MEMBER: Burr, Richard
PARTY: Republican
STATE: NC
TOTAL: $58,500

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