Updated October 26, 2010
In the 2010 mid-term national elections, Republicans were intent on winning back control of both the House and the Senate and U.S. corporations opened their checkbooks to support the Grand Ole Capitalistic Party. Some of the direct corporate political contributions were trackable, but a significan amount of corporate political contributions were made via organizaitons that are not required to reveal the source of their funding. For example, the $75 million contributed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the political campaigns of mostly Republican candidates originated in corporate coffers somewhere, but the exact source of these campaign dollars is mostly unknown.
What follows is the list of companies with significant retail operations in the U.S. that are ranked in the top 75 corporate contributors to congressional political campaigns in 2010, according to Mother Jones. The number in the left column indicates the ranking that the company received, out of 175 U.S. companies that donated the most money to 2010 U.S. congressional campaigns.
U.S. Retail Industry Companies on the 2010 Top 75 Congressional Election Contributors List:
#1 - AT&T Inc.
#13 - Microsoft
#17 - Verizon Communications
#46 - Chevron
#47 - Walt Disney
#49 - ExxonMobil
#54 - Natinal Restaurant Association
#60 - Wal-Mart
#64 - General Motors
#72 - National Federation of Independent Business
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