How Mitch McConnell Profits from His Filibusters

The citiizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky are eagerly looking forward to ridding the United States Senate of Republican Mitch McConnell, who is up for re-election in 2014.

Already, surveys show that McConnell the most unpopular senator in America, and enormously unpopular back home.

According to a recent Public Policy Polling [PPP] poll, 55% of Kentuckians disapprove of "Senator Filibuster," and only 27% support him.  PPP reports that "McConnell now has the worst favorable/unfavorable rating of any senator, snatching the dubious title from Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)." S
 
But there's more!

McConnell has broken all records for calling filibusters. Official Senate statistics show that from 1917, when filibusters were first introduced, up until McConnoll's takeover as Senate Minority Leader, there were usually no more than one per year, rising to double-digits in the last third of the 20th century. But starting in 2007 with the 110th Congress, when McConnell became minority leader, the number of filibusters skyrocketed to 139 in the 110th Congress, 137 in the 111th and and 115 in the recently-ended 112th Congress.
 
Now what's the purpose behind these filibusters aside from McConnell's announced--and unsuccessful--goal to prevent Obama's re-election?

The answer: money! Big money!

The Public Campaign Action Fund issued a report whose title explains everything: "Cashing in on Obstruction: How Mitch McConnell's Abuse of the Filibuster Benefits His Big Money Donors" 
 
Highlights:

• On the very day debate began on a bill to repeal subsidies to Big Oil, an astonishing $131,500 in campaign contributions passed from the hands of oil donors in Midland, Texas into Mitch McConnell’s re-election war chest. Three days later the bill failed by filibuster. 

• Companies that lobbied against bringing jobs back to America and ending tax breaks for offshoring have given McConnell one million dollars to win his elections and look out for their interests. Big McConnell donors such as GE, Microsoft, and Exxon Mobil also have billions in untaxed profits stashed overseas.

So now you can start to understand why Mitch "Mr. Filibuster" McConnell is the most hated senator in the nation and why the voters of the Commonwealth of Kentucky are going to throw this corrupt and venal bum out of office on November 4, 2014.

Jagor