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Enron Donations: Statistical Summary
Enron Donations: Statistical Summary

In the seven election cycles from 1989-2002, Enron Corporation, through its PAC and through its employees, has given some $648,465 to current members of the House of Representatives ($282,949 of it in the '00 and '02 cycles). Of this, 57% was given to Republicans and 43% to Democrats. Since the Enron collapse, $153,150 of this money has been returned, either through direct refunds of contributions or through donations to ex-employee charities. This comes to almost 24% of money returned - 19% of Republican money and 29% of Democrat money.

Of the 435 Representatives in the House, 201 received money from Enron - 123 Republicans and 78 Democrats. Of these, 76 have returned at least some of this money - 38 Republicans and 38 Democrats. According to these figures, then, almost 38% of Representatives who have received Enron money have given some of it back. Split by party, 31% of Republicans who received money gave it back, while nearly 49% of Democrats who received money gave it back.

In the other legislative chamber, Enron gave $539,833 from 1989-2002 to current Senators. The vast majority of this - 78% - was given to Republicans. We have not completed the process of data collection with regards to the Senate, but the data so far indicate that most Democrats in the Senate have returned at least some of the money they received from Enron, while Republicans lag behind by a significant margin.

You can view a tabulated version of these statistics or search the Matrix of Congressional Enron donations to find out if your representatives have taken money from Enron, and if so, if they have returned any of it.

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