As congressional hearings on Planned Parenthood continue and the federal budget deadline looms, it’s not too difficult to know where some politicians stand on supporting the abortion profiteer.
The Blaze reported on the top 25 recipients who have fiscally benefitted from the coffers of America’s largest abortion chain. The head of the abortion class will be no surprise to most: Barack Obama has received more money from Planned Parenthood since donations have been tracked.
While the numbers total years of giving, it is important to note that some of the most vocal supporters of Planned Parenthood are on this list. The Blaze reports:
Considering the Democratic Party’s official “pro-choice” stance, it comes as no surprise that Planned Parenthood’s donations would skew toward the Democrats. For example, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, during the 2014 election cycle, PP gave $892,000 to Democrats and $3,100 to Republicans. The 2012 election cycle was even more generous to the Democrats, with $1.2 million to Dems compared to $26,600 to GOPers.
After adding up the annual individual candidate numbers from the Center for Responsive Politics, here are the 25 federal politicians who have received the most Planned Parenthood campaign cash from 1990 (the first year for which data was available) through the end of August.
The list includes several other pro-abortion politicians, such as Sen. Barbara Boxer from California, who has been a vocal proponent of abortion her entire career; and senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), lawmakers who frequently echo Planned Parenthood in political debates. Defending the abortion profiteer is probably easier to do, however, when Planned Parenthood is lining the campaign pocketbooks of these politicians.
Of greatest concern in this current political season is not even the outgoing President Obama, but the front runner to replace him on the Democratic side. Hillary Clinton shows up as number three on the list.
In business, such alliances would be labeled as an ethical conflict-of-interest; however, this is politics, and Planned Parenthood will do almost anything to keep abortion alive and babies dead.
Below is the full list, provided by The Blaze.
No. 1: Barack Obama
$133,763
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (2005-08) U.S. senator from Illinois; President of the United States (2009-present)
No. 2: Timothy Bishop
$67,000
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (2003-15) U.S representative for New York’s 1st Congressional District
No. 3: Hillary Clinton
$46,282
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (2001-09) U.S. senator from New York; Former (2009-13) secretary of state; Candidate for 2016 Democratic presidential nomination
No. 4: John Kerry
$45,856
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (1985-2013) U.S. senator from Massachusetts; Failed 2004 Democratic presidential nominee; Secretary of state (2013-present)
No. 5: Diana DeGette
$41,485
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. representative for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District (1997-present)
No. 6: Louise Slaughter
$41,334
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. representative for New York’s 25th Congressional District (1987-present)
No. 7: Jeanne Shaheen
$38,449
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. senator from New Hampshire (2009-present)
No. 8: Barbara Boxer
$36,380
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (1983-93) U.S. representative for California’s 6th Congressional District; U.S. senator from California (1993-present)
No. 9: Kirsten Gillibrand
$35,380
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (2007-09) U.S. representative for New York’s 20th Congressional District; U.S. senator from New York (2009-present)
No. 10: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
$35,223
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (2004-11) U.S. representative for South Dakota’s At-large Congressional District
No. 11: Patty Murray
$34,642
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. senator from Washington (1993-present)
No. 12: Sherrod Brown
$33,439
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (1993-2007) U.S. representative for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District; U.S. senator from Ohio (2007-present)
No. 13: Dan Maffei
$33,200
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (2009-11; 2013-15) U.S. representative for New York’s 24th Congressional District
No. 14: Mark Udall
$32,835
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (1999-2009) U.S. representative for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District; Former (2009-15). U.S. senator from Colorado
No. 15: Nita Lowey
$32,596
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. representative for New York’s 17th Congressional District (1989-present)
No. 16: Lois Capps
$31,985
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. representative for California’s 24th Congressional District (1998-present)
No. 17: Ann Kirkpatrick
$31,650
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. representative for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District (2009-11; 2013-present); Candidate for 2016 Democratic nomination for Senate to challenge incumbent John McCain (R)
No. 18: Russ Feingold
$30,635
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (1993-2011) U.S. senator from Wisconsin; Candidate for 2016 Democratic nomination for Senate to challenge incumbent Ron Johnson (R)
No. 19: Patrick Murphy
$29,976
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. representative for Florida’s 18th Congressional District (2013-present); Candidate for 2016 Democratic nomination for Senate to replace retiring incumbent Marco Rubio (R)
No. 20: Timothy Walz
$29,700
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District (2007-present)
No. 21: Debbie Stabenow
$28,535
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (1997-2001) U.S. representative for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District; U.S. senator from Michigan (2001-present)
No. 22: Claire McCaskill
$26,015
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. senator from Missouri (2007-present)
No. 23: Al Franken
$25,049
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. senator from Minnesota (2009-present)
No. 24: Tom Udall
$24,500
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: Former (1999-2009) U.S. representative for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District; U.S. senator from New Mexico (2009-present)
No. 25: Amy Klobuchar
$24,450
PARTY: Democrat
FEDERAL OFFICE: U.S. senator from Minnesota (2007-present)
